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25/03/2025

Another page of my drawing journal completed..⬅️ Swipe for details

Featuring my daughter on a tree swing in Kings Wood in between Faversham and Ashford in Kent.

For those new to my work you will find all my drawing’s feature figures just from behind. I call this “from behind the future” and is very much inspired by the German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich who used it extensively in his work.

This particular landscape captures the woods mid winter, hence the dramatic tree shadow’s and lack of foliage which at this time of year is treaded into the ground with a mixture of decaying leaves and fallen branches.

my daughter appears to be levitating created by the drop shaddow and is also camouflaged due to the details/noise within the composition. For me a sense of fun and childhood exploration plays a central theme in my work.

I’m looking to create a bigger version in charcoal to push myself out of my fineliner comfort zone 🤞

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28/02/2025

My latest drawing from the banks of Faversham Creek at high tide.

Features a boat called “Findlay Macdonald 212” which on occasions can be seen rowing up and down the creek.

Those familiar with the area will spot the unique and iconic church spire in between the tree branches which was used by sailors to navigate into Faversham (I think).

The banks of Faversham creek are lined with old willow trees on one side and on the other side a mixture of old mills, warehouses and a mixture of old and new residential dwellings, sprinkled with the odd sailing boat.

With February coming to an end and as the days get longer I’m finally getting out of my cave more drawings to follow soon.

10/10/2023

Did I really say I would finish my latest pen and ink drawing in a week 🙈

I think…I hope another week to complete this drawing 🤞

For those of you just discovering my work and style I go all in with the ink first…no drawing or sketching so is a bit like chess in that I have to plan the next step in my head…

Hence the time it takes with many mistakes on show which does grate on my natural instinct for craftsmanship.

Let me know your thoughts on this rendering so far

Laters 👋

16/04/2023

of my latest pen and ink drawing…Swipe To Zoom Out

This view is from the a disused gunpowder factory in

I’m naturally drawn…No pun intended…to disused and derelict structures which nature has started to reclaim.

these landscapes can appear apocalyptic via pop culture references. For me it provides a contrast between natures random soft edges and the human desire for order, patterns and structure.

More on this drawing to follow…😉

31/12/2021

big thank 🙏 you to everyone who supported, commented, liked, DM, purchased my artwork in 2021

Your continued support has kept me going, stoked my enthusiasm for art, provided insight into my own craft and picked me up when I faced personal challenges.

It is a privilege to be part of the pen and ink community and I hope you enjoy this video of my sketchbook from 2021.

Have a great 2022 and I look forward to sharing more of my artwork with you all next year. Have a good one.

30/09/2021

Sneak preview of my art print postcards 👀 see if you can spot the work in progress of my next drawing 😁

My art postcards will be available to buy as a set of 3 or 5 next week via my new shop www.PhilMckeith.art You can sign up to my newsletter via my bio link 👆 or website until the website is ready.

Hope you enjoy the teaser video and I have a new drawing under way in my sketchbook 😉

18/04/2021

Clouds completed 😅 Waves 🌊 next. My latest

Have made a start on the featuring “Kent” white horses 🙈and you can see one of my influences Japanese artist starting to take shape in this video.

The waves are not exactly like Mavericks in , quiet the opposite but I have deployed a tiny degree of artistic license to enhance the drama of the you can just make out some of the kite surfers 🏄‍♀️

Based on my current rate I think this will take another 2 / 3 weeks and hope to post another update when the sea is complete mid week...I’m undecided if I want to complete this picture (I will BTW). Enjoying the journey more then the destination I think. Have a nice

07/04/2021

A of my latest pen and ink drawing.

Different paper, pen and subject matter but same technique from me...I hope anyway

I’m looking to push beyond what I feel comfortable with now and you can follow my progress with this render on here.

I’ve had this idea for a while which features Old Neptune, kite surfers, a deep sea diver who has pulled the plug and dramatic clouds which some of you may recognise from my studies in my sketch book.

Swipe for a close look 👈🏿

23/03/2021

Just wanted to update you all as i’m receiving lots of nice messages asking when the next drawing is due on here which is greatly appreciated.

I have one still life drawing on the way hopefully by the end of the week watch my stories for work in progress.

I’m very busy working on my online shop, packaging, prints and aiming to have this ready in the next few weeks.

You can sign up to my newsletter via my bio link for early access to my shop as I test everything out.

In the meantime I hope you enjoy a video of my 2nd sketchbook so far 😉

28/02/2021

Colour version of my drawing from last year featuring the helter skelter at Herne Bay Kent.

04/02/2021

Colour or Black & White version of my last ? 🤔 Swipe for different versions.

I’m in the process of cleaning my drawings up from my and pondering should I colour a handful of them up? and if so which ones. Let me know what you think?

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