Happy New Year everyone! It’s been a sluggish start to 2024 for us. Lots of tricky mornings getting the kids to school during the cold weather. Plenty of admin and jobs to do around the house. It can feel impossible to really get going with anything creative in January. But […]
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Greenwich Park is one of the eight Royal Parks in London. Here’s my line work for a new illustration I’m working on, featuring the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. This one is a personal project that I hope will make a nice addition to my Christmas card range. Why not have […]
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Our home (and my studio) sits on the Old Alresford Road that runs from Winchester to… well, Alresford! Alresford is a lovely market town, part of the wider Winchester district within Hampshire, but with its own very distinct identity. I’ve always felt that it has a nice atmosphere during the […]
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A torturous title 😆. It can be difficult to get across just how much preparation and construction goes into an artwork. Especially the bigger canvas compositions, which can be quite the jigsaw puzzle! I like to think that it’s one of the things I’m quite good at… creating plausible scenes […]
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It’s always nice to have a fresh canvas to play with (and I’m lucky enough to be given quite a lot of creative freedom in my illustration). But sometimes a commercial project requires a reworking. It’s a different challenge to bend new art into an existing design. The lovely folks […]
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Last year I volunteered to help out with the PTA. Somehow bagging the role of treasurer. It’s nice to give back to a small village school, which provides such a wonderful supportive environment for both our kids. There are some wonderful events throughout the year, but the big one has […]
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