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Moody youth cafe sketch. Sketching keeps me sane when picture book work is full on. Its my switch off. #cafesketching #drawing #downtime #pencilsketch #graphite #peoplewatching

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I love willow buds, such pretty yellows and greys. Gathered on my sunny walk this morning. Remember this jug @clarehlewis? ******************** #willowbuds #springiscoming #happymarch #countryliving #budsinjugs #prettyvase

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Mad March Hare. When I visit my sister @katenoakesfurniture in Suffolk I love watching the hares in the fields around her home ****************************************#springiscoming #march #bringmesunshine #washandlineillustration #countryside #illustration #suffolkhare

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I still feel like this after a hrs dog walk in the rain! What a day to give up coffee too. #mondaymornings #racoon #childrensbookillustration #pastel #sleepy.

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Dreamt about fish last night. More to the point the cat got a bone stuck in his throat. So relieved when I woke and didn't have a £500 bill from the vet.I get a lot of those with my naughty cats! #fish #foodillustration #texture #watercolour #crayon #illustration #editorialillustration #drawing

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Detail of flowers from Red Riding Hood. Created using texture, watercolour, crayon and patience. #texturalillustration #texture #redridinghood #illustration #petalinspiration #inspiration #springflowers

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Smuggling Bertie into school...

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#dog swimming #children’s book illustration 

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Autumn is here! Hips and blackberries, hawthorns and colourful leaves. Colllaged paper and watercolour 

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Smelling flowers. A small section of a new illustration created using handmade textures on rice paper with inks and crayon. 

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Into the woods..

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Hide and seek in the woods.

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Todays work... just need to add the characters. 

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Strawberries! Editorial illustration - I recently created.

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Dockwood by @jonmcn is now published in Korean!

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work off to Bologna Children's Book Fair this year.

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The beautiful flowers that tempt Red Riding Hood off the path!

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