ABC London will be published a week today on the 7th June by Frances Lincoln! Written by James Dunn and illustrated by some loon with a pair of scissors and a glue-stick, it has already had a nice me...
Ive been making lanterns. The one with the horse was for a present, the flowery one an experiment in seeing how quickly I could work once I knew what I was aiming for. The answer is: not very quickly...
Its still a bit of a work in progress, but yesterday was my mums birthday and I made this for her. Im not sure about the creamy-beigey background of this version of the print - cream is so difficult ...
Just to let you know that my website is down at the moment, I seem to have neglected to renew something or other from the ancient days of 2008! Im hoping to get everything up and running post-haste.*...
Hooray! ABC LONDON IS HERE. I actually did a forward roll of excitement when I first had an email about this book from Frances Lincoln (this was back in the days when I lived and worked in my carpete...
Apart from having a job that I LOVE, one of the best things about being a self-employed illustrator is the possibility of taking sudden and unexpected holidays.* On a sunny-Sunday-afternoon sort of w...
Yes indeed, all cards in my etsy shop are 3 for 2 until Sunday! Have a lovely weekend.
Last week we had four whole days away in Budapest. Its such a beautiful, fascinating city, I urge you to visit! It has absolutely everything you could want: magical spires and domes, mosaic-tiled roo...
I posted my cover illustration for Eva of the Farm by Dia Calhoun (pub. Simon & Schuster, July 2012) quite a while ago, but havent been able to share the accompanying black and white interior ill...
A few weeks ago I learnt that two of my illustrations, one from ABC London and the Eva of the Farm book cover have been selected for the Association of Illustrators Images exhibition and annual this ...
I have finally (last week actually, but Ive been in recovery for a few days!) finished illustrating a book called ABC London for Frances Lincoln, it is (surprise, surprise!) an A to Z of London...
Theres more information in my last post, but if youre a Staffordshire local or fancy a day out it would be great to see you there!
Hoist the main sail! Step aboard The Book Barge this weekend for a pop-up shop and exhibition of my work.For two days only I will be pirating the fair vessel and alongside the usual literary de...
I bring you before,and, most gloriously, after... Its taken me a day and a half to achieve such organisation! My greatest feat involved sorting though heaps of the magazines I use for collaging; inst...
Here are my latest illustrations for the January/February issue of the RSPBs Wild Times magazine. The story is set entirely in a compost heap. Illustrating lots of tiny black and brown insects in bla...
I actually spent quite a lot of time tidying up yesterday, but Im not sure thats evident in these photos! Havent got a clue where Im going to to keep all the work thats still up on the walls, but I m...
These 3 postcard sets are now on sale! Reduced from £6.00 to £3.95.In fact, the Walrus & Friends and Giraffe & Friends sets are soon to be discontinued and replaced with a NEW animal po...
Heres an illustration I did for the BBC which has been up on the homepage over the weekend. Remember to change your clocks, everyone! Here it is on the site this morning...
Ive recently uploaded lots of product photos to my shop, which were taken by the very talented Holly Booth. Holly was fantastic to work with, and Im so pleased with the final results! Here are some o...
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas!Just a quick post to let you know that you can use this code - GOODCHEER20 - to receive a seasonal 20% off everything in my Etsy shop, or visit my Noto...
Buy one pack of 6 Christmas cards and get another pack free from my shop until Monday. Two designs available, Holly Birds and Skating Girl and Snow Goose. More lovely photography by Holly Booth. Have...
After about 11 months of preparation, my Notonthehighstreet.com shop is finally LIVE! I genuinely did sign up for the shop in January but have had such a busy year illustrating that it was only after...
Here are my latest RSPB illustrations, for March/Aprils issue of Wild Times! This is my sixth commission from them, so Ive now illustrated the whole year round! Not sure which is my favourite... prob...
It was truly the most brilliant and astonishing morning ever.My very good friend Lou came to visit this weekend, and as we were walking around the farmyard this morning we found a young and seemingly...
Ive just added this cover illustration to my website, something Ive wanted to share for ages! It was commissioned by Simon and Schuster in the U.S. last May for a wonderful book called Eva of the Far...
To celebrate the centenary of one of my favourite childrens books, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, I will be giving away a free giclee print of my Secret Garden poster illustratio...
On Thursday I will be hurtling to London to go to the Association of Illustrators Images 35 exhibition private view at Bankside Gallery, in which my good, old Whale has been selected to appear. Its s...
I had a brilliant day at Birdfair on Saturday, signing books and making magpies, woodpeckers, kingfishers and blue-tits with children in the Wildlife Explorers tent. They all made such beautiful bird...
Youve probably seen this illustration about a billion times by now, but I just received my copies of the RSPBs Wild Times childrens magazine in the post, so here are the slugs and hedgehogs in their ...
Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat.Well, apparently. Although I must say I am still hoping for some more shorts weather before August is out, and the geese are probably still relatively t...
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