Round up 31st August 2014

I'm running a bit late with this one. Chickpea starts school this week so it's been busy! All very exciting though.

Anyway, here's some sketchbook work from me:

@Daily__Doodle (Twitter) topic of Dinosaur as we say goodbye to another screen icon in Sir Richard Attenborough. 

Working out what different ages look like:

Sketching some different faces (other than Chickpea):

Some ideas:

A random elephant:

Cinderella characters:

Fairy Godmother

Cinderella

Prince Charming

Horse and Carriage

Chickpea:

This is my favourite

Thanks for stopping to look at my blog. I hope you liked what you saw.

Have a great week,

Teri.

Round up 15th June

This week has been a bit less busy and I managed 4 out of 5 Daily Doodles plus an extra for Judith Kerr's birthday (The Tiger Who Came To Tea) which was Saturday.

From my sketchbook...

The Emperor's New Clothes:

The Little Mermaid:

This is a homage to my favourite mermaid, Iris, from Oliver and The Seawigs by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre (you can follow them on Twitter @philipreeve1 and @jabberworks). A brilliant book!

The Princess and The Pea:

If it's not peas keeping her awake, it's princes waking her up! 

The Tortoise and The Hare:

This lead to me having to remember/make up the story to tell Chickpea. Which of course means it's her favourite story ever (until the next one)!

Finally it was Judith Kerr's 91st birthday on Saturday 14th June and I wanted to do something as The Tiger Who Came To Tea (amongst her other books) is such a well known classic and iconic book.

She's a fascinating person and there was a brilliant documentary on her last year (I think it was BBC but I'm happy to be corrected). If it's still around do watch it.

A Happy Day

From my sketchbook: Unless you've been hiding under a rock, and even then I'd be impressed if you hadn't heard the news, a new prince was born yesterday. Today the world got its first glimpse of the royal baby and I'm sure he waved! 

Whatever your thoughts on royalty, becoming a parent and bringing a new baby into the world should be a joyous occasion. It feels like the UK has latched onto this joy with tightly gripped hands. 

Wishing everyone a bit of joy,

Teri