Clean sweep for The Times at PCS Awards

As we reported yesterday evening, Peter Brookes of The Times won the Political Cartoonist of the Year Awards for 2009. His colleague Morten Morland completed an excellent evening for the News International print title by winning best single image for a drawing of Gordon Brown and President of the US, Barack Obama. The Times has […]

Quentin Blake show is young at heart

An exhibition called Only Young Twice: The Lively Art of Quentin Blake is at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James’s, London, from this Sunday (December 13) until January 9. The show will feature 90 new drawings and watercolours drawn from Blake’s recent work, from book illustrations to murals. For more details, visit chrisbeetles.com

Illustrated covers? It must be Christmas

Bloghorn noticed today that the bumper Christmas TV guides are in the shops and that, as usual, many of them have covers featuring illustrations rather than photographs. With the Radio Times, above, you even get two drawn optons. It’s rare to see cartoons and illustrations on magazine covers in this celebrity-driven age. There are a […]

Bloghorn’s Artist of the Month

Is taking a holiday in December but please do explore the archives of our featured artists and the portfolio site for our members which you can find here.

Winter show at illustration gallery

The 14th Annual Winter exhibition is under way at the Illustration Cupboard Gallery in London. It runs until January 31 and admission is free. For more details, visit the website. Left: Yorkshire Gothic by Michael Salter of Aardman Animation. Spotted by Tim Harries.