A Strong Person Quote Illustration A strong person is the one who knows how to be quiet, shed a tear for a moment and then picks up their gloves and fights again! Illustration by Marie Law, couldn’t find an attribution for the quote.

I Love the Wombles of Wimbledon! I loved the Wombles of Wimbledon when I was a kid. I was introduced to them through the TV show “The Wombles” that was shown in the late 70’s. My children knew of the Wombles through Elisabeth Beresford’s books, the way it should be. I didn’t have parents who […]

Our first literary agent query was to Steven Malk of Writers House by email on June 13th 2016. We received a no within 24hrs (about 10 hours later), so a failed query. Also see How to Find a Literary Agent for Children’s Picture Books for a list of literary agents interested in children’s picture books […]

I drew a little bee, it started as a squiggle. I swished my pen across the page, it made me laugh and giggle. A quick scribble of a weird bee thing that I drew during my break. Illustration 2016 Marie Law

Yes it’s true, fairies do exist, just look at the photo below. Proof Fairies Exist Poem Once upon a time in a far away land, live a band of magic fairies, smaller than your hand. Upon a moon lit clearing, deep inside a wood, magic little fairies search for Robin Hood. Preparing for a battle, […]

We wrote a short Donald Trump Poem. Donald Trump Poem There is an old man, his name is the Trump. His skin is the color of an orangutans rump. He has lots of money, but none for the poor. He’d rather be spending your cash on a war. Women don’t like him, he’s a bit […]

If you are used to using Photoshop and similar image editing programs you’ll be confused when trying to do some simple things like crop in GIMP for the first time. In Photoshop etc… finding/using crop is easy. It’s under “Image > Crop”, in GIMP it’s under “Tools Transform Tools > Crop” or via the shortcut […]

I’ve been messing around with various GIMP enhancement tools to see what they do and found the Retinex tool is great for pulling detail from images taken in low light conditions. I’m far from an expert at using GIMP, I tinker with GIMP so I can help my wife (an illustrator and amateur photographer) gain […]

OH MY GOSH! Almost stood on a baby rabbit while out on a walk. luckily spotted it in time PHEW! Being up close and having the privilege of spending a moment with a wild animal is always rewarding. A good day I would say. #30dayswild 2016 Marie Law

My quick illustration says it all about what day 12 was like on our 30 days wild challenge. It’s raining, it’s pouring, I’m stuck inside it’s boring, can’t go out, it rained all night and kept raining till morning. Writing my own twist on the traditional nursery rhyme to describe today seemed appropriate. #30dayswild 2016 […]