I’m very happy to share my latest picture book project: The Squirrel That Watched the Stars! It’s written by astronomer Tom Kerss and it tells the story of a curious squirrel living in Greenwich Park, in London. One night as he’s wondering about the stars above him, and watching the astronomers hard at work in […]
Hello and happy holidays! As I’m writing this there is frost sparkling on all the grass outside, it’s 0 degrees C, and there are only eight days till Christmas! It’s the perfect backdrop for an introduction to my latest collaboration with the amazing and talented Kira Willey — Hot Cocoa Calm. It’s the fourth in
I recently created this illustration as a print for sale, and because I thought it would be a good reminder to hang around my own house. Sometimes I think we all forget to be nice, when things are stressful and we feel under pressure, or when we’re just a bit tired and grouchy. I know
Lately I’ve been creating new prints for my Etsy shop where flowers and plants are the focus, and I’m really enjoying the process. For a long time I’ve been wanting to draw big botanical-esque pictures of imaginary flowers, ones that don’t exist in real life but share the characteristics of actual flowers. It’s so enjoyable
One of the main reasons I love illustrating is that I LOVE COLOR, and drawing colorful pictures lets me essentially play with all the colors I want, combine them in fun ways, and live in a world of bright, saturated hues. The lines have long been blurred for me between the colors I’m using in
Three more Alphabet Animal prints are finished! First is P is for Panda splashing in a Puddle: This is one of those illustrations that I have a greater insight for now that I have kids. The universal love of jumping in puddles that kids seem to have is definitely present in my own children! It’s
The latest three prints in my Alphabet Animals series are now live on Etsy! (Each of these images will link you to the Etsy listing.) We have M is for Monkey with a Map (I like to think this is a map leading him to a really awesome treasure…treasure chest full of bananas perhaps?): And
The latest three additions to my alphabet animal series are now available in my Etsy shop! We have J for Jaguar with a Jump Rope, K for Koala with a Kite, and L for Llama with Lollipops: I thought I’d be able to post these a couple of months ago, but then Lockdown 3.0 happened
Hello from a very snowy Durham, UK! In my eight winters living in the United Kingdom, we’ve never had that much snow, usually just one or two snowfalls a year, and they hardly ever last more than a couple of days on the ground. This year is more than making up for it, with so
I’m here with the final installment looking at Peaceful Like a Panda, the latest and greatest kids mindfulness book, written by the super accomplished Kira Willey and published by the wonderful people at Rodale Kids. Today I’m posting images from the last two sections of the book, titled Let’s Eat and Good Night. Let’s Eat
