Right now I’m getting stuck into another picture book commission, more on which shortly. In the meantime here’s a recent sketchbook...

…and here’s the first incomplete drawing I posted now it’s finished. I’ll upload some more spreads from the book after it’s been passed...

With a picture book deadline around the corner I wasn’t sure I’d be able to get away to Bologna this year, but thank goodness I did go,...

I’ve just finished pen and ink drawing on Jack in the Beanstalk (or rather “Jack to Mame no Ki” to give the book it’s correct Japanese...

I just finished inking in! And yes, it’s from Jack and the Beanstalk as many people soon spotted. This is the scene where Jack ignores...

Can you guess which well known children’s tale I’m illustrating at the moment? It’s one of the spreads from a new 44 page picture book...

Here are some more editorial illustrations from the beginning of my career in London in the mid-1980’s, from music journals and listings...

Daughter and I spent part of the holiday season at my father’s house. While rummaging around in his loft for my bits and pieces I was...

Best wishes for a prosperous and peaceful Year of the Dragon! #greeting #NewYear

Alas! Calamity! Halloween deadlines held up my marathon of daily sketches and I’ve been having a rest from the blog for a while. I’ll...

Something a little scary for Halloween! #sketch #sketchbook

Binary Stars. #sketch #sketchbook

A bit of feline fun. #sketch #sketchbook

Flower Girl. #sketch #sketchbook

Definitely not fuel efficient or eco-friendly. #sketch #sketchbook

Solitary sojourn. #sketch #sketchbook

Canine Corpulence #sketch #sketchbook

Which is the best way up, this way? …or this way? #sketch #sketchbook

God of Confusion #sketch #sketchbook

sometimes the smallest of doodles… #sketch #sketchbook