Practicing

These are some practice photo's for our current self-initiated project, for which I am illustrating the story of a girl who likes to play out in the storms! I'm not sure what it's called yet, although I have written a poem for it which I will post at some point. I'm combining projections, models, cut outs and drawings trying to get a film noiry thing going on. With lots of lighting and shadows et al.

Bits

Notebook covers

Odd and End and Bit and Bob

End and Odd and Bit and Bob
Are handy for almost any job.

Bob and Odd and End and Bit
Are put to use as you see fit.

No one here is very sure
What Odd, End, Bit and Bob are for.
That’s why we use a box to store
Them tucked behind the cupboard door.

Art Direction: Songs in the Key of Z

Practice pics for Art Direction project!

Art Direction: Songs in the Key of Z

POW's

Italian Prisoners of War in Somerset, 1940's.

Mouthfuls of Memories

These are some monoprints that I did for a recipe book and memoir that my Granny has written. Hopefully it will be published locally and the profit will go to the church or some other good cause. I really enjoyed it, although it was a lot of work as she was a very demanding client and we have some artistic differences! All in all though, it was a really good experience as I learnt an awful lot about her childhood and found it totally fascinating hearing about all the mischief she got up to as a child. She's a very good writer as well!

Mouthfuls of Memories written by Julia McWilliam, illustrated by Hannah Bailey.