The Art of Mark Farbrother

A Blog containing the art I produce, which contains a fair amount of animal portraits, plus other bits n' bobs. I hope you enjoy my work. I am open for commissions.

Saturday 28 May 2016

Tommy Cooper


Here's a piece of art I drew last year for a free Online Facebook comic called Defenders UK. It's an alternative cover for this comic created by the talented Izzy World.

Check it out on the Avengers UK Facebook site, it's worth a read, I loved it!


Drawn using Fineline Uni-Pin pens, 0.1 - 0.8, and a Fine Sharpie on A4 300gsm watercolour paper.

Wednesday 25 May 2016

Family Hamster


My wife asked me to draw the family hamster, he's called Biscuit. Here's the result...

Drawn on Winsor & Newton Smooth Surface 220gsm Cartridge paper using 0.05, 0.1, and 0.2 Uni-Pin Fineline pens, with a touch of White Signo Gel pen for the whiskers. Measures 5' x 7'. Took about 45 mins to draw from start to finish.

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Jimi Hendrix


Drawn using Uni-Pin Fineline Pens ranging from 0.05 up to 0.8 on Winsor & Newton Smooth Surface A4 220gsm Cartridge paper. Most of this piece was drawn using 0.05 & 0.1 pens.

Saturday 7 May 2016

Freddy Krueger


I've just finished the Freddy Krueger I started earlier in the week. A lot of ink used on this one. I started using a Sharpie to fill in the large black areas, but had to over ink with a Uni-Pin pen. The difference in pigment was very noticeable, two totally different shades of black.

Freddy was drawn on my usual choice of paper, Winsor & Newton Smooth Surface 220gsm Cartridge paper. Drawn using grades of Uni-Pin Fineline Pens ranging from 0.05 up to 0.8.