For this week, something different...

I told you it would not be a post of animal drawings this week! Instead, I'm shamelessly plugging a GOSH charity event I recently made some illustrations for.

 

And here are the details and poster! Please feel free to share!

It's a brilliantly worthy charity, one close to my family's heart, so do buy a ticket and go along if you live near Cambridge. And if you can't make 'Band Night' you can still be incredibly generous and donate some money to the larger event - the London Marathon which my brother is running in aid of GOSHCC. Here is his JustGiving page to donate.

Many thanks and until next week where I will post more news of forthcoming work armed with new illustrations to feast your eyes with! Thanks for looking.

Imagination Vs Reality #2

Inspired by the Beach House song stuck in my head yesterday: Pattern formations, head hair and tails of the zebra will never be forgotten now...

Vs

Which do you prefer? A non-animal theme will be in store for you next week.

Imagination Vs Reality #1

So here starts a series of sketchbook drawings I've thought about doing for a while....just as a fun exercise, and to see what results my brain produces.

Imagination comes first obviously, and knowing me I'll get competitive with reality as I do more...so here is #1. Which one do you prefer?

Watch this space for more next week!

A local commission...

Just framing up a recent commission this week of the Nag's Head in Walthamstow, it has a keen following in amongst the locals that enjoy a good watering hole!

The Nags Head Pub in E17

And now on to framing other prints and other creative projects, including illustrating an Italian scene! Feel free to email me with any requests, until next time.

My Exhibition at Vestry House Museum

The past two months I have been working on tying up a few projects and screen-printing my illustrations! You can see some of the results at the Vestry House Museum where I have an exhibition display. The work is a mixture of my original illustrations and limited edition screen-prints, all for sale and at a very reasonable price if I do say so myself!

Vestry House Museum is housing my first solo exhibition in my local area of London, Walthamstow! It's open from Wednesday to Sunday 10am-5pm, is free entry and has a beautiful, charming little garden - so you have no excuses but to pop along. My exhibition will be on display until 29th August 2013.

The Bell Corner E17

Walthamstow Dogs Stadium

I installed the exhibition last weekend, and whilst I was putting it up I managed to sell some work as well as gain another commission! Not a bad start.

Please spread the word, 'Like' my Facebook page (if you haven't done so already!) and Tweet about it to your heart's content tagging @paperfig and #awesomestow 

Workshops, print prep, and deadline to win one of my illustrations!

  

Like my friend old 'Turkey Neck' here, I have recently aged another year. As I get older, I am getting wiser and organising my work! So this week has been all about prep.

          




Roughs have been sent off to a client this morning,  and now I'm finalising plans for some upcoming workshops and getting illustrations ready to screen print in a couple of weeks' time.

Workshops are fun as they
re-focus my enthusiasm for illustrating.

Just by seeing young people get excited by image-making, I want to get back into the studio again!

I was reminded of this when House of Illustration sent me the above images of workshops I ran at the end of last year for their Picturing Poetry project. It gave me more ideas for the workshop plans I'm currently putting together! Thanks for the reminder HOI!

Lastly, you have until midnight tonight to win a giclée print of mine! Click here for more details on how you can win an illustration I created of Rosehill in Nuneaton, hometown of the writer George Eliot. Hurry up and sign up for your chance to win in this free prize draw!

The image was one of three, commissioned by Playwright Vanessa Oakes. Visit her blog Desperately Seeking George for further information about her work.

Have a great weekend all.

It's been a while, but I'm back and ready to Cycle!

Over the last two months I've been preparing my website, organising a forthcoming solo exhibition and spent some time visiting clients and galleries in Dubai and India!

Both were inspirational, and as a result I've been working on some illustrations inspired by the patterns, typography and architecture surrounding my journey to both countries. Watch them appear in the coming weeks on the blog.

Here's a little on-site renovating I did of my mum's house number, situated just outside of Kolkata. In Bengali the word reads my surname: 'Sarkar'

Masks intrigued me a few weeks ago, so I've been working on an image to screen-print here: What colours would you all like to see it in?

I'm thinking it would make a great t-shirt.

Which mask are you?

'Meandering Masks' by Jhinuk Sarkar

On another note, this weekend I'm preparing for my first training for the London to Brighton Bike Ride in September 2013 - I'm doing it for the Arts! Find out more here and see the illustration I made below for the cause!

'London to Brighton Bike ride' promotional image for Shape by Jhinuk Sarkar

I look forward to reading your comments! Until next week...