Joe Simpson

ACT Episode 1 // Mark Gatiss painted as The Phantom of The Opera. Watch @Markgatiss explain why he picked the role, the whole process of making the painting and his reaction to seeing the final piece. youtu.be/UoXUbN2erqg

Here’s my new drawing - “Kawasaki Gyoza, Nipponbashi 餃子酒場 川さき” 🇯🇵✍️ Pens on paper. 🥟🏮I used marker pens, fineliners, Posca pens, and watercolour pencils. Really pleased with how this one turned out and I’m planning to create more in this style. 🎨

🎄✨⭐️🐾❄️☃️

Here’s a new finished drawing from my Japan Series - ‘Shinkansen 新幹線’, A2 pens on paper. This scene is from Osaka Station. I actually started this piece over a year ago, so I’m pleased to have finally gotten around to adding the tone with marker pens. 🖊️🚅🇯🇵

My @Ssnyder1835 and @GregCapullo Batman comic shelf is taking shape with some nerdy action figure dioramas/ 'book nooks'. I enjoyed making these!

Hot from the printing press, the results of my “sugar lift” workshop. I really enjoyed the process of creating my rainy Osaka street scene and working in a different medium. ☔️🇯🇵 I’m hoping to try some more colours at a later date…

A detail of the painting I’m working on, of a billboard in Nipponbashi Denden Town in Osaka 日本橋でんでんタウン. There are lots of strategic layers in this piece! #oiloncanvas

🎨Here are four of my oil paintings from my Japan series, shown together. They are all oil on canvas.🎨 I always love working on a series and seeing how a collection builds and creates stylistic and thematic connections when placed together. ✨🇯🇵👹 #oilpainting

@Sarah60573511 thanks Sarah!

Stunning!

@A1GOY I hope you’re having a wicked time 🙌Kyoto was one of my favs, I want to go back!

@JoeSimpsonArt Am in Japan right now, and was on the very street the Kyoto temple painting is based on a few days ago. Lovely stuff!!

@Kerrinw thanks so much Kerrin!

@JoeSimpsonArt Your work is amazing. I always am so fascinated by the details.

🎨 *New Painting* Toji Temple 東寺, Kyoto Oil on Canvas, 125 x 70cm This one’s been on my easel for quite a while, and it’s taken some time to reach the finish line - but I’m really pleased with how it’s turned out.

@mynamelorraine Thank you Lorraine!

@JoeSimpsonArt Beautiful colours 👏🏻

Fine liner and marker pens on paper

Byōdō-in (平等院, ‘Temple of Equality’) — a Buddhist temple in Uji, Kyoto. Created with fineliner and marker pens on paper. ✍️🇯🇵🌸