It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with a couple of German companies this year. One directly and another on behalf of Yarty, who are working with a major distributor for the European market. We’ve been sharing food and drink illustrations with them since the Spring… and this month it […]
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I don’t think there are many more challenging facades, than Harrods in London. The scale of the building makes it incredibly difficult to capture the distant ends of Brompton Road and Hans Crescent. Yet any Harrods illustration needs to try and capture the ornate details key to its history, identity […]
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Sometimes it’s nice to play around with a few older illustrations. You may have spotted this ‘There’s No Place Like Home’ swatch before being used on my first wrapping paper design. I took the opportunity this month to try the same little houses and cafes on a greeting card. Hoping […]
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Here is my Machu Picchu colouring page if you want to challenge the kids to create their own colourful version of ‘The Lost City of the Incas’! The 15th-century citadel is located on a 7,970 ft mountain ridge in Southern Peru. If you would like to see how my painting turned out, you can […]
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A little architectural study to share today; ‘Liberty Diorama’. I have painted Liberty before but from a more central position. In the traditions of a grand department store it takes up a big chunk of city block on Great Marlborough Street. Pretty much impossible to capture the different facades of […]
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Here’s a sunny view I forgot to post. You know how you just forget about a whole original canvas you’ve worked incredibly hard on. We’ve all done that… right? Ah, well probably just me. This one was a personal piece, not done on commission or with a particular project in […]
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