tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29139508514765923382012-01-24T16:52:19.197ZSouth West IllustratorsJunenoreply@blogger.comBlogger1821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913950851476592338.post-45353394458469304172012-01-20T22:50:00.000Z2012-01-20T22:50:47.775Z

Hello all - my name's Sam Church and I'm a SWILLer!  This month I'm taking a month out from my regular work as a children's illustrator to do something I've been wanting to do for ages...  After a little gentle pestering, the acclaimed Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory theatre company have allowed me to sit in on their rehearsals for King Lear so that I can sketch them.  I asked to do this

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Richard Deverell, best known for his epic illustrations, is accepting commissions for less elaborate cartoon illustrations for websites, logos, Ebooks and custom greetings cards. A section in the new website is devoted to cartoons and caricatures.http://richarddeverell.com/portfolio-cartoons.html

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If you're all gorilla'd out, here's something completely different. Well........okay not so different! 'Safari Northampton' another Wild in Art project are building on the sucess of 'Pride in Northampton' with a whole safari of rhino's, lions, hippos, gorillas and giraffes for summer 2012. My design 'The Butterfly Effect' has been commissioned and I hope to start painting next week. He's 11' tall

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Go to BBC i-player to watch Lulu tell this story: Celestine and the Peguins by Penny Ives. QUICKLY!!!

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LULU will be reading "Celestine and the Penguins"  by SW Illustrator Penny Ives on 3rd January 2012 CBeebies Bedtime Hour between 6 and 7.  The story is usually about 6.45pm. The book "Celestine and the Penguins" is available from/through all good bookshops, as well as Amazon.  The publisher is Templar and the ISBN: 978-1840115369. See also "Celestine Drama Queen" by Penny Ives (Templar, ISBN

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© Frances Cony

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Lots of festive glitter and drawing in silly hats at Blackwells. Brillustrators spent the day drawing the Christmas window at the Park Street Blackwells in Bristol. A great way of having fun and selling a few books too!

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Ok... firstly, I feel I should apologise for a couple of things. One is that this Blog seems to be regularly taken over by Gorillas, and the second is the appalling pun I came up with as a name for this latest Wow! Gorilla. It could have been worse... I unofficially called the little one (made for the Zoo's shop in Cribb's Causeway) King Kong Merrily On Low...I blame the fibre-glass fumes.Edd

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The Bible Doodle Book: Amazing Bible Pictures You Can Complete and Create! (ISBN: 978-0310727163) which has been part-illustrated by SWillustrator Anna Popescu has been published by US publisher Zonderkidz.   Kids are invited to complete the drawings of Bible stories and then colour them in.  There are also stickers to colour and add into the scenes, or elsewhere!  Anna’s clean, simple but

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Just incase anyone hasn't seen this, I just wanted to big up Bristol Aardman animations who are back to their amazing stopmotion style of animation with their forthcoming Pirates film (out in April 2012). I was lucky enough to take a trip up to the production studios (the spoil sports wouldn't let me take any pictures ;)) and was so impressed with the amount of artwork involved in this film.

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The Big Draw at Foyles On Saturday 29th October, a group of Bristol based illustrators celebrated 'the fun of drawing' with a Big Draw event in Foyles Bookstore, Bristol. There were SWillustrators and Brillustrators at the event, along with unsuspecting members of the public who followed their enthusiastic children upstairs to draw and eventually got the courage to doodle a little something

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Burges Salmon helps Bert celebrate Hallowe'en  (c) Burges Salmon See Bert's progress at www.franwowgorilla.blogspot.com

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Some south west illustrators will be at Foyles bookshop on the 29th October.A child friendly day drawing at the bookshop.

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SWILLUSTRATOR Tim Bullock will be showing and selling his paper automata kits this weekend 15-16 October on the West Bristol Arts Trail.  Also at the venue (42) are paintings by Anne Bullock, Pam Kaye, Liz Vibert, Franka Douglas and papier mache works by Alice Newton. For details of Venue 42 and the rest of the trail see the West Bristol Arts Trail venue page.

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Bristol illustrators (Brillustration) (including quite a few SWillustrators) will be celebrating The Big Draw this Saturday 8th of October at Blackwell's bookshop, at the top of Park Street, Bristol. There will be drawing and badge-making inside and a few brave illustrators will be decorating the front window with a big group drawing. So come and join in the BIG DRAW and maybe buy a couple of

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Ready to GO!  Gorisambard (L) by Tim Miness started a bidding war and went for the highest price £23K. Banana Shirt (Ivana Svabic Cannon) £6K SW Illustrators together raised £45 000 of the total £427 300raised on Thursday night at the auction of 60 gorillas at the Victoria Rooms, Bristol.  That's more than 10% of the total for 10% of the gorillas sold on Thursday!!!!  The money goes to The

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See the auction live on a web cam via http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/auction Tony's are lot numbers 27 & 42 Jane's is 37 Chris's is 38 Ivana's is 47 Frances's 56 (out of 60!) You can also buy raffle tickets to win a school-size unpainted gorilla, bit of a Formula 1 engine or a ceramic ape.  See zoo site for details. Frances

