John See Illustration: Blog https://seeillustration.zenfolio.com/blog en-us (C) John See Illustration [email protected] (John See Illustration) Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:01:00 GMT Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:01:00 GMT https://seeillustration.zenfolio.com/img/s/v-12/u1035631705-o805857966-50.jpg John See Illustration: Blog https://seeillustration.zenfolio.com/blog 120 82 Sheriffs Court, Glasgow https://seeillustration.zenfolio.com/blog/2016/10/sheriffs-court-glasgow Following a recent refurbishment and redesign I have been commissioned to produce a large watercolour elevation of the classical face of what used to be the Sheriffs' Court in Glasgow.  The image shows the sample section that was presented to all parties with a vested interest, the Architects, (who commissioned me), the Design Group who are producing the sales and letting literature, the Property Developer who is financing the project, and ultimately Glasgow City Council who are overseeing the scheme.

The watercolour artwork will be important as it will be used across the promotion and marketing literature as well as showing how the building will ultimately look, once the scaffolding is removed.

All seem to be happy with the style and technique shown in the sample and so it is full steam ahead with the full piece.

Watch this space!

 

]]> [email protected] (John See Illustration) architecture art artwork court drawing elevation glasgow paint sheriff sheriff court wash watercolour windows https://seeillustration.zenfolio.com/blog/2016/10/sheriffs-court-glasgow Thu, 06 Oct 2016 21:38:46 GMT Revisiting Durer's Rhino https://seeillustration.zenfolio.com/blog/2016/10/revisiting-durers-rhino In 1515 the Renaissance artist Albrecht Durer created a woodcut illustration of a Rhinoceros.  The image was an instant hit, selling thousands of prints across Europe, as at that time no one, including Durer, (who worked from a simple sketch and description), had ever seen such an animal in the flesh. The image, although wildly inaccurate established Durer as a major artistic star and despite spending the majority of his life as a talented painter, he will always be associated with the exotic creature of his imagination.

From my days when I first came across it at college, the Durer woodcut has always been one of my favourite pieces of line art, and so when I was asked to revisit the image and create a version of my own for a well known German Bank, I jumped at the chance.  I must stress at this point that my artwork is in no way to be seen on the same level as the original, or compared in any way, but the brief allowed me to pay my respects to the original by creating my own version, based on slightly more accurate reference than was available to Durer.

The intention is that my image will be used within the clients' corporate literature but also reproduced as a large mural on the wall of the company boardroom.

 

 

 

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