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Category Archives: travel
Vote 100 Parade
An illustration to celebrate #vote100: February 6th marked 100 years of (some) women gaining the right to vote in the UK. There was a lantern parade through the centre of Bristol to celebrate the centenary, past the University tower (lit up … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged art, arts, Bristol, deeds not words, drawing, equal rights, equality, feminism, history, Illustration, lanterns, march, pankhurst, parade, sketchbook, Snow, suffragettes, tekening, vote 100, vote100, votes for women, voting
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The September express
How is it September seems to have leapt straight into the middle of the month? Still trying to get on top of the drawing waves – here’s one of Harry and Ron on that first September 1st train ride to … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Doodling, Illustration, painting, travel
Tagged art, arts, books, children's books, cute, doodle, doodling, drawing, fan art, fiction, Harry Potter, harry potter and the philosopher's stone, hedwig, Hogwarts, hogwarts express, Illustration, ink, kids books, kinderboeken, owls, painting, post-it notes, Ron Weasley, september, september 1st, sweets, tekening, train, travel, watercolour
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Wensleydale wonders
Straight to ink pen drawings from my summer sketchbook: Wensleydale sheep, wading and chewing their way through the field at the bottom of the garden. So many things to draw, finish up and post at the moment, but I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged animals, art, arts, brushpen, countryside, drawing, grass, Illustration, nature, North Yorkshire, pen, schaap, schapen, sheep, sketchbook, sketching, travel, Wensleydale, wensleydale sheep
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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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Plant-filled travel post-it
It’s been a travel month, with trips to both beloved rainy home places and exciting new sunny ones, all with their own mesmerising summertime colours 🏞🌧🌲🌷🌿🌺🌵🌞 🌅 I’ve got a whole backlog of paintings and sketchbook pages to put up, but … Continue reading
Posted in Daily drawings, Doodling, Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged art, arts, bird, blog, doodle, drawing, flowers, Holiday, holidays, Illustration, journal, painting, pen, plants, post-it note, travel, traveling, watercolor, watercolour
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Sketchbook Sunbathers
It’s been a busy time, and I’ve been neglecting WordPress a bit because of it..! Here’s a sketchbook page of some straight-to-ink summery sunbathers I drew in the park a while ago. … Continue reading
Posted in BIRDS and their secrets, Doodling, Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged aalscholver, art, arts, bird, Birds, Bristol, brushpen, cormorant, drawing, Illustration, life drawing, painting, pen, People of Bristol, sketch, sketchbook, sketching, summer, sun, warm days, watercolour
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Tanuki time
Drew this tanuki for a friend’s birthday 🎉🍃🍶🌿🌰✨ I loved seeing these often gormless looking guardians while in Japan, statues ranging in size from ankle to waist height, keeping watch by home, storefront and restaurant doors. Chingodo shrine in Tokyo … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Critters!, Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged art, arts, Asakusa, たぬき, Cards, Chingodo Shrine, 狸, drawing, 酒, folklore, Happy birthday George!, Illustration, japan, Japanese folklore, post-it notes, raccoon, raccoon dogs, raccoons, sketchbook, tanuki, Tokyo, travel, watercolour
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New Year snoozing / sketching
Happy New Year! Sorry, a little late as I’ve been mostly sleeping off some sort of bug. Been thinking about last year and the year to come and drew some of the thoughts up. Hope this year brings you … Continue reading
Posted in Comics, Critters!, Doodling, Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged 2016, 2017, art, arts, comic, comics, drawing, Illustration, japan, journal, sketchbook, stress, travel
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In-East Exhibition
My Messenger Birds over Seoul illustration is also on show elsewhere: there’s a small exhibition of my drawings up in the East Asian departmental hall of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany! Featured are dozens of sketchbook drawings, paintings, journal comics,and … Continue reading
Posted in Cards, Comics, Illustration, painting, Sketchbook, Taiwan journal, travel
Tagged art, arts, Birds, Cards, comics, dogs, drawing, Drawings, Duisburg, exhibition, Hong Kong, hourly comics, Illustration, japan, journal, riyue tan, sketchbook, sketchbook drawings, sun moon lake, Taipei, Taiwan, travel, University of Duisburg-Essen, 日月潭
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TY Cafe drawing
A sketchbook drawing from when I visited the TY Seven Dials cafe recently when I was in London. So happy to see the print of my Seoul messenger birds illustration up on the wall there! I took a picture of it … Continue reading
Posted in BIRDS and their secrets, Doodling, Illustration, Sketchbook, travel
Tagged art, arts, Birds, cafe, cafe drawing, cafes, coffee, digital drawing, drawing, Illustration, ink, interiors, London, people, plants, portraits, seven dials, sketch, sketchbook, sketching, timberyardUK, TY Seven Dials, TYUK
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