Gallery
Wibble Wobble
Traversing a stream with a springer spaniel...
"From a distance it will look like it's already been stolen!"
Waving hello
"On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...a pony in a pear tree."
A Christmas card
Where's Poppy's Ball?
"Is it on the bed?"
A children's book
Where's Poppy's Ball?
"Is it on the stairs?"
A children's book
Where's Poppy's Ball?
"Is it on the chair?"
A children's book
Baa...Humbug!
A Christmas card.
Martha The Mathemagician
Client: Tarquin Group
Author: Louise Matthews
Sketches for Martha from 'Martha The Mathemagician & The Secret Code and 'Martha The Mathemagician & The Medieval Castle'.
Some friends of a friend...
...when they were small.
Teenagers are rather less cooperative!
How To Catch A Mouse
It seems that mice prefer chocolate to cheese...
Afternoon Tea for 20
An 'Alice in Wonderland' themed birthday tea in the garden.
A lovely sunny afternoon in August; just right for my
rabbit outfit...!
The Flying Circus
The Tigermoth's dream
The Tigermoth dreams of carrying an exciting and aptly named passanger.
For an author who decided to take a different approach...
Taking The Invitation Too Literally...
Me arriving at a friend's 'Alice In Wonderland' themed birthday party; or so I thought...
An excellent afternoon tea though!
It was easy to lose your head in Elizabethan times...
Educational illustration
An Elizabethan boy and his hobby-horse after a nasty accident at Guildford Castle.
Martha The Mathemagician & The Secret Code
Client: Tarquin Group
Author: Louise Matthews
Illustrations for a maths themed story book for children aged 4 - 7 years.
Martha and Oscar the owl travel around Calculation Island where magical creatures give them clues to a secret code...
Many of these images include maths themed puzzles, opportunities to try out more advanced maths skills, and visual jokes.
The first of a series.
Available from:
Tarquin Group - www.tarquingroup.com
Amazon
Martha peels off the Halving Ladybird's spots...
The Number-eating Crocodile gives them the second clue...
Oscar put the 'hat' on his head and did a little dance...
Looking for the Doubling Butterfly...
'Give me back my sock!'
Along came a jolly crocodile...
'Lets try to work it out'
Magical creatures at Calculation Island
Maths in the sky...
Martha The Mathemagician & The Medieval Castle
Client: Tarquin Group
Author: Louise Matthews
Illustrations for the second in a series of maths themed story books for children aged 4 - 7 years.
Martha and Oscar the owl are whisked off to help solve a problem with a reward in a medieval castle that may not be all it appears...
Many of these images include maths themed puzzles, opportunities to try out more advanced maths skills, and visual jokes.
Available from:
Tarquin Group - www.tarquingroup.com
Amazon
They pushed the dragon into the moat...
"It was them!"
The King tries to arrange half the spots on one side of the halving ladybird.
The Princess correctly arranges the halving ladybird's spots.
Set theory in biscuit form!
Half biscuits are a sub-set of the set of biscuits.
Delicious Puddings
Pudding at my favourite restaurant, The Jumble Room, Grasmere, Cumbria.
Remember to book early; they're not open every day!
Humerus
Medical illustration - Pencil drawing of the left humerus.
I like drawing bones and skulls...
A Crayfish & Friends
Mine
An iris seedpod and a poppy seedhead in watercolour, a feather and birch bark in pencil.
Letter A
Sycamore seeds
Letter H
A ray's egg case
Hello
A selection of natural found objects:
An oak twig, a garden snail's shell, a razor clam shell, a lesser woodpecker feather and a scallop shell.
An A4 print is available to buy.
Disease Of The Kidney
Medical illustration in watercolour.
Taking a different view
Snowdrops, tree and con trails.
A pencil drawing.
Tidy house, tidy mind - or not...
'Now the very next time this happens...'
A badger's skull and the badger's entrance in The Wind in The Willows.
Captain Curly
In need of a haircut...
Hiding in plain sight
A sunlit chair and tiny missing object.
Pencil drawing.
Contemplating Life In Lockdown
Graphite and coloured pencil.
Potential Letters l & n
Lesser-spotted woodpecker and jay feathers in graphite and coloured pencil.
A feathered cup.
Calm
Something that's needed in these strange times
A selection of natural found objects -
Bracken leaf, sycamore seeds, greater spotted woodpecker's feather, iris seedhead
Blue Tit
Seed Pods
Apple
Milo
Oak Leaf
Orchid
Butterflies
Smile
Client: Holy Trinity & St Mary's, Guildford
Editorial illustration
A selection of natural found objects -
Hazel catkin, iris seedhead, poppy seedhead, razor clam's shell, garden snail's shell
An A4 print is available to buy.
Home
A selection of natural found objects:
A ray's egg case, a shell, an iris seedhead and birch bark
An A4 print is available to buy.
Arthritic hands
These are my hands. It's a wonder I can hold the pencil!
