Bens Birthday Book

 

 

 

 

 

Hello to you all, and I hope your weather has been as nice as it is here, if a little windy.

A little while ago I was asked by an old school friend to create a birthday book for her nephew Ben. She wanted the book to be about him and his family, a keep sake. 

She wrote the story with her family and I illustrated the pages along side, bound the book and sent it off. 

The last image is Ben reading his book, its great to see something coming to life and the audience it is intended for enjoying it. 

All grown up

My little sister is all grown up and moved out. I thought I would give her a little housewarming gift. As she had all of the bits and bobs she needed, I drew her this image to add a bit of colour and art to her flat. 

Work in progress

Hello everyone.

Here is a late (work in progress) valentine treat. 

I have been listening to a lot of Ella Fitzgerald over the past few years and have only recently thought about creating art work for it. This one will change a bit as some of the words need to be re-positioned and might play around with colour a bit. Lots more to come. 

Happy Saturday 

Window design

Hello all.

I recently designed and put up a Christmas window for a local pharmacy. 

I used old chemist labels for tree decorations, hung cotton wall from string to make it snow and added my own little birds with festive hats, jumpers and boots.

It was great fun to do and I would love to do it again in other shops and locations. 

What made it even better was it snowed while I was putting it all up, really put me into that Christmassy mood!

Autumn Leaves

   

Hello. Here are some photos I took at Nymans Gardens. I love autumn and all the beautiful colours the leaves create. Handmade Holly has recently turned into a bit of a photo blog, but some more illustrations on the way to you soon along with some crafty christmas bits. The lovely lady in the photograph is Faye Carrick, you can see some of her crafty bits and bobs here

Slovenia Again!

Firstly hello to my new followers, welcome. 

The past week I have been in Slovenia (again!) with a couple of friends. It was really nice to get away from this "lovely" English weather. Back to the drawing now though. I have started a new job which will keep me away from the studio but I know doing something else will definitely make me more motivated. 

I hope you are all well.

More bits and bobs to come soon.