Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Tiny wren

Tiny wren featured in scbwi's Word & Pictures celebration feature last Monday
http://www.wordsandpics.org/2014/03/now-we-are-one.html


Life drawing

Trying to capture movement in a walking figure. From last week's life drawing session.

Monday, 24 February 2014

London Stories

The London Stories - serco prize for illustration 2014 exhibition is now open at London Transport Museum.
http://www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/exhibitions#serco
Here is the winning poster entry by Gill Bradley, Monkey Band at Large in Notting Hill 1927 - I saw this colourful and intriguing poster was up in the London underground last week. 


More information at http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2014/february/serco-prize-for-illustration
Here's Bradley's explanation for the piece: "In 1927 an escaped monkey jazz band embarked on days of high-jinks and mayhem at Latimer Road Metropolitan station. Jumping aboard trains one reached as far as Rugby before capture."

This was my entry to the competition based around Dick Whittington's cat.

Friday, 31 January 2014

Sketchcrawl in Manchester March 2014

Sketchcrawl in Manchester on 29th March 2014, organised by SCBWI (Society Book Writers and Illustrators). Hosted by children's book author/illustrator Lynne Chapman. Open to interested illustrators and writers, unpublished and published.

Monday, 27 January 2014

Chinese New Year in Manchester

Chinese New Year is coming and the colourful celebrations in Manchester city centre this week.
http://www.visitmanchester.com/articles/whats-on/chinese-new-year-2013/
My souvenir limited edition prints (out of 100, handpainted in gouache) of the annual celebrations in Albert Square are for sale.
Contact Helena Wall at Everyman Art Gallery.

My mugs, tote bags and cards of Chinese New Year in Manchester are also for sale at Grumpy in the City pop-up shop on Brazenose Street this week.
Here are the new opening times and details:
wed-fri 11am - 6.30 pm
sat 1st Feb 11am - 6.30 pm
sat 2nd Feb 11 am - 4 pm





Friday, 10 January 2014

Tote bags Beech Road now online

From Folksy shop
https://beta.folksy.com/shops/AnnaViolet



Thursday, 9 January 2014