ILLUSTRATOR & WRITER
​ I am currently developing my craft for Children's Illustration, including a move from digital art to traditional media; I'm keen to learn new techniques, with a focus on traditional watercolour, acrylic, oils, gouache, coloured pencils and pastels. Experimenting with new traditional media would be my next goal, focusing on developing these skills alongside observational drawing. I enjoy utilising a mixed media approach, with a love of character development, creating light within images and the use of innovative textures.
2024
A personal experimental piece based on an observational drawing of people walking on a woodland path. Use of Acrylic Gouache on cold pressed paper. Inspiration drawn from expressionist painters as well as Shirley Hughes' work.
Sketches of kittens from observation and then experiments, one using watercolour for producing 'soft' texture and a further piece using acrylics and oil pastel for a more dynamic layered texture aesthetic.
Observational sketch of a mother comforting a toddler. Pencil, pastel and ink on brown pastel paper.
Further observational sketches of younger toddlers / babies. Graphite pencil on cartridge paper (Pith Sketchbooks).
Various observational studies of slightly older children. Graphite pencil and ink on cartridge paper.
Acrylic painting of a black Labrador in a bluebell wood on canvas, dimensions not recorded.
2023/4
Graphite pencil on paper and watercolour
Painting in Acrylic Gouache and Ink from observational sketches during Picturebook Summer School.
2024
Watercolour painting with Acrylic and pencil on cold pressed watercolour paper.
Observational Sketches of Dogs
2006-2024
Additional detail of observational work of Dogs and Puppies. I love of drawing animals! Early attempt using watercolour & pastel.
Graphite pencil on cartridge paper (Pith Sketchbook).
Mixed media illustration with digital colouring. Composition belonging to Benji Davies, colouring by myself.
Experimental piece with mixed media, based on a children's book idea. The fox images include use of traditional watercolour, scanned and added to with digital pencils. The background is an experiment in digital texture utilising different digital brushes across different Adobe applications. The sunset image was an experiment using acrylic paint on hessian canvas.
Various images in full colour - mixed media approach.
Logo design entry for an NHS competition. Idea based on a local landmark, incorporating multiple symbolism. Now used as the Trust's AHP network logo on social media i.e. @CNTWAHP on Twitter.
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Medical Illustration for Darien Pritchard for his text book 'Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for Massage' published in 2021. Digitally painted in Adobe Illustrator.
