Horace Walpole proposed this 'new' word in 1754 – after reading The three princes of Serendip, a fairy tale in which the heroes were...

It's a New Year and January looks like this - a new collection - and some of these and a couple of variations have already been submitted...

Some of you may have noticed I've been revamping the website and have been through several transitions. The first move was to update my...

Now and again I buy a magazine, not any magazine but something inspiring like Selvedge, Embroidery, Ceramics Review or Crafts. In the...

Now sometimes things do not go to plan, I start on one track and end up on another ...with something quite different. So I left you in...

Or how I created my latest fabric design for Spoonflower. I read the contest brief – Using at least two of the colors from the palette...

Indulging in more Bootcamp loveliness with Lilla Rogers over at Make Art That Sells, and this month's mini assignment had us...

Bootcamping again with Make Art That Sells, and this months assignment was Suffragettes. I was given Madeline (Madge) McDowell...

I wrote this some months ago and just found it languishing in the drafts folder! So without more ado I give you Alice and Martin...

The brief was to create an animal for a small child's T shirt. My first idea was a giraffe saying Hi! and the second was an elephant in a...

Part of a Global Interactive Art Library which contains over 36,000 sketchbooks, from more than 100 countries, within the walls of the...

Week four: The next decision was which part of the book I should illustrate, and I did these rough sketches of a scene where Eleanor...

Weeks two and three I drew Eleanor some more and got to know her and how she would look when she laughed, smiled, cried or when she was...

It seems ages since I told you all I was taking an online course with Make Art That Sells in Children's book Illustration, it was in...

I'm picking out one present from my annual stash for special mention: 'The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970'. A very much appreciated...

I was talking to my Aunt the other day and she reminded me that she has kept every Christmas card I have made and sent to her ...and that...

It's that time of year when my thoughts turn to Christmas cards and in particular designing my own. I've done this for many, many years...

The Little Golden Books are a very popular American series of children's books – first published in 1942, and The Poky little Puppy is...

Olle Eksell Swedish graphic designer, poster artist and children's book illustrator. His illustrations are the epitome of late 40's,...

Oh dear! Apart from a few enticing images on Pinterest I can find very little about Hanna Czajkowska, these images will just have to be...