…but fruit flies like a banana! It’s already nearly Christmas! And sorry for the heading but I love this pun! It has been an age since I last posted – and that’s because I’ve been very busy, which is good! 🙂 So, a flurry of posts will be incoming shortly, ranging from an inspirational PictureContinue reading “Time Flies Like an Arrow…”
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Picturehooks Playing with Watercolours Workshop
This was fab – only an hour, but so relaxing, creative and playful… David Melling is one of the wittiest, most accomplished British illustrators around, and he works a lot in watercolour – so I immediately signed up when this workshop was announced by Picture Hooks, an organisation specialising in promoting children’s book illustration. TheContinue reading “Picturehooks Playing with Watercolours Workshop”
Collaged Birthday Card
It seems to be birthday season in my family! I’m a huge fan of Manon Gauthier, a Canadian illustrator who makes the most exquisite, but kind of rough and wonky illustrations in painted card collage, so this image is inspired by her work.
“Shoe People”
I’ve joined Orange Beak Studio’s Picture Book Club 🙂 There are different options that you can subscribe to (it’s a Patreon-thing) so for about £5 per month I get these great prompts for making illustrations. Last month we were given lots of different types of shoes and asked to develop characters from their footwear. ThereContinue reading ““Shoe People””
Fantastical Forests Art Workshop
Some beautiful, magical artworks were made at the “Fantastical Forests” workshop I ran at half term. So good to see all the children so busy and engaged, imagining and creating their own fantastical forest worlds.
Sensory pictures for spring
Spring is taking a while to get to Devon this year, so to brighten up the day we made some colourful, sensory spring pictures with bees and spring flowers. I’ve been working for a few months with a small group of adults with very different abilities at a local care home. They really enjoyed creatingContinue reading “Sensory pictures for spring”
The Owl and the Pussycat workshop
My next workshop will be at Teignmouth Pavilions Theatre on 12th February 10.30am-12.30pm. We’ll be reading the poem and finding out a bit about its author, the artist and writer Edward Lear, and learning a bit about “nonsense verse” too. Come and make, colour and decorate your own model of Edward Lear’s characters The Owl andContinue reading “The Owl and the Pussycat workshop”
Image-making with stencils
I’ve been experimenting with stencils to create lines and textures in my work recently – the image above is one outcome, and it was all done using torn paper edges and charcoal (see below). I was fascinated during the process how you can create exciting marks and textures with such a simple technique. The processContinue reading “Image-making with stencils”
Live Drawing Online Tonight!
I can’t believe I’m doing this, but it is so exciting!! I’m going to be live illustrating today on Instagram 3pm EST – 8pm GMT with the Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, NYC!!! Their children’s books specialist Philipp Goedicke reads classic children’s stories live on Insta every day and invites an illustrator to draw along. IfContinue reading “Live Drawing Online Tonight!”
Viviane Schwarz – Create a Character Video
I love author-illustrator Viviane Schwarz’s work. She’s brilliant at inventing crazy, engaging characters and in this video from the British Library website, she shows you one way of doing this! It’s a wonderfully accessible technique and great for anyone trying to create characters for their book, comic or animation. Have a go! 🙂
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