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Magical lands, far away places, hot countries, col

Magical lands, far away places, hot countries, cold countries, the bottom of the ocean, the top of a mountain, forward in time, back into history, under the ground, up in to space, onto the moon, over a rainbow, to dungeons with dragons or even forests with fairies!!

Books can take you anywhere...so let’s go!!! #bookstagram

#worldearthday2021 Whether you believe in climat

#worldearthday2021

Whether you believe in climate change or not we all have a responsibility to look after this planet.

Myself included.

Happy #worldearthday 🌍 humans!

If you have any great #savetheplanet tips/suggestions that have worked for you then let me know 👇🏼 I’m always keen to do more if I can.

On a personal note I am now completely converted to shampoo bars! I highly recommend the switch, genuinely feel my hair is 100x healthier (it takes a few weeks for it to adjust) and I no longer have empty shampoo bottles going to landfill. Small steps, but steps nevertheless...

This was my doodle for the day to mark the kids re

This was my doodle for the day to mark the kids returning to school. We were actually on time and didn’t even have too much difficulty getting out the door - but tomorrow may be a different story!!

I’m trying to push myself out of my ‘drawing comfort-zone’ at the moment by trying to draw something each day that I find tricky. Today was pandas! I recently got an iPad to do some digital drawing which has been amazing to practice on (it’s so easy to change/edit/try again!) but truth be told I’m a pencil and paper kind of girl. It just feels better.

It’s really important for me to keep practising in order to improve my work, illustration is not something I’ve trained in but more something that I just enjoy and want to improve at. On that note I’m going to try and spend a small amount of time (10/15mins) each day drawing something that I think is difficult and see how it turns out. I’ll try and share the end results as I go, mainly so that I can see progress myself but also because I think it’s important to share the ‘bad’ drawings as well as the ‘good’!

Feel free to join in - I’ll try and include some drawing prompts in my stories ☝🏼

Hello from the end of my Easter Holidays 👋🏽

Hello from the end of my Easter Holidays 👋🏽

I’ve not been drawing much over the last few weeks as we have been enjoying the Easter Holidays at home with the kids. Not that we have really been anywhere or done anything ‘holiday-ish’ but I have been trying to rest up and catch my breath after a year of pandemic madness!

Rest and sleep is also really good for my arthritis - as well as warmer weather which (fingers crossed) is now here to stay!

Anyway, nice to feel like a sloth for a couple of weeks which means I am now looking forward to getting back into the swing of things. I’m even starting to feel my energy and enthusiasm returning! Yup, sometimes you’ve got to rest to keep going...🦥 #truestory

Creativity is all about thinking ‘outside the bo

Creativity is all about thinking ‘outside the box’ but what does that actually mean?!

I asked my daughter (she’s 6) and she said...

“Well, I think it’s when you can think without being stuck inside a box.”

I think she’s spot on...👌🏼

Hello from the cupboard under my stairs👋🏻 I

Hello from the cupboard under my stairs👋🏻

I’m doing a bit of writing tonight, I’ve had a few ideas in my head for a while so I’m just trying to pad some of them out and see if they can become anything. This is often my picture book process;

1. Idea comes, jot it down (anywhere!) to be revisited.

2. Review ideas and see if any have a good plot, then use a ‘story arc’ to shape this.

3. By now I usually have a beginning, middle and an end. Time to start writing!

4. First draft done, usually in a note pad. I tend to leave it there for a few days/weeks!

5. Revisit story, re-read story and type it out. This usually results in lots of changes and moving around of phrases and text.

6. Check word count and take out words/sentences that are not needed. Picture books are usually a maximum of 1000 words. I tend to aim for 450-750.

7. Take the text and use a storyboard to start planning the layout and potential illustrations. This always means further changes!!

8. Finally I decide if I want to start drawing out some characters...which is a new process altogether!!

I’ve done a few writing workshops for kids but I’m contemplating running a digital writing workshop for adults (mainly because I get asked a lot about writing picture books!).

Would you be interested in a writing workshop? If there is enough people then I’ll pull something together, just let me know 👍🏻

It’s been 1 whole year since we went into lockdo

It’s been 1 whole year since we went into lockdown in the UK. Can you believe it?! It feels like the longest and fastest(!) year EVER!!

I like to look at things (even pandemics!) in a positive way so tonight I’m reflecting back on all that this strange year has taught me;

To be grateful for the small things.
That life is precious and unpredictable.

...

And that toilet roll is sometimes more valuable than gold 😂

NEW PRINTS NOW AVAILABLE! I’ve now got my ‘s

NEW PRINTS NOW AVAILABLE!

I’ve now got my ‘stick’ prints available to buy via my website (see link in bio👆🏻). These are 8”x10” and will fit a standard phot frame. Each print comes signed but unfortunately without a stick! I just love that so many kids still love to play with sticks, long may it last in this digital world 🤞🏼

If you’ve got any more ‘it’s not a stick, it’s a....’ suggestions just let me know!!!

(So many of you have been in touch about my new prints. Thanks so much for all the positive feedback and sorry if I haven’t responded, I’ve had a lot of messages recently and I’ve unfortunately Lost track of it all!)

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