Last week I was in Sutton Coldfield for the excellent Shakespeare in Sutton Festival, staged by FOLIO Sutton Coldfield, a charity run by...

The Sutton in the Time of Shakespeare panorama map is live, here it is in it’s entirety (minus it's numbered key)... FOLIO Sutton...

Since the beginning of this year I’ve been deeply involved in a research-heavy project, creating a large scale panorama of Sutton...

Seasons Greetings everyone! Our celebrations may be low key this year, but the bears are raising a glass for a bright and creative...

Despite all the isolation and gloom of our times, things are beginning to look rather buoyant! First excellent news to share, is the...

I'm not a fan of the commercialisation of Halloween, but if there's one thing I absolutely love, it's the weirdness of the season - the...

I’ve been pretty quiet through the Covid 19 crisis and lockdown. Like many creators, limited physical movement and contact with people...

One-Inch basic art tools - paper, a cut out 1-inch template, pencil, eraser, and finepoint multiliner pens. I don’t generally make new...

Well, I have a new website! This came about after a certain degree of frustration with the old site, which had limitations on what could...

I’ve been using Blogger for years, but with a new website – it’s time for a new blog too! Hopefully my old posts from Blogger have all...

Happy New Year of the Rat everyone! It’s a delicate new decade, promising lots of challenges, let’s keep it in safe hands! Things have...

Here are the rest of my Inktober drawings for 2019. During the month, though I never seemed to have much time for contemplation, I was...

It’s that time of year again, and once more I entered the maelstrom of feverish scribbling that is Inktober. Here are the first fifteen...

I’m approaching the end of our current month-long visit to Japan, so here are some more train sketches. For me it’s been a month...

Some more train sketches from my current sojourn in Tokyo. I’ve been here over two weeks now and it’s been a remarkably wet and cool July...

I’m back in Tokyo throughout this month, and, as is my habit, have been drawing people on trains again. As I’m staying in a central part...

To all my followers, Wishing you all the very best for a whale of a summer! #summer #illustration #Whale #greeting #summergreeting

In the Chinese zodiac the pig (or wild boar as it’s celebrated in Japan) is known for being compassionate, artistic and jovial. In a year...

Wishing all my friends and followers the very best for a fantastic Festive Season. #Christmas #greeting #illustration

Here’s the final batch of drawings I made for Inktober this year. What a month it was! With a pending house move and deadlines to contend...