William Butcher

Good Monday people!

Here I have drawn two various views of ‘Thorong La Pass’ on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal.

I hiked this over 2 weeks last year climbing to 5640m and these two drawings were commissioned by some friends I met along the way in the tea houses. Lots of good memories on this beautiful circuit!🗻😎

Namaste 🙏

Here are a collection of envelopes I gathered together while I was traveling around Japan a few months ago.

I found various stamps from shrines/ temples, train stations and Museums I visited to put onto these envelopes in hope of creating a series of mini pieces out of them when I returned to my studio here in England.

So I will begin drawing different Japanese animals/ scenery on to these. And of course I have 4 more Mt. Fuji’s I will release too as promised soon.

Dm me to reserve your envelope now.

£50 each. Watch this space!😊🇯🇵

‘Mt. Fuji Envelopes’

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Dm me if you fancy one! £45 each

Original pen on blank Japanese envelopes from Fujinomiya 🇯🇵

🗻Happy Monday people!🗻

My mini series ‘Mt Fuji. Envelopes’ are now *LIVE* and available. The first two in series are *SOLD* so there are two left to sn**ch up if you fancy one.

I pencil sketched these in Japan looking at Mt.Fuji and then inked these up the last week.

Drawn on blank envelopes in pen from Fujinomiya.

£45 each

Closeups incoming..

Happy Saturday!

So pleased with my new stamp design made by .co.uk

I was feeling inspired by my recent trip to Japan and the efficient and heavy use of stamping everywhere I went. So decided it was time to make my own.

I’ll be stamping this on all the backs of my framed originals and prints from now on. 😊🙏

Happy Thursday world! 🌍

Here I’m happy to announce my new mini exhibition ‘Creatures of Dhamma’ currently on display

I thought it was time to re hang ‘Tempus fugit’ in the center surrounded by new creatures I saw during my Vipassana mediation in Korea last month.

All works are original drawing in pen & ink, bespoke framed by myself. Available now from my website! (Link in bio)

Keep a look out for many more exciting events and projects to come over the next months 🙏😊🌳

Process shot here of the latest pieces in progress. I love drawing and framing lots of animals as like a warm up for the hands and mind for bigger inspiration and personal projects.

The next chapters and larger scale pieces will be me processing what I witnessed and experienced in eastern and Southern Asia..

Can’t wait to begin..

‘Creatures of Dhamma’

Happy rainy Monday from UK to the world 😊

Here we have the latest collection of available affordable framed creatures..

All of these are original drawings in pen.

Bespoke framed and mounted.

Focusing on some of my most memorable insects and animals I saw in South Korea during my Vipassana meditation a few weeks back.

All now available from my shop! (Link in bio for more details)

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‘Papilio polyxenes No 2’

43 x 33 cm

Original pen drawing

Mounted and framed in a Black painted wooden oval

Available from my website🦋😊

Papilio polyxenes

‘Papilio polyxenes No 1’

43 x 33 cm

Original pen drawing

Mounted and framed in a Black painted wooden oval

Available from my website🦋😊

Here are the final two pieces I drew and framed over the past week for the latest collection.. ‘Creatures of Dhamma’

I introduce to you Papilio polyxenes No 1 & 2.

Original pen drawings.

Mounted and framed in black painted wooden ovals.

43 x 33 cm each

Also know as the Eastern Black swallowtail. This butterfly I saw many mornings amongst some blossoming lily’s during my Vipassana meditation in South Korea.

Full collection available from my website! (Link in bio)

These pieces are available as a pair or separate. 😊🦋🦋

Some action shots from the studio of my art process.

Working on part 2 of the latest animal collection
‘Creatures Of Dhamma’ as I speak!

Full series revealed tomorrow!

‘Taeniopygia castanotis’

17 x 12 cm

Original pen & ink drawing

Bespoke framed and mounted in a chunky black box frame.

Available from my website! Link in bio

‘Black Swallowtail Caterpillar’

17 x 12 cm

Pen & ink original drawing

This is one of the many animals part of my ‘Creatures of Dhamma’ collection.

I met many of these little caterpillars waking to and from mediation every morning during the course.

Available from williambutcher.co.uk

‘Chorthippus brunneus’

17 x 12cm

Original pen & ink drawing

Bespoke framed and mounted

I spied this grasshopper during my Vipassana meditation a few weeks back in South Korea climbing up a hedge. It was the biggest my eyes have seen. They say seeing a grasshopper is a sign of good luck from the universe..

Available from my website!

‘The Korean Weasel’

12 x 17 cm

Pen & ink on wallpaper

Bespoke framed and mounted

I saw a lot of these little guys running around the streets of Busan and Seoul when I was travelling about South Korea.

Now available from my website!

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Happy Sunday from sunny England! 😎🏡

Settling back into the studio just now flicking through some of the many sketchbooks from these past 7 months on the road.

I will be getting back to all the people over this time who commissioned me/ ordered prints that I couldn’t get around the finishing up and starting these works this week!

Thankyou to everyone who supports me and so excited to start fresh on big projects outside of the sketchbooks now I’m home. Keep your eyes peeled..

Here is a snippet of a hiding Mt. Fuji I drew in Fujinomiya | Japan. Flip threw whole sketchbook coming soon..

Hello everyone, from Jeonju, South Korea.

Here are two 25minute sketches I did timed for a change of some forest and foliage here.

I decided to leave the sketches at their base layer without any further inking or shading and really enjoying their rawness.

These two sketches are in my pocket sketchbook and see if you can spot them in my flick through video of the completed book soon! 😊

Just arrived in South Korea 🇰🇷

Here are some doodles of fellow passengers I spied on my plane. Sad to say goodbye to Japan after soaking up the beautiful country for 3 weeks. And now to explore Korea.. I have a great feeling about here.

Full flick through of my Japanese stamp pocket sketchbook coming very soon..

Japan pocket sketchbook experiments | 2024

Closeups…

Closeups..

Closeups..

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Good afternoon world! From Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵

Here is my sketchbook page for Mt Fugi!

I spent some days in the small town of Fujinomiya and sketched out several pencil drawings of this particular view on envelopes(as I ran out of sketchbook space)

Here is the first complete inked drawing before I ran out of sketchbook space 😊🙏🗻

I hope to release a series of available Mt Fuji drawings soon! DM me if you would be interested..

Next stop | Hiroshima

Some closeups of these gentleman I sketched in Tokyo.

Learning to embrace the imperfections and new style of quick working in sketchbooks.

Also very much looking forward to working in higher detail again and on a bigger scale when I return to UK.

For now expect more sketchbook doodles and randomness of scenes and ideas out here 😊🙏

Good afternoon people from Kyoto, Japan ☺️

I’ve been soaking up every moment here and it’s unique and peaceful atmosphere.

Here is one of my finished sketchbook pages involving two various stamps I’ve collected from train stations.

Closeups incoming…

Good evening world from the Shinkansen to Kyoto | Japan 🇯🇵

Just finished this drawing with a stamp I found in the train station of Pakadanobaba in Tokyo.

This scene is taken from glimpses and memories of many zebra crossings in the city.

Keep a look out for many more caricatures and sketches around my stamps over the next few weeks..