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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...