My thoughts are with Duncan and Helen at this very sad time.
He was a fantastic Agent, I will miss him very much. Especially his daft phone voices.
My kids called him "Agent Mike" which made him sound a bit like a James Bond character, I think he would have liked that!
Good bye Mike.
with love from Sarah W  xx

Trumpet Blowing

When not working all hours that there are in a day on illustration work I paint.  Recently I have been very happy to have the above two paintings accepted for Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition which is at the Mall Galleries 21st April to 1st May and

this one accepted by the Royal Watercolour Society for their open exhibition which is at the Bankside Gallery, London from 19th February - 11th March.

Luncheon of the Boating Party

I did this a few years ago because I like Renoir's painting so much. What I like best about it is that nobody is paying any attention to the person speaking to them (a bit like this blog-Ed) and I think all of them would rather be with someone else in the picture. Since I originally did it I've juiced up the colour a little on my computer and it now looks much better than it did, so thanks computer for covering up my deficiencies.

New Gargoylz Website and Blog

To coincide with the release of Gargoylz there is a new blog written by Max and Ben who are the only children who know Gargoylz come to life. Their new blog can be found here and is updated every Friday detailing what tricks they've been up to over the week. They're very naughty boys.

There is also an official Gargoylz website which can be found here.

Vworp! Vworp!

A little while ago I posted my pic of new Dr Who Matt Smith which was part of an artist mash up of all the Doctors. Here's the cover of Vworp! Vworp! with my drawing placed with the others.

This is a non-profit making fanzine and charts the history and development of the comic strips in Doctor Who Magazine.

For the Doctor Who fans amongst us, you can order the fanzine here.

Author Hotline

Happy New Year monkeys! I haven't a relevant pic for this post which is why I'm calling you 'monkeys' today.

Over Christmas I was contacted by a new website called the Author Hotline which is looking for authors, poets, storytellers and illustrators to add their profiles before it goes live on World Book Day, 4th March. This is intended for school children and teachers to use and once ready it should look pretty good. The company behind the website is Creative Writing for Kids (CW4K) which, as the name suggests, encourages children to write their own stories.

So I'm doing my duty and letting you know in case you'd like to take part. Again, have a very Happy New Year x

Let It Snow

Merry Christmas everyone, x.