Illustrations

I love books, the feel of them, the smell of them, but it wasn’t always that way. I was late to the love books party :( I didn’t have parents who read to me or valued education as a child, I was partially deaf for much of my vital school years and as a result […]

I’m excited! Today is my first day on developing character ideas for a wordless picture book we are creating. I’m looking for a feisty girl who does not let the word NO stop her from doing what she’s set her mind on. Attempt number one at Little Red, I like her, but she probably isn’t […]

Having a little bit of fun drawing some lovely Nuzzle Wuzzle’s. What are Nuzzle Wuzzle’s I hear you say. I don’t know, but they’re terribly cute and I suspect very cuddly. My writing partner and I must go post-haste to our writing cave and write a sweet story about the Nuzzle Wuzzle’s. The children of […]

Gordon Bennett! it ain’t half difficult to draw a picture of yourself. I found it quite difficult to cartoonize myself and David. Drawing David was easier, but drawing a cartoon portrait of myself was harder and I’m not happy! – with either of them! They were my first attempt. I’ve never cartoonized us before, myself […]

There is nothing better than walking across the beach at anytime of the day, but at 3.30am on a warm July morning there is nothing quite like it. On one side of the beach, dancing across the shallow waves was the moonlight. On the other side the sun was waking up on the horizon. Kissing […]

It was turning dark and we spotted a couple of young rats looking to see what pickings the tourists had left behind during the day on the boating lake. We were watching with interest when one of the rats spotted us and ran into the other rat causing a chain reaction. Without looking the startled […]

Hubby woke me up before the birds and took me on an early morning walk across the beach where we saw a couple of seals bobbing around in the sea. So we serenaded them with Mr Sandman from the beach. And do you know what… They seem to like it and swam closer to the […]

Marie’s been busy creating rough illustrations in different styles for our unpublished children’s picture book manuscript That Greedy Goat Just Cannot Stay, or Where Has All Our Stuff Gone? The above is based on spread one: A button goes missing, a goat is blamed! Pages 1 and 2 if Marie illustrates the book. The above […]

There I was stuck in the middle of no where being whipped in the face by my hair. I’d forgot yet again to tie my hair up and the wind decided to take fully advantage of my complacency. I knew I was in for a miserable walk, fighting with my hair, being forced to fight […]

I casually looked out of my window on my way to the kitchen and saw a large group of Vikings walking by! Living on a main road can be maddening, but sometimes, just sometimes you see something unexpected and today it was Vikings. Describing them as Vikings might be a bit of a stretch. In […]