​Straight away I could tell that the clay crayons are much smoother and more satisfying to use, you don't get those awful clumps that you can with wax. The colours pop brilliantly due to the high quality of pigment and they blend beautifully too. I'm going to buy a bigger box for my nephew for his birthday, I'm sure he's going to love them. (They are also easy to clean and erase which is a huge plus.) Although I'm sure these will be huge favourites with adults too because of their higher quality and large range of colours. Thank you Bambino!

You can find their full range here at bambinocrayons.com

I hope you all have a lovely Pancake Day! I've popped together this simple pancake recipe and colouring sheet, available to download for free below. I hope you like it and please remember to tag me in your finished sheet pics,
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Disclaimer -  All of these images are copyright protected. My art is my livelihood, and I offer this for your personal, non-commercial, household use only. You are not permitted to sell or distribute or copy these images in any way (this includes any craft items made from these images).

If you have any questions about how these images can or can't be used, please feel free to contact me. 
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 I'll be live with Hobbycraft TV today giving a drawing demonstration with Uni Ball pens. I've created a simple worksheet to use along with the demo to help you learn some basic drawing techniques. Please feel free to download it using the link below, print and draw along with me during the session . You're also welcome to ask questions in the comments and I'll try and answer them for you either during the live session or in the comments afterwards.
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Pop over to the Official Hobbycraft Facebook page to watch live at 11:30am. See you there!
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Disclaimer -  All of these images are copyright protected. My art is my livelihood, and I offer this for your personal, non-commercial, household use only. You are not permitted to sell or distribute or copy these images in any way (this includes any craft items made from these images).

If you have any questions about how these images can or can't be used, please feel free to contact me. 
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I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who has sent photos of their colouring sheets, they are absolutely beautiful! The response to the Colour in Chester and Save Our Zoo sheets was amazing and I'm so glad you enjoyed them. I've had such kind and wonderful feedback from so many people including schools and organisations who have asked to use the designs. It's been brilliant to see how creative and supportive everyone is in our amazing city!
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I love the historical city of Chester in Cheshire and feel so proud to live and work here. During the lock down I've realised I'm really missing all of the stunning places and views​ ​I've often taken for granted in the past.

This motivated me to create a colouring sheet inspired by our beautiful city featuring iconic landmarks and everything I love about Chester. I also tried to include all of my favourite places, memories and particular things I associate with Chester such as music, history, nature and wildlife.​ I hope I've included some of your favourites too!
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I've know how relaxing and therapeutic these colouring sheets/books can be and creativity can play such a huge part in our mental well being. ​Pop over to ColorIt to learn more about the benefits of colouring as art therapy and meditation.

You can download lots more colouring sheets from the Hobbycraft website too, simply follow this link.
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It was lovely to see a collection of some of the books I have illustrated at the Bedford Waterstones on Saturday at a book signing with author Ruth Whenham. Lots of lovely comments about the illustrations and just after one of the books 'My Crazy Purple Pen' reached no.3 on the Amazon children's ebook charts! Currently working on the third 'Captain Sillyvoice' book and then I will be illustrating a new Christmas book, very exciting! 

Author Ruth Whenhams blog - www.whenham.com/blog/my-day-at-waterstones

Just before Christmas I had the pleasure of designing a suite of wedding stationary for a Christmas themed wedding. I created designs for the invitations, Menu cards, Name place cards, order of service and a large seating plan display. All of which featured illustrations inspired by a valentines card but with a Christmas twist. I was also able to use photos of the wedding dress detail to base my designs on. I have to say I really enjoyed creating these illustrations for the wedding of marketing professional Claire Lake ( now Rose ), she had fabulous ideas which I loved bringing to life through my illustrations. This was the perfect project to work on leading up to Christmas!

Above: Development work

The illustrations combined ornate swirls dripping with delicate Christmas ornaments, organic elements such as leaves and flowers were incorporated into the swirls to create the 'Vines' reminiscent of something from a fairy tale. Traditional Christmas themed designs such as mistletoe, baubles,  doves, reindeer and snowflakes tied in with the vines and gave the designs the 'Christmas twist' we wanted to conjure up. 

I was also delighted to receive a selection of photos from the wedding showing the wedding stationary as well as the wedding cake which was inspired by my illustrations and looked absolutely stunning! I have added the photos below I'm sure they wont mind me showing them as the wedding looked so beautiful.....