![]() ![]() It is only when he is satisfied with the layout of the players that Alex starts painting: “I use gouache paints because I really like the velvety, matte finish and the intense colours the produce. He then reconsiders the scene, imagining what it would look like if a dinosaur were to enter the mix. In order to produce these loveable versions of Sturridge and Balotelli, Alex sketches rough drawings of the various football players’ movements while he is watching a game. His understanding of form, space and movement, Alex says, was advanced by tracing and drawing from paintings in the National Gallery, Indian miniatures in the V&A and sculptures in the British Museum. It was, however, his time spent at the Royal Drawing School’s Drawing Year that opened the artist up to different ways of seeing. I was hoping to satisfy my nostalgia by combining the two,” Alex tells It’s Nice ThatĪlex studied at Middlesex University where he was introduced to a variety of creative disciplines like printmaking and animation alongside illustration. Over the past few years I’ve been lucky enough to start playing again on a regular basis. I also wanted to see how my memories of dinosaur picture books and Jurassic Park would manifest as paintings. ![]() “I was crazy about dinosaurs when I was a kid and I would spend hours drawing the different types. But a fair game is far from illustrator Alex Chilvers’ main concern. There seems to be little justice in a match that sees two-metre tall footballers play Tyrannosaurus Rex three times their height and with teeth the size of door frames. ![]() Football and dinosaurs is an unlikely duo. ![]()
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