Red Riding

Confined

Boy told monster not to leave the box...

Monsters

Getting back into the work groove with some hairy, scary monsters...

Cream Tea

Yum.

The aforementioned fiance...

This is him hobbling away after I hit him with a snowball (giggle). You can see how pleased I am with myself.

no, it's not Narnia...

...or iceland even! We found this icy landscape high up in the brecon beacons.

Engaged!

Okay - so now you know why I've been so quiet. After five years together, my partner Jonathan proposed to me whilst we were staying with our 4 best friends in Wales on NYE 2009. At 11:45pm and during a game of homemade "pictionary" he drew a ring, turned to me in front of all our friends and asked me to marry him, and I, in my new years dress, a black lace glove and bright red lipstick, graciously accepted. Hip, hip, hoorah!

A cowboy and a pirate

Thought you might enjoy seeing these two 10 x 12 portraits commissioned for my best friends nephews... I'd like you to meet cowboy jojo and his rather adventurous bro, pirate thomas... :)

Merry Christm"aargh"s!

Happy holidays everyone! No, I've not been kidnapped, I didn't trip over the fairy lights, or fall through a hole in the snow... I'm still here! Hurrah! Hope you have a super Christmas break. Thanks so much for sticking with me. I'm looking forward to sharing lots of new work here in the new year.... :)

Music

My other half only does the hoovering if he can listen to music too....

Boys and cars

Who knew that drawing a Scalextric track would be so time consuming...!

Unbalanced

TV goes 3D

TV goes 3D next week on Channel 4. Sainsbury's is handing out those free card glasses - so I picked up a pair for Beaver and mouse, and they seem to be enjoying themselves...

Blur

Bear and beaver got some really blurry pictures from their new camera....

R is for a raccoon caught in the rain...

Happy Halloween!

A really quick one from me - just to say Happy Halloween!! I've been way too distracted baking pumpkin pies, creepy cupcakes and ghost biscuits to get any other illustrations done today, whoops! :-/ Have a lovely weekend all. Hope you're having lots of fun!

No Henry, Stop!

...Not so fast! Henry really just doesn't know when to hit the brakes...

It's raining again...

...and Stella didn't realise how much she enjoyed it! Happy weekend!
[click on the image to enlarge]

Pencil Pocket @ Cargo

I've got a little selection of recent work up at Cargo. Check it out: here.

Winter

The rabbits were completely frozen, so bear said,
"Let's make a fire."

Happy Birthday Jonathan

I totally forgot to say, it was my other half's birthday recently. I made him this card... It's not an exact likeness... just very close. ;)

Flying

I actually missed last week's topic [whoops!] so I was bounding with enthusiasm for whatever subject came up this week. So here's my effort... I've sneakily blended two ideas into one here... hope you like it! :)

Birthday wrapping paper

Sorry for all these birthday posts! My goodness. I'll get some new work up here soon, you have my word! Just couldn't resist this for pattern... and, okay you got me, I needed some wrapping paper! ;) [click for full view]

Keira's Baby Naming Day

Birthdays, weddings, baby naming ceremonies'... you name it - it's all happening over here! So here's a little card I did for my friends' little one, Keira. We're looking forward to her special day on Saturday :)

Infinite-ly... making screengrabs?

Some behind the scenes from this weeks effort! [click to enlarge]

Infinite-ly going nowhere

One happy hamster on an endless journey to the unknown!
View the sketch and some work in progress shots here

It's Birthday Season...!

And so, on the advice of one of my good friends, I started making my own greeting cards... (now you can see where the monkeys fit in!) Here are a couple of recent ones. I've got plenty to keep me busy... we've got 8 birthdays in the next 2 weeks - the Libran's are taking over! Hope you like them. I'll post some more at a later date. Best , k :)

Friday night monkeys

monkey time...

Welcome home Papa...

Daddy's home... hurrah!

and for a closer look... :)

Waiting, watching...

A quick sketch which formed part of the prep for Illustration Friday's 'welcome' topic...