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November 17th, 2006

Rowan Williams

rowan williams

These are my rough drawings for yesterday’s cartoon showing how Rowan Williams has evolved from an ape-like creature.

I have always believed that it is fun to show your workings. See for example ‘Various losses‘ or ‘Lost property and the five-elbowed‘. The truth is that I really am not a caricaturist and make no claims to be. Drawing caricatures like my friend Steve Hearn (who lives down the road) is something that I’d love to be able to do, but up until now I haven’t put in the time to practice, do more practicing and then do more practicing which is what it takes.

OK, I am frightfully busy today as I have got a number of projects I am behind on. I do plan to do one other short blog post, but if you see me doing anything else on the internet today tell me not to.

Update: Ruth Gledhill has kindly drawn attention to this picture as well as yesterdays. My reputation as a respected artist within the community is now in tatters.

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6 Responses to “Rowan Williams”


  1. Jack the Lass says:

    Interesting – he looks like he’s had too much coffee in most of those. The eventual finished product looked much calmer (must be the eyebrows).

    November 17th, 2006 at 1:18 pm
  2. tortoise says:

    The top-right Rowan looks quite jovial, and is a very good likeness apart from the insufficiently bushy eyebrows. The mitre-wearing Rowans at centre-right and bottom-left are clearly imposters – it’s all I can do to stop myself reaching into the screen to pull their fake beards off. But why is there a picture of John Lennon near the top-left?

    November 17th, 2006 at 2:16 pm
  3. rain says:

    one of them looks like John Lennon.

    November 18th, 2006 at 5:10 am
  4. ++Rowan says:

    My dear David. How impressive. They all look like me. Even the one that looks like John Lennon.

    November 18th, 2006 at 12:15 pm
  5. learner says:

    You’re very creative. Thanks for sharing the picture. may I posted in my blog? :-)

    April 22nd, 2007 at 7:28 pm
  6. Alison Porter says:

    Please can you help me find Rowan Williams email address?

    April 30th, 2007 at 7:48 am