cat tape

cat tape has finally made it into my etsy shop - buy it NOW!!!

bears & bananas

Thanks to everyone who came to the Bear flat open weekend. I was attempting to get lots of animals drawn in preparation for a new print. I spent end of last week printing it for the Affordable Art Fair in Hampstead which opens on thursday 13th june- sunday 16th. 
My work will be on the Rostra Gallery stand K1

the inevitable gold layer looking shiny in the afternoon sun, it was so hot in the studio the gold layer almost killed me...or at least my arms were hurting for days afterwards - always worth it though - love the gold!

this is day 2 after a fairly sleepless night dreaming of what was to come and having painful arms (see above)   

I always enjoy printing the last layer because you see everything coming together (and find out if you've printed everything in the right place. This was tough going though - I had to keep stopping and cleaning the screen - ARGH...but I have to admit to being pretty pleased

                   

drink sensibly!

I was recently commissioned to illustrate this article about ones favourite tipple revealing your true self!! I had to face my slight fears of drawing people...and it turned out to be really good fun to do.

 the champagne drinker's dog is my favourite bit

cheeeers!

Bear Flat Open Studios/house/small flat

It's the Bear Flat open weekend next weekend 25th-27th may...there will be prints, cat tape,bags, cards and other things up for grabs. 

I've also made a few new small prints, including these flamingos...which will be available for the first time, so please come along, if there's time I might even make cakes...

 In other news my 'Do you feel lucky' print has been short listed for the Association of Illustrators awards in the self initiated category.

judge a book by its cover

One of the reasons I wanted to be an illustrator was that I thought I'd get to read lots of books before illustrating the covers...well that dream finally came true last year when I got to read a proof of 'The Shock of the Fall' by Nathan Filer...It's finally come out and I hope it does well as it's a good read! (I read it in about 2 sittings). 

I did a few illustrations for the inside as well as the lettering for the cover...here's a little film about how it was designed ...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22365984 

 Margo enjoyed reading it too...

golf cats

I put in a 10 and a half hour day in the print studio this saturday (surviving on cups of tea and a bag of nuts, sometimes there are biscuits lurking in the studio but sadly not this time). I printed sleepy cats for the Bristol Affordable Art Fair which is coming up on the 26th-28th april. 

Some sheets of black paper have been tucked away under the sofa for ages so I fished them out and printed these gold cats (when typing gold on my phone predictive text says golf first)

 after the gold/golf came a bit of colour...

meeow. By the end of the day I was covered in blobs of shades of grey ink and my arms had a  light dusting of gold/golf powder. Wonder why no one sat next to me on the train home.

more bits and pieces from MGHQ

a little bit of writing on windows for Melanie Giles Hairdressing, and an advert....