Portfolio Workshop

We did a portfolio making workshop at Hotbed Press this Saturday, everyone made an array of beautiful cardboard portfolios to display their work. Click here to see there rest of the photos from the day.

The British Way - An Annual of Etiquette and Tradition

An artist book for a commission based on British tradition and etiquette using rather dapper looking animals.

The Little Crumpton Cake Show

Here are some spreads from 'Little Crumpton', featuring Herbert the Giraffe, Jef the Pig and ALOT of cake.

Christmas Joy!

This week we've spent doing the Christmas window and arranging the Christmas presents (or stock), as well as updating the studio space with new prints and pictures.


This year's window theme is winter birds and we've kept it simple with black and white line drawings and a lovely Christmas red.







Bex's Winter Birds


Christmas Prints



Skyscape Prints and box frame illustrations with acetate overlays.


Work in Progress wall with all our recent scribblings!

Sunflowers, Ladybirds and all things Puffin

Here's the latest work from Derby Royal Hospital, this time we painted a corridor linking the previous murals we'd done in the Emergency Department with the Children's Wards. This time there were no seagulls but a puffin ward, ladybird, sunflower and dolphin and kite themes to include. We decided on a sunflower growing competition as the story, with puffins and ladybirds entering various sunflowers, some cheating! The dolphin aspect was added in the form of the dolphin cup presented by Peter Porpoise, the mayor of Herring Beach.



Two ladybirds cross as their cooking pot's being used to grow a rather nice sunflower!

A puffin hastily paints on a sunflower just before the judge arrives, two outraged ladybirds stand astonished.
The cheek of it!




The very official looking Mayor... Peter.



A very ladylike ladybird waters her teacup flower with her spotted teapot.




The prestigious Dolphin Cup with various photographs of past winners. To the right of the image are the parachuting ladybirds from the flying kite.



To the right side of the picture... More cheaters! This time ladybirds seek to fool the judges with their sunflower compiled of 'green things' including a sunflower spread lid.



One end of the corridor was decorated with wildflower illustrations using flat colours and subtle tones to create a more graphic but calming effect whilst still including the sunflowers.

Return of the Seagull

Last week saw us back in Derby, this time painting the outside of the Children's Emergency Department. It was a little different for us, using the different paints, painting on a very bobbly wall and the use of a rather high scaffold, but still good fun!
Warren, Shrimpy, Puffball and Crabby help direct people in in their own unique way!

As well as the outside, we also did a little more work inside on a corridor that connects to the rest of the hospital. The brief for this was more seagulls, but to incorporate the other various wards we had to include puffins, ladybirds and sunflowers!


Indiana LadyJones runs away from a boulder of wool!