Artist of the Month – Tim Harries

Bloghorn’s Artist of the Month is freelance cartoonist Tim Harries. We asked Tim how he produced his cartoons. Nearly all my work is done digitally these days. I say nearly, since I still produce my daily strip using traditional methods (in my case – pencils, Staedtler Pigment Liners, Pitt brush pens and a nice bit […]

Bloghorn victorious in Battle

After several years as the plucky underdog, the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation’s team, this year rebranded as Team Bloghorn, has finally emerged victorious from the annual Battle of the Cartoonists. Our team came joint first with Private Eye in the Big Draw event in which four teams completed a large banner on the theme of “Now […]

A Big Board from start to finish

Cartoonist Tim Harries demonstrates how to draw a Big Board cartoon from start to finish, at this year’s Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival

Professional cartoonist workshops at the Big Draw

The PCO provided the all-day cartoon and drawing workshops at The Big Draw. Here, two of our members report on what they did there. Click the images to enlarge Paul Hardman writes: The title of the workshop I ran was “Who Do You Think You Are?” It involved a very long roll of paper on […]

The PCO at the Big Draw: update

The PCO is running workshops for all ages at the Big Draw event at St Pancras International Station in London on Saturday (October 18). If you’re interested in cartooning and fancy having a go, come along and get involved. PCO cartoon workshops at the 2007 Big Draw The workshop timetable is as follows: Paul Hardman […]

The PCO at the Big Draw

PCO members will be taking part in “Transports of Delight” at St Pancras International Station in London on Saturday (October 18). The event is part of the annual, month-long Big Draw campaign, which is designed to get the nation drawing. The PCO will be running cartoon workshops at the event and taking part in the […]

PCO Professional Cartoonists at London’s Big Draw 2008

Breaking News on Bloghorn… The PCO team for this year’s London Big Draw event is confirmed. Team skipper, Pete Dredge (Private Eye regular) will be leading Robert Duncan (Not particularly orange cards), Kipper Williams (The Guardian) and Royston Robertson (Prospect, Readers Digest, Private Eye) into the suitably absurd Battle of the Cartoonists. The 12 feet […]

Cartoon workshops: inky fingers and flying pickles

Workshops and cartoon “clinics” were a major part of the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival as usual this year, and PCO members Andy Gilbert, Paul Hardman and Tim Harries were at the forefront, helping members of the public to develop their cartooning skills. Here’s Tim Harries on how he ran his “Create a Comic Strip” workshop: “I […]

Cartoon workshops at the Shrewsbury festival

Tim Harries running a cartoon workshop Click image to enlarge Cartoon workshops are a key part of the Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival, and PCO members Tim Harries and Andy Gilbert will be running two of them. Tim will host a workshop called Create a Comic Strip on Saturday (April 19) at Shropshire Wildlife Trust, 2pm–4pm. […]