Saturday 31 May 2014

'Man poking his eye'

'Man poking his eye', a drawing by John Vernon Lord, drawn in 1963 and published in 
Drawn to Drawing, by Nobrow Press in 2014, page 72


Friday 30 May 2014

A self-portrait

A self-portrait by John Vernon Lord drawn in 1962 at the age of 22 or 23, 
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, page 72.

Thursday 29 May 2014

'The sun shines on a man with a beard'

'The sun shines on a man with a beard', a drawing by John Vernon Lord drawn in 1962, 
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, page 73


Wednesday 28 May 2014

A stop watch

A stop watch, a mono print by John Vernon Lord drawn in 1961, published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, page 68

Tuesday 27 May 2014

A fish close to the bait

 A fish close to the bait, a sketchbook drawing by John Vernon Lord, carried out in 1961
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 99.

Monday 26 May 2014

A view of Salford or Manchester (?)

A view of Salford or Manchester (?), a sketchbook drawing by John Vernon Lord, carried out in 1958
as a 18or 19-year-old student and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 30.

Sunday 25 May 2014

Market Street, Glossop

Market Street, Glossop, a sketchbook drawing by John Vernon Lord, carried out in 1957
as a 17 or 18-year-old student and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 35.

Friday 23 May 2014

Mosaic design of a fish


Mosaic design of a fish by John Vernon Lord, carried out in 1957 as a 17 or 18-year-old student
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 35.

Thursday 22 May 2014

A page from a student sketchbook

A page from a student sketchbook by John Vernon Lord carried out in 1957 as a 17 or 18-year-old 
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 28.

Wednesday 21 May 2014

A group of heads


A group of heads - drawings by John Vernon Lord carried out in 1961 
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, pages 70 & 71.

Tuesday 20 May 2014

Portrait drawings of Anthony Collins, Martin Fairfax-Jones, Robert O'Brien, Valerie Duthie 
and Derek McCardell by John Vernon Lord carried out in 1961. 

Sunday 18 May 2014

'Dead Forest'

'Dead Forest' , a drawing by John Vernon Lord carried out in 1990 
and published as a back endpaper in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014

Saturday 17 May 2014

'Joke'


'Joke', a painting by John Vernon Lord carried out in 1964 and published in 
Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 84.

Friday 16 May 2014

'Imaginary landscape'

'Imaginary landscape', a pen an ink drawing carried out by John Vernon Lord in 1961 
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nowbrow Press, 2014,, pages 66 & 67 


Thursday 15 May 2014

A Forest


'A Forest', a pen an ink drawing carried out by John Vernon Lord in 1990 
and published as the front endpapers in Drawn to Drawing, Nowbrow Press, 2014,  

Wednesday 14 May 2014

'Help'


'Help', a pen an ink drawing carried out by John Vernon Lord in 1964 and published in 
Drawn to Drawing, Nowbrow Press, 2014,   pages 86 & 87

Tuesday 13 May 2014

A Cathedral



A Cathedral, a pen and ink drawing (from the imagination) by John Vernon Lord carried out in 1968 
and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, pages 60 & 61

Monday 12 May 2014

'Two Boxes within a Box'

'Two Boxes within a Box', a drawing by John Vernon Lord 
carried out in 1971 and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 134.

Sunday 11 May 2014

'Big Ben',


'Big Ben', a drawing in a student sketchbook by John Vernon Lord 
carried out in 1961 and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 56.

Saturday 10 May 2014

'Preferring to discuss the heap of sugar cubes'


'Preferring to discuss the heap of sugar cubes', a drawing by John Vernon Lord 
carried out on the 11th of April 1983 and published in Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014

Friday 9 May 2014

'Red and Green Stripes'


 'Red and Green Stripes', a gouache painting by John Vernon Lord, painted in 1965, 
Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, page 85.

Thursday 8 May 2014

'A Fish Out of Water'


'A Fish Out of Water', a drawing by JVL for a charity postcard sale on May 1st 2014
for the Friends of The Williamson Gallery in Birkenhead.

Wednesday 7 May 2014

An Aerial View of London

An Aerial View of London, a pen and ink drawing by John Vernon Lord, drawn in 1965, 
Drawn to Drawing, Nobrow Press, 2014, pages 58-59.

Tuesday 6 May 2014

Adventures of Jaboti on the Amazon (cover)


Adventures of Jaboti on the Amazon (cover), by Lena F. Hurlong, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, Abelard-Schuman, 1968.
This was the first children's book I illustrated, commissioned by Klaus Flugge now of Andersen Press.

Monday 5 May 2014

King Arthur and His Knights (cover)

King Arthur and His Knights (cover), by Henry Gilbert, illustrated by John Vernon Lord, Macmillan, 1995.

Sunday 4 May 2014

An English Year (cover)

An English Year (cover), poems by Clive Sandsom with cover illustration by John Vernon Lord, Chatto and Windus, 1975.

Saturday 3 May 2014

A Parliament of Birds

A Parliament of Birds by John Heath Stubbs, Cover design by John Vernon Lord, 1975.

Friday 2 May 2014

Thursday 1 May 2014

The Doodles and Diaries of John Vernon Lord (cover)

The Doodles and Diaries of John Vernon Lord (cover), the Camberwell Press, 1986 
(with 200 pages of drawings)