Mark herald

The designer, illustrator and artist celebrates the natural world – but in a fresh, modern way that adds an innovative approach to some traditionally rather twee interpretations of the subject matter.

Hundreds of artworks will adorn the aisles of Ripon Cathedral during the Great North Art Show throughout September. This fabulous exhibition is a…

A painter and printmaker Mark Hearld was born in 1974, and based in York, Hearld studied illustration at Glasgow College of Art before completing an MA in natural history illustration at the Royal College of Art.

I love the work of Mark Hearld and wanted to use some of his ideas at work with Year 5 and 6. Here's a link to a video introducing all the aspects of Mr Hearld's work and his inspiration. Click on the image below to watch. I love these birds and wanted to create them with pupils. I made a template, created some paper/ materials to collage with and my daughter and we set to work and experimented. Copyright Mark Hearld We made a range of painted papers. You could use old books too, painted…

Mark Hearld 'Owl Flight' lithograph, editioned at The Curwen Studio http://www.stjudesprints.co.uk/collections/mark-hearld-prints-1

Mark Hearld at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Saturday 24th November 2012.

Those of you fortunate to be around Edinburgh this month should pop along to The Scottish Gallery and take a look at the Collage artwork of both Angie Lewin and Mark Hearld. On til the 24th Decembe…

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A little while back I was given a book about Mark Hearld as a present, and immediately I liked his fun sense of style, his bright use of colour and his clever combination of paint and collage. His printed fabrics for St Judes show perfectly how a lino cut can easily be transferred into a repeat print. I like how well he brings flora and fauna into his work, my favourite example of this is his dear image, where he actually car-sprayed over real leaves for a ghostly beautiful image.