Cambridge Folk Festival Drawings 2012

Here's a selection of drawings from my sketchbook which I took along to the folk festival this year.  I was struggling to get into my sketching until I went along to the festival drawing workshop run by Jim Butler and John Holder.  They suggested starting off with hats (you do see quite a selection) so I started straight away while watching King Charles at The Den and continued the next day too!

Happy Birthday Dad!

It's my Dad's birthday today.  I've made him a card....don't worry, there's no danger of him seeing it as he never goes near a computer!  The dog is based on some drawings I did at Wood Green Animal Shelter a few years ago.

The Story of Fluff and Billy Part 5 - Character and Artwork Experiments

Well, apologies that this installment has been a long time in coming...to the extent that I've had to go back and refresh my memory about what I've covered so far!

Having drawn lots of penguins (see Part 4) I then started working on how the characters would look and what materials I would use to draw/paint them.  I tried all sorts of things but have a small selection here.  Early on in the process I managed to spill a whole bottle of sepia ink on myself and my chair.  I'm afraid to say that the jeans I was wearing at the time never recovered!

Hay Festival 2012

On Friday 8th June I was at the Hay Festival doing a couple of events for 3-5 year olds in the Hexagon.  This involved drawing some pictures, making animal noises, reading some stories and talking about why I like animals, all followed by a decorating activity.  It was great that so many people braved the elements to come along.  It was also lovely to meet fellow author/illustrator Paul Howard and to see Helen Stephens there - she was one of my tutors on the MA course and a really talented lady.  Big thanks to Isla from Egmont for all her help and moral support!

Cambridge Christmas 2012

I know it's a long, long way off, but it's just been confirmed that I will be exhibiting at this year's Cambridge Christmas on Monday 26th November from 4-8pm.  To see more details about the event and who else will be there please click here.

John Lewis

I was wandering round John Lewis in Cambridge yesterday when I had a nice surprise.... As you may just be able to make out from this hastily taken and rather blurry phone picture, they are stocking my board books!

Product placement!