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Children's Books IllustrationSunday 11 October 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Famous Story Reading

I’m a bit excited about this! A famous person reading a book I illustrated, and getting dressed up for the occasion.

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IllustrationSaturday 10 October 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Play the Game

After going to all the effort of learning your craft and creating work marketing and showing your work can be difficult. But with some guidance it starts to feel more like a game.

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Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 7 October 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Mock-up Love

I love creating mock-ups for patterns and prints. Here are some pointers on how to start creating mock-ups

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Children's Books IllustrationWednesday 30 September 2020Tuesday 24 November 2020

Reading to Children

I can honestly say that some of my favourite memories of my children being small are the times when we sat down to read a book together, or two or three. Most nights I had to put a cap on it at three or four in case I fell asleep whilst reading to them. Our…

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Illustration TeachingWednesday 23 September 2020Wednesday 23 September 2020

Next Phase

A brief update of what I’ve been up to for the past three months. I’m very happy to be getting back to illustrating.

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Art IllustrationMonday 17 August 2020Wednesday 23 September 2020

That Drawing Project I did 100 Years Ago!

It’s hard to believe how quickly the past two months has disappeared. When I last wrote I was finishing up on my #100daysofanimalsinhats project with The 100 Day Project. I really got into the swing of it towards the end and stared getting to grips with using Adobe Illustrator and building my skills. I also…

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ArtMonday 22 June 2020Monday 22 June 2020

Creativity, young people and mental health

As a teacher of creativity it was really disheartening this week to hear in the news that humanities degrees in Australia are set to double in cost over the next few years. The (total nonsense) logic is that it will encourage young people to consider more vocational subjects. But of course it will only disadvantage…

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IllustrationMonday 15 June 2020Monday 15 June 2020

Learning new skills

I’ve recently published a Skillshare class on illustrating characters in Photoshop. You can get 2 months free Skillshare access with the referral code in this post.

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Children's Books Illustration Surface Pattern DesignWednesday 3 June 2020Thursday 4 June 2020

Black illustration

A blog post celebrating black illustrators and designers

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Craft Illustration Surface Pattern DesignMonday 25 May 2020Monday 25 May 2020

More sewing

Face masks with wire! So life is opening up again and it feels weird and worrying so this weekend I hid behind my sewing machine. That’s not strictly true, we did have drinks with a few friends and of course I ferried the kids around but I did spend a large amount of time sewing…

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Hello! Thank you for visiting my website, I hope you enjoy exploring all the images. I am an illustrator. I have enjoyed illustrating books and patterns for many years. I am always on the look out for people and businesses to work with, and I would love to discuss your creative ideas with you. Please click on the picture to find out more.

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