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Messy Desk Dispatch: Spending a week with Wes Part 1
Analysing why something inspires me to find out more about my visual language. I’m spending my evenings this week watching Wes Anderson films.
I really love the worlds that Wes Anderson creates in his films. The palettes! The characters! T...
Sketchbook Tour: August 2026
A look at the sketchbook I started for the Three Materials Challenge and then continued throughout the month of August.
Here’s a very late (apologies) sketchbook tour for August.
Messy Desk Dispatch: The Pac-Man part of my process
Consuming culture: filling up my brain with things that inspire me in the summer holidays.
It’s August, the school holidays and one of the trickiest times for me to make creative work. So I’ve tried to have a different mindset about the ch...
Sketchbook Tour: Getting ready for the Three Materials Challenge
Choosing palettes, getting started and picking themes
Hello In this sketchbook tour, I’m looking at
Three Materials Challenge 2026: Spend a week with your sketchbook
Sicily 2023. Materials: paint pens and coloured pencil
Capturing the heat. Materials: paint pen, marker pen and soft pastel
Hello
It’s summer and time for the Three Materials Challenge. It’s co hosted by me, Kathryn Boyt and Naomi Ti...
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Hello there. I'm an author and illustrator based in the UK. I have an MA in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. I love sketching from life and share sketchbook practice, tours and process in my newsletter.
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