Illustration commission for the Wordsworth Trust

I was very pleased to be asked to do some illustrations for the Wordsworth Trust down in Grasmere, Cumbria. The brief was to create 4 characters inspired by real life historical figures from the time of William Wordsworth using written references from the museum archives.

Dora Wordsworth...

 Hartley Coleridge...

 John Wordsworth...

 Pepper the family dog...

The illustrations have been printed onto large posters to be displayed in the newly refurbished Family Activity room at the Wordsworth Trust Museum at Dove Cottage. In situ photos to follow!

The Chocolate tree

After enjoying a delicious take away hot chocolate from here whilst I was out drawing this morning it seemed appropriate that I pay my compliments to the Chocolate Tree with this picture. I especially like the suspicious looking old man I managed to capture outside the baguette shop! Whilst drawing this picture I was asked by a passer by if I was the artist who exhibits at Earthy...small scale art fame found at last!

Another Meadows landscape

A combination of sunshine, Nick Drake music and a shiny new landscape format sketchbook enabled me to capture this morning's busy scene on the Meadows.

Sunny morning on Brunstfield Links

I am on a mission to do lots more drawing at the moment and the recent sunny weather in Edinburgh has been helping to get me out on location. I did this drawing on Friday, the sun had brought lots of people out and about on Bruntsfield Links so I had lots of action to capture...

Drawing in Bruntsfield

I haven't been out drawing enough recently so decided to make the most of the good weather today to get out and about with my drawing pens again. I walked around Holy Corner for a while picking the best view before realising that inconveniently it was from the traffic island in the middle of the junction. After the hour or so that it took me to do the drawing I was pretty chilly and had probably confused a lot of motorists as to why I was huddled over a bollard in the middle of the road but I think the result was worth it...

Autumn colours

After too long a break from drawing 'en plein air' I finally managed to get out into the elements last week to capture some of the beautiful colours of the trees in the Meadows, Edinburgh. Even dressed in my down jacket I was still chilled to the bone by the time I had finished painting but I am pretty pleased with the result...

Sheep exhibition at the Watermill

Here are a couple of photos of the sheep exhibition I have been working on in collaboration with Ana at the Watermill, Little Salkeld. The exhibition shows some of my drawings of the Watermill's woolly residents along with examples of Ana's woolen items knitted from these particular sheep...

There is also a book in progress along the theme of where wool comes from, watch this space!