Here’s a sketch of my Gran, who is 99. This sketch is from her 97th birthday. When she was born, in Sheffield in 1914, Britain had just declared war on Germany; women didn’t have the vote; milk was delivered by horse and cart; no-one had a television and George V was king (and most people […]
There’s something magical about a programme that’s been going over 50 years and still has the same effect on children as it always has. I remember quite literally hiding behind the sofa when I was a child and 35 years later, here are my children and nephews fascinated and scared (but wanting more!) in equal […]
The ‘top road’ from Sherborne to Dorchester, in rural North Dorset in England, is a road I travel along numerous times a week. The view is always changing; with the seasons, with the time of day, with the weather. It’s always beautiful though. Copic Multiliners & Tombow ABT brush pens in a Pink Pig sketchbook
e+m is a German company which began in 1899 making nib holders. They were forced to move away from pen products following the ravages of Word War 2. In 1983 the family-owned company once again started making wooden writing instruments and now produce a range of clutch pencils, ballpoints and accessories. The e+m Workman Long […]
A Christmas present for my beautiful fiancée, from a family holiday in Barcelona earlier this year. Copic Multiliners, Pink Pig sketchbook