<![CDATA[Patrick Latimer illustration | Cape Town | South African freelance illustrator ]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/ Illustration Portfolio, freelance illustrator, Cape Town, South Africa, illustrations and cartoons. http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13740517 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13740517 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:02:49 PST <![CDATA[Penguin staring at the stars]]> My one-year-old daughter loves penguins so I thought I'd draw her one. We're luck enough to live close to a colony so she gets to see real ones fairly often. But hardly ever at night.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13740113 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13740113 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:02:24 PST <![CDATA[Snail kraal]]> I've started doing a bit of vegetable gardening and snails are always a problem in our garden. But apparently they cannot cross a barrier made of copper. So I tried this out with a couple of snails and some 5c pieces. They did manage to escape but one rode on the other one's back and the one at the bottom didn't look like it was enjoying itself at all - it was curling its foot up. I suppose it's a bit like licking a battery. But your tongue is your foot. I think copper flashing might be a more effective barrier than money.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13740110 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13740110 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:02:13 PST <![CDATA[Cars]]> I have an exhibition of paintings coming up this July at the AVA Gallery in Cape Town. I'm painting parking lots which means lots of cars. So I went up the local mountain yesterday and photographed some cars for reference. Seems white and silver are firm favourites.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13736958 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13736958 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:02:17 PST <![CDATA[Dandelion leaf]]> I'd never really noticed how weird a dandelion leaf looks.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13697421 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13697421 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 11:12:06 PST <![CDATA[House cups]]> Some more drawings on Christo Giles cups. He's going to try one without glaze on the outside of the cup and one fully glazed. I'm not sure what the subtle shading will do in the oven. 

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13602290 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13602290 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 04:11:31 PST <![CDATA[Cup Drawings]]> I just had a look at some of Christo Giles's cups I've been drawing on that have come out the oven. They look great. I drew on a whole lot more today and they should all be ready for the Rondebosch Potters Market this Saturday.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13594285 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13594285 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:11:49 PST <![CDATA[New A-hole]]>

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13587221 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13587221 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:10:31 PDT <![CDATA[Big Five Superheroes]]>

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13579509 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13579509 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:10:46 PDT <![CDATA[Sobeit and Friends Sale]]> A few of us are getting together to sell some stuff in Muizenberg on Friday and Saturday next week.  It should be fun - and if you've never seen Sobeit Studios, you're in for a treat.

Here are the people involved:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kwaai-Toys/125258747501914?fref=ts

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Loyde-Villarroel-Swimwear-Lingerie-Designer/269836669788524

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gen/305529076197178

www.sobeitstudio.com

www.christogiles.com

www.patricklatimer.co.za

www.jolenekritzinger.com

(And thanks Marlise for designing the poster)

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13577279 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13577279 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:10:00 PDT <![CDATA[A suspicious golfer]]>

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13559132 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13559132 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:09:39 PDT <![CDATA[Drawings on cups]]> Christo Giles - a local potter of far-flung renown - suggested I try some drawings on some of his new slipcast cups he's been experimenting with. Here are some pics of the raw , unfired drawings. I'm waiting to see what happens once they're fired. The lines might fuzz a little - which could be good. I'm intrigued to see the results.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13550555 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13550555 Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:09:14 PDT <![CDATA[Boston Terrier]]> Once, when I was selling illustration prints at a market, someone asked my if I'd ever drawn a Boston Terrier. I hadn't - until today.

You can buy a print of it here: http://patricklatimer.co.za/shop

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13545323 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13545323 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:09:50 PDT <![CDATA[100 Book Covers to Fight Illiteracy]]> Here are all the other 99 covers for this project: http://www.doedemee.be/showcase/index.html

You can also find them on Facebook. Plus there's a shop. 

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13540631 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13540631 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 06:09:58 PDT <![CDATA[A Fox Smelling Its Own Hole]]> Available as a print.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13538567 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13538567 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 11:09:04 PDT <![CDATA[Bob Dylan]]> The third in my folk musician series. A young Bob Dylan somewhere in Minnesota.

Who's next? I'm thinking Lead Belly.

Prints of this and few other illustrations are now available at my online shop. I'll be adding a whole lot more in the weeks to come.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13536252 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13536252 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 05:08:08 PDT <![CDATA[Haunted houses]]> This is for a story about South Africa's famous ghost houses. The two ladies here are from Matjiesfontein and they're coming out of a house in Pretoria called Erasmus Castle.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13526974 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13526974 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 02:08:43 PDT <![CDATA[Marriage]]> This is for a story about foreign Africans marrying local South Africans for citizenship.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13519373 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13519373 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:07:34 PDT <![CDATA[Woody Guthrie]]> This is the second in a series of folk musician portraits. Woody was known as the 'Dust Bowl Troubadour'. Born in Oklahoma in 1912, he experienced the Dust Bowl era during the Great Depression and travelled to California with the migrant workers, learning their songs. He's sort of the John Steinbeck of folk music.

Here are a couple of close-up details:

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13519359 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13519359 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:07:01 PDT <![CDATA[Trees and Houses]]> Some leftover bits from one illustration became another illustration.

]]> http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13517840 http://patricklatimer.co.za/blog/13517840 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 05:07:51 PDT <![CDATA[A Ugandan bishop's jeep ride.]]>

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