Superbly drawn and full of dynamic movement, this is just fantastic! Kimono shaped comforter, Edo period, 19th century, indigo dyeing,...

I'm sitting in my work room listening to Lark ascending - Vaughan Williams at his most sublime - and looking for inspiring images 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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Cliff Roberts was an animator for Sesame Street, The Smurfs, and The Pink Panther! He also published comics in The New Yorker and in...

I have to admit I know exceeding little about Werner Klemke which is a shame - and the internet tells me very little more but here are...

I came across her work on the internet and adored at first sight... Stunning characters, texture and pattern ...definitely one for the...

'The Day the Cow sneezed'... I wish I'd had a copy of this when I was a child! Enough said... off to amazon to see if it's still...

Another illustrator whose work I have come across on the internet but know very little about. Czech Artist and Illustrator Мирко Hanák...

My favourite book as a child was - Han's Anderson's fairy tales illustrated by Jiří Trnka. It was bought brand new for me in 1967 -...

Whilst taking the Make Art That Sells courses I have become reacquainted with the work of the Johnstone twins, as they illustrated The...

As you all know I've been indulging in some CPD – Continuing Professional Development – with a wee twist, five fun and information packed...

As you may or may not know I've been involved a in a slice of Continuing Professional Development with Make Art That Sells, a series of...