http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php Personnal news module for John Howe en-us http://www.john-howe.com/images/logo_jhowe_suivante.jpg http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php Personnal news module for John Howe http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P241 Having always thought that picturesque was just another adjective favoured by my grandmother's generation, it was with some surprise when the other day I stumbled on Picturesque. With a capital P. (Such was my Surprise it deserves a capital S. Just goes to show that while we figuratively tack and veer, each happy captains of our own HMS General Culture bound for far ports of call, thankfully we need not set out to sea in them physically. I for one would have sunk long ago.) http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P288 I've often wondered how best to describe what by default must be qualified as an approach or method to fantasy illustration. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P284 Recently did another interview for a web site, where it was question of roots. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P283 Very recently, a correspondant wrote "curious how we partition Time to try to control it...but it just flows on...." http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P282 After an eventful and really quite busy year, no newsletter for year's end, just a thought or two. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P281 Two weeks ago, Robert Holdstock died from an E. coli infection, in just over ten days. We were following his progress daily, when on the 27th, his condition, which had been improving or optimistically stable, suddenly worsened. He died at 4 a.m. on November 29th. He was 61 years old. You can easily find all the details of Rob’s career and books on Wikipedia, so I won’t bore you with that here, and homages will abound, as they do, but I’d like to add a few thoughts. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P280 Over the last few months, I have filled a coffee cup halfway to the brim with pencil stubs and it suddenly occured to me that while I happily take brand-new pencils and sharpen and otherwise sketch and draw them down to next to nothing, I knew nothing about the origins of such a wonderful and simple instrument and what one does with it. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P278 Have recently been doing quite a lot of reading on the solemn subject of death. http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P277 "We're going to do a book," my editor said. "Got anything planned for next week?" http://www.john-howe.com/news/index.php?id=P272 Quite a while ago, I agreed to illustrate a history book.