Cornwall photos

Just had to post some photos l took while down in Cornwall recently.  Such lovely scenery and quaint little cottages...

Woodland Friends cover

All hand drawn and painted including lettering.  A personal project for a children's picturebook.

Personal Project

The first two spreads of 'The Real Cinderella' wordless picturebook, a personal project of mine created in graphite and acrylics.

Snow White illustration

Spot illustration for the well known children's story Snow White.  Here she is presented with the apple by the witch... (Graphite and ink pencils)

Reworking of a student project

After completing my studies and achieving a first class honours degree in October, l am working very hard on my portfolio, not least a couple of personal book projects.  One of these was begun during my studies but l have progressed a great deal since then and therefore l have decided l need to change the story.  The new story will be much more unusual and less predictable than the first one, thus making it more exciting and providing more layers of understanding.  My aim with my books is to entertain the adults as much as the child and l feel stories with more layers, i.e. those which are not just superficial and obvious are a great way of achieving that.  The book l am working on is 'Woodland Friends'.  I will be changing the cover which l was never happy with, and the title will change also as the story is being reworked.  I feel the outcomes will be much more appealing and l am already feeling enthusiastic about the new direction. The images below show the cover and one of the spreads which will be changing for the new story.

Preview images for a current project

The images are for a children's picturebook about a cat named Truffles who gets up to surprising adventures while his family are out at work and school! (Painted in acrylics)

Merry Christmas! (illustration)

Happy Christmas everyone! From Gingerbread Cottage.

Acrylic painting on illustration board