Archive for July, 2010

child

Doodle

went to the twins birthday party.

too much cake and chicken nuggets (me not the children)

happily I did not become hyperactive.

ducks

Nice Weather (for Ducks!)

Continuing on my slight duck obsession.

bear1

Can’t Win Them All.

This is called the can’t win um all bear.

Rats!

today just gets better and better.

:-)

spot

Duck

colouring in day .

whilst mr t is off saving the planet.

Take that BP.

turn

Turn Your Back for a Second

DOG….out!….nahh she looks so cute..ratbag!

(the shorter the deadline the more i blog it seems)

poo

Some Days

Oh just for a moment forgot about one of the greatest books ever written.

and  (in my opinion the super great H.E. Shepard )

ok out of the closet with me ..

winnie the poo.

by a a milne.

illustrated by H.E. Shepard.

And personaly have no problem with the new one …. just have not bought it.

but deeply object to the disney version, felt very betrayed as a child when it came out as the pictures were wrong..and the storys!

and Cider with Rosie.

By Laurie Lee.

Illustrations by John Ward.

Yes i apologise for all the books i havent read and such. but these i can read any paragraph and feel happy.

blablabook

Some Days…

well a bit more rain would be good for the allotment.

best not explain this one :-)

ponds

Mr T’s Request With a 50′S Slant.

“i just want a picture of a pond “

but had to put a bit of a 50s slant on it …some days you can’t help yourself.

lucky cat

Lucky Cat

thought we could all do with a bit of good luck and prosperity.

:-)

she sits on my desk waving at me normally.

sneeky

Ok What I Can Say

Very excited to have just sent off the artwork for Anna Hibiscus 4 (Anna goes to Canada)

will be published by Walker books in the autumn I think.

Lovely stories of a little girls life in urban Nigeria.

By the storyteller and writer Atinuke.

I have had the pleasure of Illustrating these books for a few years now and always look forward to seeing what she gets up to in each story.

sneaky peak!..to see more you will just have to buy the book :-)