my mum

a charcoal sketch I did of my mum a while ago when I was still partaking in 'illustration Friday'.
It was from a photo that my dad took of my mum taking a break from the kitchen chores. She wears her apron and a dress that she sewed herself. I drew her without any shoes as I've never known her to be without stockings on. So I gave her toes a treat.
My mum loved it I sent her a framed copy.

halloween sketches

some ruff ideas for halloween dolls that I'll be starting soon.

grimm pics

some current work in progress...well they have been in progress for some time now, I promise I will finish them one day!
Based on a tale by the Brothers Grimm 'The Hand From The Grave' inspired me to illustrate the story in an attempt to maybe either submit these as separate art work or in book form.

painted using only black watercolour and salt on rag paper.

excerpts from my early scrap book

i have to thank my mum for saving my scrap book, it's about 40 odd years old now!
I love looking at children's drawings and have collected a few over the years from kids all over the place.
Looking back at my own work was quite a surprise just to see how I viewed my environment.



i found this little drawing glued under another drawing at it was the most surprising, cause i still draw this little figure now.

a little more sophisticated maybe but the basic structure of the character is all there.