"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Right time, right place, fulfilling a need and getting a life of it's own, becoming both an iconographic...

Gosh, it's the second week of October and I bet you're all wondering where I've been since my last post ...well I've been updating/revamping the website and ...

I love a bit of Bauhaus, and I do so love a bit of ballet, and Oskar Schlemmer embraced both in his costume designs and choreography. Bizarrely beautiful or ...

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 ...

So picking up the theme of inspiring artists – I still have quite a few to add to my vast and ever growing list – here are two I knew nothing about until my ...

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...

Yesterday I went to see the John Piper exhibition at Tate Liverpool and it got me thinking ...what would I put in an exhibition if I had my choice?! Obviousl...

Such economy of line and distillation of form - pure genius! To find out more about the man and to see more of his work click on Julius If you have pennies t...

Most of you know I love to draw, and a fair few of you know I love pattern, and there are even a few of you know that I love to draw the human figure and tha...

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...

I've just discovered Tziporah Salamon via a search for all things related to tea! Tea to reading the leaves, to Tarot, to the Empress, to China on rememberin...

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...

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...

Another Illustrator of children's books that I can find very little about ...but just look at her work! The image above links to a very short article about h...

Illustrator of over three hundred books including such well known ones as Willi Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and James and the Giant Peach writte...