The new ladies have finally made their way into the shop! I’m pleased to say they do include the mounts :) Horray! The page measure 8″ x 10″ and with the mounts are all ready to frame. They will be signed on the back and sent in a sturdy hardback envelope.

It took me a while to come up with names for the pieces. I settled on the ‘Me and You’ series. Someone pointed out the portraits reminded them of the Philip Pullman stories, with each girl having their own little animal companion. I hadn’t thought of those books when I was drawing them but it’s a really nice association to make. If I was a character in one of his stories I’d like to think my daemon would be a red squirrel. How about you?

ps – HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I got asked the other week by a fellow twitterer, Eric Orchard, to have a go at doodling one of his characters in colour. Et voila! I’m pleased to introduce my tribute to Inky the bat. I love his comics and illustrations. They are definitely on my Christmas list this year. Enjoy!

It’s Christmas come early! Not just one new print but FIVE new prints soon to be launched in the shops! 5 lovely new ladies with ribbons in their hair and colourful creatures by their sides. I drew these while I was away over the weekend and I’m really REALLY pleased with how they’ve turned out. I was inspired by a random drawing I did a while back, which was posted on flickr (here). There was something about the partially coloured image that I was really drawn to. Splodges of colour here and there mixed with the simple black and white detail straight from the original illustration – lovely!

Anyway, the prints themselves measure 8 inches by 10 inches and come with an ivory oval mount* (as shown in the image below) so it’s all ready for you to frame. The image sits comfortably in the middle and framed beautifully within the oval. I’ll let you know when they hit the shops!

*The availability of the mount may vary in the future, I’m currently researching suppliers – for now the mount will be available for a limited time only.

Well I did as promised and brought back a post card :) or maybe 500 of them… I love postcards and nothing quite beats finding a shop with an old shoe box filled to the brim with beautiful old battered pictures. I thought I would share this one with you.

Everything’s slowly falling back into place, although I’m filled with guilt because I’m sat at the computer and not outside! (although in this weather, I’m starting to feel like it’s acceptable to stay indoors) In those short 3 days I got so used to getting up and out. Plotting routes on the metro, seeing some beautiful places, getting stopped and asked directions by the locals (which was followed by my  “I’m not French! I don’t know what you’re saying, ah!” speech). The weather was amazing, no rain, sunshine, blue skies, 17 degrees… I’ll shut up now.

Rather than bombard you with every picture taken I thought I’d construct a little montage summing up some of the 3 days: 1. I had a bit of a pilgrimage to visit Oscar Wilde’s grave in Père Lachaise. Beautiful place, massive too so be prepared – buy a map. 2. Some beautiful painted on windows we found on the last day as we were heading for the station (sniff). I’ll dig out some better pictures of them all, the colours were to die for. Love lovely. 3. Autumnal Pere Lachaise once again. 4. Chocolate – masses upon masses of chocolate… mmm. 5. Lovely rocking horse we came across in a beautiful Victorian arcade filled with shops and boutiques. The horse was situated outside a dolls house themed shop. 6. Slightly creepy window display from one of the many beautiful antique bookshops located in the previously mentioned arcade. 7. A painting I noticed as we left Pere Lachaise on the first day. 8. View from our hotel window one morning. Lovely golden light, blue skies… sigh. 9. One of the many many many coffees we drank on our travels. I liked the yellow cup.

This picture works better alone. An amazing display of mushrooms varying in all shapes and sizes.

We arrived back around 7 ish local time. I spent the evening colouring in some new illustrations (talk about diving face first into work related activities), I’ll do most things to avoid having to unpack. Unpacking is rubbish. Anyway, the reason I brought this up is because I’m too impatient to wait so I thought I’d show you a sneak preview of what is to come over the next few days!

What do you think? I’m very excited :)

I’ve definitely watched more than my tv and brain can take of Jonathan Creek… So much so that I think the dvd players about to pack up on me… got good! Spent the day trying to come up with some new badge designs too but I’m obviously in an incredibly indecisive mood. Circles or squares? I’m hoping they’ll be ready for the Kiosk kiosk stall at the start of December (I’ll have more details on that later on). Ah well…

Anyway, this was just a little note to say hello. What do you think? circles or squares?

I went to Southwell Minster this weekend to take part in the Big Draw. I did plenty of doodling but I was a party pooper and brought my pictures home with me instead of adding them to the displays. Now I have no idea what to do with them. So I thought I would do a little give away. I have 3 illustrations to dish out. If you want to get hold of one here’s how to do it:

Tell me:

What do you enjoy drawing/ doodling?

I tend to draw foxes, badgers, cats, clouds, trees and birds on repeat. Oh and tea cups too.

Click on the pictures to take you to flickr and leave your comments there. I will select 3 winners at the end of the month at random and send each of you a doodle. Horray!