Kato Tomoya

A charming watercolour by Kato Tomoya to remind us spring is on it's way and soon the rabbits will be playing in the strengthening sunshine.

Douglas Florian II

 I found this strange and charming book in a charity shop in London, it is 'On the Wing', published in1994, a book of poems and illustrations by Douglas Florian a New York artist. This is his illustration of The Dipper and below its acompanying poem.

The Dippers

Through splash and spray
Of waterfalls
Skip the little dippers.
I think that they
Would gladly trade
Their oily wings for flippers
Inside a stream
They swim supreme,
For minutes if they wish -
Those funny little songbirds
Who think that they are fish.

Dong Xingru

Dong Xingru's wonderful illustrated life cycle of a caterpillar. This Chinese illustrator has some fab projects for you to explore.

Katrin Stangl II

I love the indigo illustrations by Katrin Stangl in this limited edition hand printed book; 'Die Blaue Liebe und Margot Liest' with text by Michael Heinze.

Olga Ezova-Denisova

A delightfully odd and beautiful book by Olga Ezova-Denisova, with stunning observational detail, mixed in with surreal imagined joy created using mixed media: lino print, collage, watercolor, gouache and colored pencils. 

Hiroko Kubota I

I love, love, love this dark indigo painting by Japanese artist Hiroko Kubota 

Tara Cyanel

Tara Cyanel's 'Let's go out with everyone'.

Victoria Semykina V

I'm in London for a few days this week and as I have been very inspired and entertained by Victoria Semykina's recent sketches of the city, I will try to take time to make some sketches myself.

Klaas Gubbels

Coffee pots, coffee pots and more wonderful coffee pots by Dutch artist Klaas Gubbels.

Tineke Meirink

Tineke Meirink's illustrations for Ditcher magazing are wonderful, here are some of the illustrations concocted from  found things and found thoughts to illustrate 70 poems by almost 30 poets.

Yukka Miyajima

Yukka Miyajima's seagull, from his current exhibition at Galerie Vivant.

Al Rodin I

Images from Al Rodin's book; 'Little Echo'. Al is just graduating from the MA in Children's illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Their show opened in London on Tuesday, I hope to catch it the following week at Anglia Ruskin, in Cambridge.
Al has a wonderfully loose style and great use of vibrant layers of colour, he has just been awarded the Sebastian Walker Prize for illustration.

Matt Hunt

Indigo faces by Matt Hunt, a Birmingham based illustrator.

Penny Davenport

Liverpool based artist Penny Davenport

David DePasquale

Lovebirds by illustrator and animator David DePasquale, painted for his parents anniversary. David is tiger crazy just now, go and explore his portfolio.

Sebastian Ilabaca I

It is nearly valentines day, instead of a love apple here is Sebastian Ilabaca's wonderful pepper with two little characters peeping out.

Artiphany

 A heartwarming sequence of drawings of a mouse putting on a jumper by John Littleboy of Artiphany.

Younghee Shin I

If penguins could fly it would look like this delightful illustration by Younghee Shin.

Svetlana Minkova

Wonderful earthy collages by Svetlana Minkova, a story about little moments of happiness that need to be treasured, the daily joys of; summer rain, the sound of waves, wildflowers. 

Yun Chiao Lin

Yun Chiao Lin graduated from Cambridge School of Art in MA Children's Illustration in 2017, I'm sorry I can only find this image of a giraffe pondering it's reflection, and no link to her work.

Marilina Marchica ‏

Paintings by Italian artist Marilina Marchica, bleakly beautiful landscapes.

Katia Shumkova V

Katia Shumkova's characters scatter across the page, magical confetti of life and colour.

Hazel Terry

I have been gathering many photographs of old circuses and zoo's, well the ones that don't make me wince at how badly everything is being treated. Some of the animals that ended up in zoos are incredible and I would love to know more about their stories. Goliath the elephant seal is one of those characters.

Now I don't quite know what I am going to say here or what if anything is going to change. 

This blog was ten years old last week, an incredible thing for a dyslexic artist to achieve.  Though I do pity the many skilled editors, grammar police and spelling kings and queens that have to suffer my mistakes and I am sorry that I make them. 

Blogging every day has been something that I have insisted on for a number of years now, but I am finding it quite stressful now, mainly to find the content for a daily update, especially after long days at work and trying to do my illustration work. So there may be subtle or unsubtle changes ahead, I am not sure, but whatever happens thank you for your ongoing support and general wonderfulness. 

Izumi Hashiguchi

The charming interpretation of the viral photograph of a squirrel hitching a lift on the back of a Jay by Japanese illustrator and surface designer Izumi Hashiguchi.