Spent the morning looking at some past watercolour work and found this one that I haven’t thought about in a while. I did a video instead of a photo because I think it gives a better impression of the surface. #Eyes #watercolor #coral #flowers
Here is my last painting for February. It’s called “Folio.” 12” x 9” ink and watercolour. I hope you enjoy it. Now, time to clean the house and crack a bottle of red, not necessarily in that order.
A new watercolour tinted ink piece I finished this afternoon, called Aellai (storm witch). 12” x 16.”
Ending the week with this new watercolour called “Cluster.” Hope you are all having a Good Friday! Watercolour on artboard, 12” x 9.”
Some details of my latest, GERMINATION
This piece is called “Germination.” 16” x 12” watercolour tinted ink drawing on artboard.
Busy this week with multiple projects but making time for this one every afternoon. Hope you like this peek. #ink #crosshatch #workinprogress #darkart
A peek at something new I am working on.
This new piece is called “Twilight of the Stone Men.” Acrylic ink in on artboard, 12” x 9.” #twilight #liminal #sentinel #meditative #rockformations
This is an interior illustration I did for Mia Dalia’s new novella “A Song for the End of the World” forthcoming from @earthlingpub shout out to Paul Miller for his enduring commitment to support authors and illustrators. Truly a creator friendly publisher.
A new ink & watercolour piece completed just today. “The Head of Collections.” 12” x 9.” An ode to all those curators and archivists that work so hard behind the scenes. #museums #naturalhistory #ink #curators #archives
This is a recent cover I did for a new Mia Dalia novella called “A Song for the End of the World” published by Earthling Publications . The final cover design incorporates text.
A newly finished watercolour tinted ink drawing called “Final Transmission”. 12” x 16.”
Here is a peek at what I am working on today. It’s called “Final Transmission.”#pen #dippen #monster #astronauts #beautifulbizarre
A new ink and watercolour painting called “Explorers.” 2026, 18” x 12.” This piece was done as a dip pen drawing on watercolour board and then tinted with watercolour. Available in my shop richardakirk.bigcartel.com
Enjoy this minute or so of chill inking with a dip pen. I’ll reveal the finished piece in a few days.
Sketchbook is the drawing without end.
Pumpkin giving me notes.
In honour of @officialjonathandavis birthday, here are three pieces of art I did for the KoRN Untitled vinyl rerelease a few years ago.
A new piece called “Symbiote,” 12” x 9”. Ink and watercolour. Available. richardakirk.bigcartel.com More robots?
Thanks, I like that weird spectral blue, but it did feel a little counterintuitive at first!
Happy Friday, friends! Here is a new ink and watercolour piece called “The Witch’s Garden,” 12” x 9.” Watercourse tends to suffer a bit in the image compression, so I’ve added a couple of details.
The view from my studio window this morning.
Every now and then I repost my favourite images from my past body of work. This one from 2008 is called Iconoclast.
A corner of my studio in September.
Thanks!
Right back at you!
