Japan’s biggest tourist company JTB (Japan Tourist Bureau) has just released a promotion campaign featuring this illustration. Starting...

Yesterday children’s illustrators and authors were on the streets of Norwich to sketch, write and be inspired by the city. The event was...

Recently I gave a talk in London at the Japan Foundation for the UK branch of the International Children’s Bunko Association. The ICBA is...

I’ve been extremely quiet on the blog these last couple of months for which I offer wholehearted apologies. Since moving away from London...

It’s been a while since I posted some sketches, so I thought I’d show how I work on ideas when, as often in illustration, the concept or...

Eight years old today, hooray hooray hooray! #birthday #Seren

I’ve been pretty quiet on the blog due to another shift of base, this time away from the vicissitudes of London to the gentler climes of...

Wishing everyone a peaceful and successful 2011! #greeting #NewYear

Joyful cheer and festive felicitations to all my friends and readers! #greeting #MerryChristmas

The SCBWI Conference coincided with the children’s book fair Salon du Livre et de la Presse Jeunesse, running from 1st-6th December in...

Recently I was in Paris to run a workshop at the SCBWI France Conference and attend the Salon du Livre Jeunesse (Children’s Book Fair) in...

Yesterday was the first British SCBWI Sketch Crawl event in London. A group of ardent children’s book scribblers descended on the Natural...

I wouldn’t say I love them, but I’ve no problem with vultures, they’re a crucial part of the eco-system, their talent for waste disposal...

Here are some simple cuts from a regular series for ANA’s inflight magazine Wingspan. The feature runs in alternative issues every 2...

Earlier this spring French children’s publisher Bayard commissioned me to illustrate a feature for the magazine Les Belle Histoires...

While I’m soaking up the atmosphere in Tokyo here are some more recent sketchbook doodles…. #doodle #sketchbook

Summer greetings to one and all! London has been comfortably warm, but daughter and I are shortly off to the sweltering heat of Tokyo for...

Illustrator and near neighbour Jane Heinrichs recently interviewed me for her blog Jane Illustrating Art and Life. It’s great to link...

The last day in my week’s “Sketchathon”, thanks for all the encouraging support! This has been a challenging experiment, some days I’ve...

#sketchbook #sketches