Category: Illustration

I produced this during our trip to the Tate Modern London, to see the Georgia O’Keeffe exhibition with Keith, Mark and Vanessa.
Afterwards we drew each other in the museum cafe.
It was also an opportunity to see get a close up view of the new wing. Other observations within my drawing include slopey glass, drippy bits, good to havie bricks in a world of glass and concrete, The Wobbly Bridge (aka Millennium Bridge), Globe Theatre and the River Serpent. Note: there wasn’t really a River Serpent. I just felt like adding one.

Picnicker at Baldock Extra motorway A1(M) services.
Produced while waiting for my son to arrive.

Turning Facebook slightly on its head. I photographed and Facebook posted a picture of our outfits. With time to spare I sat on the hotel bed and drew them as well. While I drew, Facebook comments were received so I added them to my art.

Produced while enjoying a coffee in Pret A Manger outside Stratford Station, London. The shimmering wall of titanium fish was designed (by Studio Egret West) to brighten the view of the east-London shopping centre for Olympic visitors.

A contrast between the old and new aspects of The Lister Hospital in Chelsea. The more I focused on the tower, the more it seemed to become witch or wizard like.

The Keith S. Pintar Rapido Support Group reconvenes over lunch. These are the meeting minutes.

Vanessa performing a prance [dance or move in a lively or spirited manner; caper] in my view of Mark while he performs his Version 2 of the riverside flowerbed, this time avoiding the sponging technique he applied to his Version 1.

House Boats by Albert Bridge

The group of artists met in a café on the Kings Road in Chelsea prior to starting a day of painting and drawing in the area. One of our group was taking part in the local Pintar Rapido event.

These are my development drawings and design solution for my artist’s monogram/symbol incorporating the date. I tend to add waltcahill.com to my work in any case sometimes as a watermark so this really just a personal branding exercise to add a little extra quirk to my work.

I have almost finished these two watercolour paintings that form part of this personal project. I have painted the smaller version to a maximum measure of 12 inches with the much larger A2 size allowing me to work in more detail with a greater variation of colour and brush stroke.

PROJECT BACKGROUND
I was looking for local subject matter for a personal painting project and I found it in my local river.
The River Beane, which passes close to where I live, has had a challenging existence due to the water abstraction that started in the Fifties and Sixties. Since then the flow of the river has been impaired to such an extent that the river has rarely flowed in the summer months. Locals recall how there was once trout, newts, otter and even the possibility of canoeing in the river. The water board is currently in the middle of a program to significantly reduce the river abstraction with a reduction target achieved in 2015 and another set for 2018. The hope of those living in the area and of river conservationists is that the water flow and wildfire will return this very pure and unique chalk stream habitat to its original state.
My original idea was to create a River God as a central Celtic theme. I soon switched to a goddess partly because my research revealed the origins of the name River Beane were from English and Welsh words meaning Little Goddess. The River Boyne in Ireland having similar Celtic meaning.
I like to include lettering and imagery to help tell a story so these watercolours provided a great opportunity to hand render and paint Celtic style type to help support the imagery.

More information: https://waltcahill.com/beane/

#RiverBeane2016

I’ve been experimenting with ink and watercolour to create a fairly traditional comic book/graphic novel style.

A finished ink and watercolour of Walter from The Muppets Film for my personal project ‘A Collection of Walters’ following on from some recent drawings. I’ve painted him both with and without a Kermit costume as he looks a little too like Kermit with his ears and hair covered by the Kermit costume he is wearing.

Walter (Muppet character)
A main character in The Muppets film (2011
A twenty something die hard Muppet fan who helps set out to save the Muppet Theatre by reuniting Kermit, Miss Piggy and the entire Muppet troupe
Also appeared in the sequel film Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
With and without a Kermit costume

 

A finished ink and watercolour of Sir Walter Raleigh for my personal project ‘A Collection of Walters’ following on from some recent drawings.
I’ve starting off with this Walter as I was quite often referred to as ‘Walter Raleigh’ during my childhood and teenage years. Partly because people liked to conjure with my name and also because I rode a number of Raleigh bicycles.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1554 – 1618) 
Walter was an English landed gentleman. A writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy and explorer
Legendary story of laying his cloak over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I
Helped popularize tobacco smoking in England
May have introduced the potato to Europe
Why did Walter not return with coffee from his trips to Guiana and Venezuela?

I sketched an area of our village fayre today while helping to mind a stall.

These are development drawings for my work on my Project Beane.

#RiverBeane2016

Today I took a stroll across London with 30,000 or so other folk. At the end I sat down and drew the occasion.

Development drawings and ideas for my personal project ‘A Collection of Walters’. I’m starting off with Sir Walter Raleigh. I was quite often referred to as ‘Walter Raleigh’ during my childhood and teenage years. Partly because people liked to conjure with my name and also because I rode a number of Raleigh bicycles.