cas holmes

I had completely forgotten about this! I did a great course with Cas Holmes a while ago and she posted this picture of my work on her website. Cas is a textile mixed media artist. I would really recommend her courses as they are lots of fun and she is very generous with her knowledge.

sir john tenniel and nicoletta ceccoli

Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel

I had some background reading to do for college. It was from a really interesting book called Inventing Wonderland. In particular the section about Lewis Carroll and consequently Sir John Tenniel and his illustrations for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.

Seeing Tenniel's images and reading about Carroll's "fantasy (that) trumpets the exuberantly bizarre", put me in mind of the work of contemporary illustrator Nicolleta Ceccoli. Her website is full of her beautiful work and it would be interesting explore, compare and contrast the work of the two illustrators.

sketch book monkey

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Another of the characters in the story is a sock monkey who tidies up after the little boy.

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notebook monsters
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I am illustrating a story I have written for the Macmillan Illustration Prize competition. One of the characters is a monster. So the sketches are a record of some of my research.

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mama elephant
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(alert) dog
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fox
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