John Paul Thurlow.

I came across this artist in a copy of Elle a few months ago and thought his work was fantastic. Thurlow is a cover illustrator and mainly sketches magazines and records. His drawings are so realistic you would mistake them for the actual covers, the only giveaway is that he only uses black and white, his work is usually in pencil or biro pen.

In April 2010 he exhibited his work in his first solo exhibition at the debut Sketchbook Pop up Shop, which received rave reviews. The main body of his work was made up of 100 of Thurlow's favourite illustrations.
I recommend looking at his blog,

http://johnpaulthurlow.blogspot.com/

It's great and shows everything that he is up to along with his latest work and projects that he is working on.

He also has recently published a book called 'Covers' which I am definitely going to be purchasing (I think I'll add it to my Christmas list in fact). It certainly would be a great little book to have permanently proud of place on the coffee table and I can't wait to explore more of his work.


Kate Moss, Vogue.




A selection of Thurlow's cover illustrations.



Lilly Allen, Elle.