Journal

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Thrilled that my MA project ‘Mr Octo’s Ice Creams has been shortlisted for the #BatsfordPrize Thank you @batsfordbooks 🍦🤩🍦 I loved creating this wordless book and am honoured to be shortlisted alongside so many of my talented @csacbi
While I didn’t make it to @bolognachildrensbookfair last week my books did! It has been fun seeing if I could spot them on the photos I’ve seen of the stand. Thank you so much to @pamsmyillustrator and @oluoke as well as the other @cambr
The @csacbi graduate exhibition has now arrived in Cambridge at the Ruskin Gallery within @cambridge_school_of_art Please pop in if you’re in the area, there are so many exciting projects on display. 🗓️ 21st Feb - 7th March ⏰9am - 8pm 📍Rusk
Now that the @csacbi Graduate Exhibition is over it’s time for many ‘Thank you’s for all those that helped me along the way. With a newborn baby it was literally impossible for me to present and hang my work myself. I am beyond grat
💕 I should be at the Private View of the @csacbi Graduate Exhibition tonight. Instead I’m having cuddles with this gorgeous girl who is just over a month old. Meet Adeline. My best and most creative achievement. Plus the best excuse to buy all
A couple of the dummy books I made for my Children’s book illustration MA projects that are on display at @candidartstrust for the next couple of days as part of the @csacbi Graduate Exhibition. 📍Candid Arts London 🗓️ 13-17th February 2024 ?
Time for an Instagram catch up … I’m a bit behind the times with a few good reasons. After an extremely busy few months I handed in my masters stage projects just before Christmas. Almost the end of the most exciting and challenging jour
The festive dish washing marathon is almost complete. It’s a good job my nephew loves washing up! • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbook #locationdrawing #csacbi #csacbi2024 #cambridg
Happy New Year! 🎉🍾 Thank you for all the likes and lovely comments about my work in 2023! Here’s my #artvsartist2023 showing some of my highlights from the past year, favourite drawings and also that I haven’t had time to post as oft
Loved all the shapes and lines that made up this bakery • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbook #locationdrawing #csacbi #csacbi2024 #cambridgeschoolofart #pencildrawing #limitedcolour #fabe
We bought the biggest watermelon I’d ever seen from this market stall yesterday. It tastes pretty damn good 😋 🍉 • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbook #locationdrawing #csacbi #csac
A bit tricky to photograph night time drawings, as the colours change so much, so I’ve added a few close ups. Loved drawing and watching this watermelon shop from the restaurant opposite, always so much going on! 🍉 • • • #walkto
Lovely Turkish brunch followed by an afternoon drawing, enjoying using some different colours and a mixture of pencil crayon and brush pens - neither of which melted ☀️ • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #sketchbookdr
Drawing the street view, whilst drinking çay and waiting for my tea 😋 • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbook #locationdrawing #csacbi #csacbi2024 #cambridgeschoolofart #limitedpalet
Summer colours ☀️ • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #carandache #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbook #locationdrawing #csacbi #csacbi2024 #cambridgeschoolofart #reportagedrawing #drawing #artofdrawing
Lovely evening on Wednesday at the @batsfordbooks Prize Awards. I had such a great time with @jamillamay and @naomitippingillustrator 🥂 It was lovely to meet some new people and see everyone’s fantastic work. Congratulations to everyone who to
Thrilled to bits that my dummy book ‘The Postman’ a wordless graphic novel has been shortlisted for The Batsford Prize! 💌📮 Thank you so much @batsfordbooks • • • #batsfordprize #dummybook #graphicnovel #atpeace #csacbi #
A big thank you to Pan from @greendoorstudios for a fun multi-block linocut workshop earlier this week. I took some drawings of the gorgeous lemurs from @peakwildlifepark to play around with. Looking forward to cutting out some more blocks and playin
Winter walks ❄️ • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbook #locationdrawing #csacbi #csacbi2024 #cambridgeschoolofart #pencildrawing #limitedcolour #blackandwhite #blackwingpencil #reportagedra
Another meatball sandwich van … with a view • • • #walktosee #observationaldrawing #drawdrawdraw #draweveryday #showyoursketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #sketchbook #locationdrawing #csacbi #csacbi2024 #cambridgeschoolofart #penci