So You Want To Be A Rock Star?

I'm really pleased to say that our first little book is finally on it's way! Written by the wonderfully witty Audrey Vernick, and published by Walker Books for Young Readers, this book goes out to all the budding little Rock Star's out there (and all us big ones!). It's out later this month in nice shiny hardcover, and already available to pre-order via Amazon, Barnes&Noble and IndieBound in the US, and in the UK via Amazon, or The Book Depository. I'm so excited... Check out the latest reviews, or pick it up here!

Can I Play?

Stripes

You heard it here first...

Halloween Fuel

Time for a Picnic!

I'm super excited to announce that the long-awaited Picnic book from Promopress is here! The exceptionally talented duo Retina & Retinette (aka Júlia Solans & Juan Cardosa) have put together a stunning selection of contemporary illustration (including some pages from Pencil Pocket- yipee!). It's such a beautiful book, and such an honour to be included. I can thoroughly recommend curling up with a big mug of tea to enjoy the finished article - it's delightful from start to finish!

If you'd like to have one too, you can find it here!

Halloween is coming...

mwah hah hah.

Oh, to be in a folk band...

owl and pinata

Pretty Kitty

cheep, peep, chirp...!

Afternoon tea anyone?

Stir...

A quick one so I could join in all the illustration friday fun! :)

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant Hapus!

Happy St David's Day to all the Welsh!

Hello friends!

Hi everyone, and a super happy new years to you all. I'm SO touched to see so many old friends, new friends and talented faces following … It's been such a busy few months, so I've been practically invisible in blogland, and the real world alike. Who knew how intense bookmaking would be! I've been very blessed though. After a very steep learning curve(!), there's now 2 wonderful children's books in the pipeline and I've been lucky enough to work with some seriously talented authors and publishers, alongside my super-agent Teresa. I can't wait to share it all with you (keeping the art quiet is SUPER tough. I'm terrible at secrets!). Keep checking back for news! I'm going to try and get myself into a more regular doodle routine for the blog and twitter, and as soon as I can release any exciting sneek peeks, be sure that I will do!! Hope you're well!! Thanks for following, and lots of love x k

The Adventures of Christmas Star

Took a quick break from painting this morning to come up with some Christmas card ideas.... I think there might be story potential here!
"happy snow day everyone! - star. x"

Happy Thanksgiving Friends!

Just wanted to 'post' a little best wishes from us... enjoy the holidays!

Happy Halloween!

Happy halloween everyone!! Have a fabulously spooky weekend! Things are going well here; super busy but I'm creeping into colour on one of my projects - hurrah! I can't wait to get back to the blog to share more with you soon. Where has the time gone? I hope everybody's well!! I spent the last few days creating a crazy collage of guitar picks so here's a quick little halloween edit for you... happy holidays! xx k

I [heart] Lemon Tart

Hurrah! I managed to squeeze in an Illustration Friday. Yummy... dessert-themed! Lemon tart is my favourite. Hello to everyone! Hope you're well :)

How green was my valley?

Very Green! We're just back from a spectacular week in North Wales. Lots of mountains, forests, lakes - such a great getaway and I found some great monster forest inspiration! There's so many photos, it'll be weeks before I search through them, but here's a few for your morning coffee! p.s. extra special mention for the cartoon mushroom in the last photo (red top, white base and spots... I thought they were fictional until we stumbled upon this little fellow and the rest of his family in the forest!).

Postcard from Snowdon

Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) is incredible. We took the last photo from our iPhone and it looks just like a postcard ...but we were there, honest!

Nellie

...in a little birthday card.

Lady Chipmunk

Hervé in Love

A little preview of a recent piece I did for a children's charity in Israel.

Tales From The Sketchbook Archive

Thank you Kinnon!

Kinnon Elliott has written a really nice little profile about me on her blog! Check out the post here and you can see more of Kinnon's beautiful work on her blog at http://kinnonelliott.blogspot.com/ Thanks Kinnon!

More Book News...

I have something extra-super exciting to announce.... not only do I have this wonderful project on the horizon with Henry Holt Books and the uber-talented Tiffany Strelitz Haber... I can now officially announce that I'm going to be illustrating my second book, So You Wanna Be a Rock Star, with Walker Books and the fabulous author Audrey Vernick!

Does it get any more exciting than this!!

I'm positively thrilled to be a part of both, and I can't wait to share more about these projects with you. Keep popping in for news and thanks to everyone who's been supporting me. Lots of love, Kirstie xo

Nellie

Hi all! Just made it back safely from Spain and thought I'd spring back into action with a cheeky little elephant pic! Had a wonderful holiday with my bestest friends in the world, camping under the stars and enjoying some nice long walks on the beach. Hope you're all having an excellent summer too! xo Kirstie ;-)

Flamingos

I did this for a project I'm working on, but we didn't need it in the end (altogether now ...aww!). I thought it might like to have it's premiere here instead. Parump-pa-pa-pa...! (that's my trumpet!) Have a nice Friday all! ;-)

More Animals

I've got so many of these now... need to think of something clever to do with them!

Slither, the festival snake...