Step into Christmas

Sorry but I seem to have that song stuck in play in my head! 

Anyway, I've been busy finishing private commissions in time for Christmas - which I won't post up until after the season.  

Meanwhile I've been writing my Christmas cards and doodling on a lot of envelopes and also trying to participate in #illo_advent every day. I haven't quite managed that but here are some I've done in my sketchbook:

Thank you for reading my blog and, if I don't post again before Christmas, I wish you a joyous Christmas time.

Teri

Foxes and brush pens

I've been experimenting a bit more with my brush pen and I like the looseness it gives. Also it is permanent ink so I can paint over it too.

Here's some work from my sketchbook and other work:

I'm working on making this a more finished piece.

This is a finished brush pen and paint piece

Drawing my neighbours

A grumpy day

I've also been drawing red pandas a lot recently

A rabbit

Watch out fish!

Lots of different people

Stephen Spielberg ended up on this

Also enjoying drawing foxes

More red panda ideas

An excitable day

More brush pen work

Elves!

I've been joining in with #illo_advent 

I'm not sure if I'll manage every day but I'm going to try!

24 sleeps to go

Even elves have shopping nightmares with their children.

Thanks for looking at my blog,

Teri

Christmas is coming...

...And I am busy with some private commissions which means I can't show any of those on here for now.

I can show some other pieces I've been working on though and I will be at the following places with lots of lovely things you can buy:

Sunday 22nd November 

Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking

11am-4pm

Saturday 28th November and Sunday 29th November

The Medicine Garden Christmas Market, Cobham

10am-5pm

Saturday 5th December

St Paul's Primary School Christmas Fair, Thames Ditton

11.45am-4pm

Here's some pieces I've been working on that I can show! 

From my sketchbook:

Thanks for reading my blog. 

Until the next time, stay safe.

Teri 

Weekly round up 6th July 2014

This week has been busy (as usual). I managed to participate in a couple of the Daily Doodle (find them on Twitter and Facebook and join in) topics which was fun. The Daily Doodles were Quentin Blake themed as the brand new House of Illustration has been launched - follow them on Twitter @illustrationHQ also find out more here: http://www.houseofillustration.org.uk

I am working on one large piece and also looking at reworking my portfolio again, so lots of drawing in my sketchbook too.

Here's a round up of my week.

James and the Giant Peach for Daily Doodle:

Matilda for Daily Doodle:

The Fantastic Mr Fox for Daily Doodle:

A sketch for The Twits for Daily Doodle which I didn't get a chance to finish:

From my sketchbook - Chickpea having problems with her Wonder Woman headband:

A rather grumpy poodle - who knew poodles were so much fun to draw:

Finally a princess sketch:

Thanks for looking,

Teri 

Daily Doodle Round Up 31st May

Well that was a fun week! I've been on holiday and took a travel sketchbook and my bag of pens and also a travel watercolour set. 

This week's Daily Doodle topics were set by Top That Publishing and I managed to do all of them from my sunbed by the pool (it's a hard life)! The only danger was getting my sketchbook wet due to the amount of huge water pistols being used in the pool.

Anyway here are my week's Daily Doodles (follow Daily Doodle on Facebook and Twitter - @Daily__Doodle):

Monday - What did the Jabberwock look like:

Tuesday - Fight Like A Pirate:

Wednesday - what did Hattie Peck hatch (based on the book by Emma Levey):

Thursday - A character wearing pants:

Friday - A very noisy fox (based on the book by Amy Husband):

I've really enjoyed filling my sketchbook with these illustrations and it's also been interesting working over two pages for most of them. 

All illustrations were badly photographed on my phone.