I have some exciting news! I will be illustrating the windows of my local bookshop @harpendenbooks on the 27th May from 11am Pop by and say hi! Let’s kick off half term and National Children’s Gardening Week in style 🎨 #MyFirstGarden
Happy #EarthDay! Today seems like the perfect grey day to get your hands in some soil/compost. I promise it will lift your spirits! Here are some handy tips to keep in mind this growing season (and beyond) 🌷 #earthday2023 #gardening #myfirstgarde
Day 30 of #marchmeetthemaker is NICE WORDS I wanted to say thank you for all your lovely words and messages about My First Garden. And thank you to everyone who has bought a copy! You lovely lot 💛💛💛 #gardeningforkids #dkbooks #childrensbooks #
Day 28 of #MarchMeetTheMaker is ADAPT Todays prompt instantly made me think of my daughter. Adapting to parenthood has been an adjustment and not without its challenges. I don’t know how she is nearly 2 months old already! She’s a joy 💛
Day 21 #marchmeetthemaker FAVOURITE PROCESS My favourite process is sketching out all my initial ideas. The excitable flurry of endless possibilities! The buzzy, fizzy, sparkly brain! The first photo shows toddler Livi excitedly painting, what I c
Day 20 of #marchmeetthemaker GLOW UP Here I am in illustrated form! An absolute glow up today, I can assure you. Illustrated Livi has showered, brushed her hair and isn’t wearing very old pyjamas stained with pizza grease… Today also
Day 17 of #MarchMeetTheMaker CREATIVE SPACE My home studio has had a bit of a makeover recently! And I haven’t taken any photos yet. So here are a few photos from my old studio in my flat that got me through lockdowns in 2020! Another garden p
Day 14 of #MarchMeetTheMaker BIG OR SMALL Todays prompt made me think of delightfully wonky veg!! Smaller, crunchier courgettes are by far the best. I can’t wait for this seasons mini courgettes, lightly fried in olive oil, garlic and drizzle
Day 9 of #MarchMeetTheMaker TRIAL AND ERROR Possibly the best phrase to associate with my veg patch/garden. It’s always worth giving it a go and if it doesn’t work then no bother. I had a few rounds of failed seed sowings last year but
Day 7 #marchmeetthemaker LEARN My First Garden is full of fun facts, information and tips how to create a garden whether you have access to outside space or not! #myfirstgardens #dkbooks #illustration #illustratorsoninstagram #learning #kidlit #non
Day 6 of #MarchMeetTheMaker START THE DAY My day is always better when I kick things off by going outside. Easier said than done and certainly not something I achieve as regularly as I’d like! But watering the veg beds, checking the greenhous
Day 3 of #MarchMeetTheMaker is SNIPPET So here’s a little snippet from My First Garden 🌱 Have any budding gardeners sown any seeds yet? Have you noticed any signs of spring outside? My autumn bulbs have started poking through and this years
Today’s the day! My First Garden is OUT NOW 🌻 I am so inordinately chuffed with it. A huge thanks to @DKbooks for being so wonderful throughout the whole process. It really has been a dream. ‘This is a gardening book for kids who like
I will be dipping in and out of this years #marchmeetthemaker but I’m looking forward to seeing everyone’s posts and learning more about the fellow makers and creatives here on Insta! Todays prompt is ‘brand origin’ which I
Working on this portrait reminded me of the street where I grew up. The road was lined with cherry trees and each year, near my birthday, the road would be covered in fluttering pink petals. Beautiful! These lovely trees also mean a lot to the lovely
Some recent maps for The Slow Cyclist 🚴‍♀️⁠ ⁠ I’m looking forward to getting out and about a bit more now that Spring is tantalisingly close. Just a few weeks until the season of hope, sowing and endless gardening possibilities ☺️⁠ ⁠ #gard
Another special family portrait from before Christmas. I love creating illustrations for this lovely family 🥰⁠ ⁠ #illustration #drawing #painting #artwork #bespokeartwork #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #illustratorsofinstagram #ink #inky #fam
A crop of a recent map for The Slow Cyclist that I created in Autumn 2022.⁠ ⁠ #illustratedmap #map #drawing #painting #ink #illustrator #illustration #illustratorsofinstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #drawings #wanderlust #adventure #travel #travelil
Now that Christmas has passed, I can happily share some of the custom portraits that I created at the end of 2022. ⁠ ⁠ I loved working on these! Such special, personalised gifts :) ⁠ ⁠ #illustration #illustrator #customportrait #drawing #painting #fa

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