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Kingfisher footage
Do you remember I mentioned that a kingfisher had been spotted on the river last week? It turns out it’s a nesting pair and the Farm Manager here, who is like our very own David Attenborough, caught some footage of … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Family and friends, Wildlife
Tagged birdwatching, Farm Manager, fish, illustration, kingfisher nesting pair, kingfishers, magpie, river, Scottish Borders, wildlife
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Purple and gold
The fields on the farm are purple and gold with Timothy and Buttercups. If you look closely you find Doves-foot Cranesbill, Common Mouse-ear, and Common Speedwell hidden among the grasses. Beside the river all sorts of wild flowers fill the banks: Fairy … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged buttercups, comma butterfly, common centaury, common mouse-ear, common speedwell, corn marigolds, dipper, doves-foot cranesbill, fairy flax, fields, forget-me-nots, germander speedwell, Grand Old Duke of York, herb bennet, herb robert, illustration, kingfisher, parr, red campion, river, Salmon, spawning, timothy grass, water avens, welsh poppies, white comfrey
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Ray Bradbury
On the way home from London today I read Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Big Dreamer has been pestering me to read it for ages but I’d resisted because of the weird 70s sci-fi cover on the version we own. I … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged America, book burning, books, creativity, dad, dystopia, Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, illustration, london, nightmares, Ray Bradbury, stag parties, Thoreau, trains, Walden
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D&AD stand
Here’s the final Edinburgh College of Art stand at D&AD. Sorry about the slightly cock-eyed montage. The stand’s quite wide and I couldn’t get far enough back to fit it all in. Last night was the private view. The exhibiting … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Big Brother TV Show, cable car, careers, dad, Emirates Air Line, graphic design, illustration, jobs, New Blood, river, Thames, work
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D&AD set up
This morning I got up bright and early to travel across London to set up the D&AD show at Spitalfields Market. I thought it was highly amusing that I was travelling on the Tube carrying a cardboard tube. My comic … Continue reading
D&AD work
As promised, here are the two pieces I will be taking along to show at the D&AD New Blood show. They’re natural history posters aimed at primary school children. The idea is that they can be used as window stickers … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged butterflies, dad, frogs, illustration, natural history, posters, window stickers
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Haring along
In the late part of this afternoon, on our way home from visiting friends, Little Owl and I encountered a hare on the road. He bounded out of an open gateway in the hedgerow before turning to gallop along beside … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration, Wildlife
Tagged afternoon, dad, edinburgh college of art, evening stroll, hare, hedgerow, illustration, london, New Blood
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That’s all folks
Yesterday we dismantled the degree show at college. It came down a lot quicker than it went up. As a last little reminder I’ve put up a picture from my fellow illustrator, Maisie Shearing’s stand. This is a beautiful model … Continue reading
Solemn business
As I write the sky is a soft blue streaked with pink. The windows of the house are flung open. It has been a beautiful summer’s day and the long hours of daylight up here turn the evening into an … Continue reading
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Tagged chopped down, flat, hedgehog, horse chestnut, illustration, rope swing, small tortoiseshell
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A short walk
This morning’s walk with Little Owl was brought to an abrupt halt when she fell in the river. Don’t worry it was only the shallows so no risk of drowning but still, she wasn’t happy. She dangled her feet from … Continue reading
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Tagged bath water, cleaning, degree show, falling in, illustration, Little Owl, logo, results, river, river water, walk, wellies, wet
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