Big Ears and Sticky Fingers

Big Ears and Sticky Fingers (Oxford Reading Tree, Infact level 9 non-fiction, OUP 2014) has been published this month. Great to see the map and stamps I illustrated in print version! The book has a postal theme with animal stamps from around the world, the continents cut from parcel paper and the ocean waves made up from postal marks.
http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Oxford_Reading_Tree_InFact_Level_9_Big_E.html?id=cSj4oAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

map in book

animal images

Featured Illustrator SCBWI (British Isles)

I'm thrilled to be featured illustrator this month with Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (scbwi) on their online magazine, Words and Pictures!
http://www.wordsandpics.org/2014/09/featured-illustrator-anna-violet.html
and gallery is here
http://www.scbwishowcase.org/#!featured-artist-anna-violet/cmm2
I'll have to change my blog banner to mark the occasion...

Manchester and Salford Illustrated shop

Prints (A3 size) celebrating everyday Manchester and Salford are now available to buy online (http://manchesterandsalfordillustrated.mysupadupa.com/collections/masi-2013-collection)to raise money for Wood Street Mission. My flying pig image is one of the prints for sale, shopping over a well-known street in south Manchester (http://annavioletillustration.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/if-pigs-could-fly-trip-to-shops-poster.html)

Craft sessions

Some sample creations I prepared last month for playgroup sessions, using stuff from Grumpy's scrapstore (http://www.grumpy.org.uk/scrapstore). Pipecleaners, white stockings, foam, thread, curtain blinds, sticky-back plastic, balloon-holders, gaffa tape, string and cardboard.

New image Wilbraham Road

New image of Wilbraham Road shops, Chorlton, now available at the fab new Make It Shop (ltd ed prints, just 20). Includes Out of the Blue fishmongers, Simon Dunn Chocolatier, the Make It shop, Little Angels, Bar 4 Eighty and Oxfam shop.

More mugs, some with pink!

Pink versions of Beech Road available from The Make It Shop on Wilbraham Rd and Hurricane on Beech Road. Also new block of shops on Wilbraham Road, including Out of the Blue fishmongers, Simon Dunn Chocolatiere and fab new Make It shop.

Orkney sketches

Spent a week based in Stromness (Orkney mainland) last month with plenty of sunshine. Here are some of my quick sketches.

Berridale, island of Hoy

diving boat

ferry boat to Hoy

Scara Brae

Stromness

view south towards Hoy fromabove Scara Brae