There were lots of lovely, bright entries to last week’s Fishing Lure themed contest on Spoonflower.  I noticed that 2 of the designs I vot...

I recently received a commission to design a Clockwork Rabbit to be used as a tattoo.  Although I have drawn several different clockwork bi...

Just before Christmas I received a commission to paint this pet cat portrait.  I enjoy the challenge of capturing animals on paper and it...

New button badges :D each badge measures 1 inch and was pressed by minepress.etsy.com using my designs.  I'll be adding them to the shop...

It's my blog's first anniversary today :D Thank you to everyone who has read, commented on and followed my blog over the last year -...

Yesterday I spent the day at Colchester Zoo. It was another great day out, there were some different animals to see since my last visit too....

I had a great day out on Saturday with my sister at the Tendring Hundred Show. There was lots to see from animals to the art show. Unfortuat...

A new set of rabbit ACEOs! All drawn in pen and pencil and painted in watercolours these were great fun to make :) These are all part of my...

It's been a while since I posted an update on my ACEOs so there are several new ones to add! No.26 Rabbits No.27 Ring tailed lemur Th...

Last Sunday I went to Colchester zoo, it was a great day out and I took lots of reference photos and did some sketches too for doing animal ...

Here's an update on more of my recent ACEOs :) No.17 - Border Collie dog in pencil and watercolour (Sold) No.18 - Arthur Brown, a resid...

Three new ACEOs, all drawn in pencil and painted in watercolours :) No.5 (meercat) No.6 (rabbit) No.7 (bird) If they are not in my Etsy sho...

This week's feature is on the beautiful animal wood sculptures by Sandra Healy. The animals are hand carved and coloured with inks. I l...

My fabric covered magnets featuring transfer prints of my paintings have been popular recently - here is the newest set to be listed on Etsy...

Two blog posts in one day! I've just found out that my Siamese Cat ACEO print has just been featured in a treasury on Etsy. You can tak...

I have a new Hexley illustration for Christmas! :D It's a Clockwork Robin - what else would you expect to see on a Hexley Christmas pain...

I am very excited to announce that I am running my f irst giveaway on my blog!! One lucky winner will win one of my ACEO prints... For anyon...

I've just been relisting some of my animal ACEO prints on Etsy and thought I'd share them here... These were all drawn in artist pe...

Last night I dreamt that I made 23 sales in my Etsy shop... it would have been amazing to get that many sales in one night but it was only a...