The studio

Green ink, cream paper, one drawing at a time.

Idle Hours is the quiet half of the studio. Everything starts as a pencil drawing on a single sheet — a martini at the bar, a chess endgame, a cat on the armchair she isn't allowed on — and only the drawings that survive a week on the wall make it onto steel.

Nothing is redrawn for print. The line weights stay uneven, the hatching stays visible, and the cream stays the colour of the paper it was drawn on.