Monthly Archives: July 2011

Perennial…

Posted on 27/07/2011 by

Well, this week’s Illustration Friday topic rather flummoxed me, so I abandoned all efforts at even the most flimsy of interpretations until I realised that today is Wednesday (and only just, at that), and that the next topic is already … Continue reading →

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Illustration Friday! (I know it’s only Wednesday, but hear me out…)

Posted on 20/07/2011 by

I’m afraid this week’s offering is a little rough around the edges, but I’m experimenting with a couple of new elements – alternative eyes for my child characters and adding more ‘thorough’ (i.e more conscientiously observed/less lazy…) background to my … Continue reading →

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Hockey players, (hiccups…), and Heather’s wedding stationery

Posted on 15/07/2011 by

Another week, another frolic oop north to the Pollard ancestral seat (hah!) – and another 30th birthday to ‘recognise’, in the time-honoured fashion… Yes, last Saturday was the turn of my youngest cousin (I have but two *violins, if you’d … Continue reading →

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Beauty and the Beast

Posted on 06/07/2011 by

Having missed out on last year’s ‘Picture This’ illustration competition, launched by Waterstone’s and featuring the indisputably excellent and wonderful Julia Donaldson (also 2011’s Children’s Laureate, incidentally http://www.childrenslaureate.org.uk/julia-donaldson/, succeeding the equally marvellous Anthony Browne) – because I had been labouring under … Continue reading →

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