Hi all,

I’ve been working on some new pigeon drawings recently.  Below is Quentin and the Duke.  Both original drawings are available at my NEW Original Work For Sale page.

Both are drawn in pen and coloured in via my lovely water colour set.

The Duke!

Quentin!

ALSO I have more bits and pieces for sale at my Society 6 shop too.

And.. a big Happy Marriage to my lovely friends Ant and Becky who are currently lazying in Bali on a well deserved Honeymoon.

Notice how my hand held scanner warped the Just Married banner into Lust Married.  Very interesting indeed.

And finally for now a big thanks to the Editor of Illustration Age for being the latest contributor to my 3 Word Wisdom page.

Thanks again Thomas.

AP x

Goodness gracious me!  The past 5 months have been a bit of of whirl wind. We have been rushing around the country house sitting here and house sitting there.  Now we have, almost, landed back in Brighton and I can get back to some serious, or more likely non serious, illustration.

Here  a snippet of some things I’ve been working on.

And thanks to James Turner for his 3 Words of Wisdom.

AP x

Sarah McIntyre adores raspberry jam. She also loves wild hats, enormous wigs and making silly comics with her friends. She first studied Russian literature but ten years later, went to Camberwell College of the Arts and learned how to write and illustrate books. She has illustrated and written some fabulously books, my favourite being Vern and Lettuce.

Make bad books.

Tor Freeman has been illustrating children’s books since graduating university in 1999. She was born in London but lived for five years in California as a child, and has spent time in her mother’s home country of South Africa. She makes fantastic books laden with comic animals such as The Toucan Brothers  and my particular favourite Olive and the Big Secret.

Remember to concentrate.

“Because it can be so pleasant just to draw and let things happen, I can forget to concentrate and make my brain work to think of new things, or really think about how to push an idea, or even come up with a proper idea in the first place! So concentrating on what you’re doing is obvious but certainly something I often forget to do!”

Thanks for your words Tor.

AP x

Viviane Schwarz was born in Germany. She studied English at university while writing fantasy stories to practice, then she moved to Cornwall and got a master’s degree in Illustration. She loves living by the sea, and most of her books feature at least one underwater scene and lots of fish my favourite being ‘Shark and Lobster’s Amazing Undersea Adventure’.

After moving to London Viviane started illustrating as well as writing books. Her books include There are Cats in this Book and There are No Cats in this Book.

She was chosen for a Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award in 2011.

Do The Obvious!

  Today’s experiment in gouache appears in the form of a Rabbit. (Yes he’s doing a quick aerobic workout atop a hillock)  Painted on canvas paper.

Tomorrow:  some more words of wisdom from another fabulous illustrator.

AP