I drew this whilst listening to the news about Chris Huhne on the radio.
ZenBrush and ArtStudio on iPad. Click to enlarge.
I drew this whilst listening to the news about Chris Huhne on the radio.
Did you know that ‘croissant’ literally means ‘crescent’ or that oranges are native to China? Do you realize that the word ‘pie’ has been around for seven hundred years in English or that ‘toast’ comes from the Latin word for ‘scorch’? John Ayto explores the word origins of food and drink in The Diner’s Dictionary. We’ve made a little quiz based on the book. Are you hungry for it?
John Ayto is a freelance writer and the author of many reference works, including the Dictionary of Slang, the Dictionary of Modern Slang, and Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. Seasoned generously with literary wit, The Diner’s Dictionary is a veritable feast, tracing the origins and history of over 2,300 gastronomical words and phrases.
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An etching of The Frog at the Frescobaldi Cafe.
I'm feeling a bit "liverish".
Page two of my test of The Brain Yard. Page one here.
Back in 1995 Cyberia was London's first internet cafe....probably one of the first on the planet. My studio was on the same street, and one day I saw it was unusually crowded. They were holding a special introductory event about this new thing called "the internet". This businessman started chatting to me; he couldn't understand what the internet was for and yet he was terribly anxious about being left "out of the loop". He was so worried that he didn't notice or care that I was painting him.
Watercolour 14cm x 10cm. Click to enlarge.
A couple in a cafe on Goodge St., London
Watercolour 15cm x 21cm. Click to enlarge.

Two watercolours of the Frog painting at a cafe in Fitzrovia we named "Sharon & Tate" (because the owner resembled Charles Manson).
Watercolour 18cm x 25cm and 25cm x 18cm. Click to enlarge.
I had this idea today for a comic book called The Brain Yard.
Click to enlarge.
I had a wild evening round at Dick and Wend's.
Crayon on tinted paper 21.5cm x 32cm. Click to enlarge.
Card 28 in the current series is now finished.
Woodcut 30cm x 20cm. Click to enlarge.
In 1984 this house was a condemned building, occupied by a collective of lesbian separatist librarians. I haven't been back since.
I draw better when I pretend to be drunk.
Woodcut with digital colour. 33mm x 45mm. Click to enlarge.

Woodcut with digital colour 20cm x 30cm. Click to enlarge.
Pub sign for my local, "The Fabulist's Arms"
Woodcut with digital colour 35mm x 45mm. Click to enlarge.
My mother / a couple in a café.
Watercolour 20cm x 27cm. Click to enlarge.


Spilled a drink on this one in the early goings. Being the stalwart illustrator that I am however, I rescued it.
"Stalwart" in this case of course means "too lazy to start over."
Which is weird.
A little under two months until the books release!
Steven
Two coffee-length sketches of the Frog.
Watercolour 10cm x 15cm and 12cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.
Lethargy set in during tea at The Mock Turtle in Brighton
Felt tip pens 21cm x 15cm. Click to enlarge.
At Raoul's cafe, Maida Vale, London before the smoking ban.
Marker pens. 17cm x 11cm. Click to enlarge.
Another traditional English nursery rhyme that no one's heard of. However, Vivian de St. Vrain
has some interesting thoughts on the subject.
Pen and ink with watercolour. 17cm x 25cm. Click to enlarge.
Card 20 in the current series.
Woodcut 20cm x 30cm. Click to enlarge.
Sketch for a forthcoming card in the current series.
Brushpen and watercolour. 20cm x 14cm. Click to enlarge.
Nice drawing though!