Horace Walpole proposed this 'new' word in 1754 – after reading The three princes of Serendip, a fairy tale in which the heroes were always making discoverie...

It's a New Year and January looks like this - a new collection - and some of these and a couple of variations have already been submitted to Uppercase Magazi...

Some of you may have noticed I've been revamping the website and have been through several transitions in the past year. First I dropped the lobster - rememb...

Now and again I buy a magazine, not any magazine but something inspiring like Selvedge, Embroidery, Ceramics Review or Crafts. In the July/August edition of ...

Now sometimes things do not go to plan, I start on one track and end up on another ...with something quite different. So I left you in Process : From the top...

Or how I created my latest fabric design for Spoonflower. I read the contest brief – Using at least two of the colors from the palette provided (#2B061E, #5A...

Indulging in more Bootcamp loveliness with Lilla Rogers over at Make Art That Sells, and this month's mini assignment had us drawing/painting sewing accoutre...

Bootcamping again with Make Art That Sells, and this months assignment was Suffragettes. I was given Madeline (Madge) McDowell Breckinridge, from Kentucky, t...

I wrote this some months ago and just found it languishing in the drafts folder! So without more ado I give you Alice and Martin Provensen who illustrated mo...

The brief was to create an animal for a small child's T shirt. My first idea was a giraffe saying Hi! and the second was an elephant in a swimsuit with paint...

Part of a Global Interactive Art Library which contains over 36,000 sketchbooks, from more than 100 countries, within the walls of the Brooklyn Art Library....

Week four: The next decision was which part of the book I should illustrate, and I did these rough sketches of a scene where Eleanor slides down a giraffe's ...

Weeks two and three I drew Eleanor some more and got to know her and how she would look when she laughed, smiled, cried or when she was in a temper! What nex...

It seems ages since I told you all I was taking an online course with Make Art That Sells in Children's book Illustration, it was in October, and some of you...

I'm picking out one present from my annual stash for special mention: 'The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970'. A very much appreciated gift from my little s...

I was talking to my Aunt the other day and she reminded me that she has kept every Christmas card I have made and sent to her ...and that must build to quite...

It's that time of year when my thoughts turn to Christmas cards and in particular designing my own. I've done this for many, many years and thought that many...

The Little Golden Books are a very popular American series of children's books – first published in 1942, and The Poky little Puppy is one of the best sellin...

Olle Eksell Swedish graphic designer, poster artist and children's book illustrator. His illustrations are the epitome of late 40's, early 50's, graphic art,...

Oh dear! Apart from a few enticing images on Pinterest I can find very little about Hanna Czajkowska, these images will just have to be enough for now. If an...