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Category Archives: Commissions
A North Yorkshire wedding commission
I’ve been waiting to share these images from a very special commission: illustrations for the invitation and the order of service booklet for my friends’ wedding a few weeks ago! ✨ North Yorkshire is a place that’s close to my heart, … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Commissions, Illustration, portraits, travel
Tagged art, arts, bruiloft, commission, commissions, England, flowers, illustratie, Illustration, Jervaulx Abbey, love, marriage, North Yorkshire, pen, plants, ruins, tekening, travel, trees, wedding, wedding art, wedding invitation, weddings, wild flowers, wreaths
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A leaf-and-flower-bordered gift
A recent commission: an illustration of James and Peri (and Reggie), as a wedding gift, with borders of olive and fig leaves and alpine forget-me-nots, representative of home places. Also some of the sketches I did before starting the final … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Commissions, Illustration, painting, portraits
Tagged animals, art, arts, dog, dogs, drawing, flowers, Illustration, ink, leaves, love, pen, plants, portrait, portraits, watercolour, wedding, wedding gift, wedding gifts, weddings
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Fixing things like wings
I had an incredibly sweet commission for a gift for Father’s Day recently: drawings for a story written by Anitia, the mother of these two little girls, featuring her family and a hapless little dino, unable to fly home with … Continue reading
Posted in Commissions, Critters!, Illustration, painting
Tagged art, arts, children's books, commission, critters, dragon, dragons, drawing, family, girls, house, Illustration, ink, kidlit, kidlit art, kids, leaves, owls, pen, picture books, plants, red panda, red pandas, story, watercolour
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Featuring a few Australian birds
A little while ago I had the pleasure of painting this commission of my cousin and her fiancé, who both studied birds in Australia, commissioned by my other cousin, Marjolein, as a gift. Rosellas are Leonie and Raoul’s particular area of expertise, but … Continue reading
Posted in BIRDS and their secrets, Commissions, Illustration, painting, portraits
Tagged art, arts, Australia, Australian birds, avocet, bird, Birds, cassowary, commission, commissions, drawing, egrets, fairy wrens, family, gifts, ibis, Illustration, kookaburra, painting, parrots, portraits, rosella, spoonbills, tea, watercolour
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Dewar Family Portraits
A family portrait I made as a paper anniversary gift commission for Nicky Dewar, in ink and watercolour. The photos Nicky sent me as references, as well as the ones on her Instagram, were so playful and fun that I felt … Continue reading
Posted in Commissions, Illustration, painting, portraits
Tagged art, arts, commissions, dip pen, doodling, drawing, family, family portrait, Illustration, ink, painting, pen, sketching, watercolour
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The Sage Train
It was an honour to paint the cover for The Sage Train, a book written by the brilliant Nicky Hansell about the meeting of great philosophers in the misty mountains of the afterlife and the incredible journey they embark on! … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Commissions, Illustration, Literature
Tagged art, arts, book cover, books, commissions, drawing, Illustration, Nicky Hansell, painting, philosophy
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Ethics Online: Situation Ethics
Big blog post! Here are some of my sketches, drawings and paintings for a big project I worked on last year – illustrations for A-level films on ethics and philosophy, written by the amazing Nicky Hansell for EthicsOnline. Portraits of philosopher Joseph … Continue reading
Posted in Commissions, Illustration, Literature
Tagged A-levels, arts, commissions, drawing, education, ethics, ethics online, films, guards, Illustration, Joseph Fletcher, painting, philosophy, situation ethics, sketches, watercolour, writing
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