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The Bristol gorilla guys & girls are back in Bristol.  They are now lined up on the central lawn at the zoo.  They can be seen until closing time on Wednesday 28 September. On Thursday 29 September, 60 of the apes will be auctioned at The Victoria Rooms, in aid of The Wallace & Gromit Grand Appeal in aid of Bristol Children's Hospital, and ape conservation.  There are no tickets left for the

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Gorillas on Parade - with HMS Belfast - Queen's Walk, More London (photo: Liz Shaw) Endangered PJs (Bert) (photo: Suzy-Jane Tanner) Guerilla Tourist (Bob) & Tower Bridge (photo: Suzy-Jane Tanner) Blackbeard Silverback (Ed) & others  (photo: Suzy-Jane Tanner)

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SW Illustrator Kate Davies will be showing and selling her cards and prints at this event:

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20 of the Bristol Zoo Wow! Gorillas hit the M4 - hopefully not literally - for London today.  They will appear at More London for nearly a week to promote the auction of all 61 ape sculptures 2 weeks today Thursday 29 September at The Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol.  The Gorillas will be along Queen's Walk between London Bridge and Tower Bridge near City Hall. Included will be Jane Ververis

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It's been really great fun being part of Wow Gorillas. I'm sure my Gorilla isn't the only one to ask 'does my bum look big in this'? It only seems like yesterday that 'Blackbeard Silverback' was unveiled at Arnos Vale Cemetery by children from St Phillips Marsh Nursery School, who brought along their own mini gorilla to meet his big brother....... but there are now only a couple of weeks

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In want of photos of them on the street as yet, here are the guys when they were in the warehouse where they were painted: Guerilla Tourist (aka Bob) by Tony Hitchcock Hubert (aka Joe) & Guerilla Tourist both by Tony Hitchcock Hubert & Banana Shirt Banana Shirt by Ivana Cannon Guerilla Tourist (no 60) is at Birmingham Coach Station (to encourage passengers not to go to

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South west Illustrator Lauren Tobia has a reason to be cheerful ."Anna Hibiscus' Song" by Atinuke with Illustrations by Lauren Tobia has hit the book shops this week. Set in "Amazing Africa" Anna Hibiscus' Song is the first picture book from the "Anna Hibiscus " fiction series where Anna, bursting with joy shares that happiness with her extended family.Published by Walker

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Frances' Bert - snapped today at Bitton Station(by my partner Colin, out on a bike ride alongthe Bath-Bristol cycle path!)

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See more pix at www.franwowgorilla.blogspot.com

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The first design was not chosen by sponsors.  The second design is being sponsored by Mama Bear's Day Nursery.  See Frances Cony's Bristol Zoo Wow! Gorilla blog. Frances Cony -  Yet another case of Gorilla Gardening Frances Cony - Endangered PJs Bert (aka Endangered PJs) a couple of days ago

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I've been working on a new illustration for The Owl and the Pussycat while I wait for other upcoming projects. I've filled the design with painted texture and pattern, and I also wanted to create and incorporate a hand painted paisley (inspired) pattern on the boat rather than just stick to dots and stripes. I painted this pattern in acrylic and used a pin head to print on each dot. I like to

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Here's the next picture for Consequences 1: Consequences 1: Surf Cats - Frances Cony / Beardy Chap - Sam Church **********************************************  Beardy Chap - Sam Church More soon-ish!

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Preliminary sketches for a gorilla sculpture This was my first design; Gorilla wrapped in a bundle of hair. Second design is definitely more commercial! Sponsor - Waitrose, location - Queen's Road, Bristol. Banana shirt My design is influenced by everyday consumerism, where supermarkets become the main places where we ‘hunt food’! I’ve illustrated this by dressing up my gorilla in a shirt

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Although I've been mainly a painter and illustrator for the past 14 years or so, I've always had an interest in model and prop-making, which probably stems from my lifelong love of films:- Ray Harryhausen, Star Wars, cowboys and indians, The Crimson Pirate: all the stuff that makes a rainy Saturday afternoon worth it when you are a kid... as a result, over the years, I've done various bits and

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Consequences 1 (1) - (Surf Cats - Frances Cony) SW Illustrators is to 'play' Consequences.  Look out for the next linked picture! As there is only one picture so far, it's not 'joined up' properly yet.

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Richard Deverell is currently working to complete the illustrations for a series of six titles for Sounds~Write, a phonics reading scheme that is proving very successful, especially for children who have struggled to learn to read with other methods.All the illustrations for this new series are drawn to a very tight brief.

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 Kate Davies added this painting of the Royal Crescent to her card and print series of popular Bath Scenes.  The Royal Crescent Bath UK This painting will soon be available to buy as a card or print from stores and information centres around the City of Bath.  The Roman BathsBath UK  The Circus Bath UK Kate's other Bath Scenes in the series will also be available.

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Nadine Wickenden was commissioned by Ice House Design in Bath to create a timeline design for Corfe Castle in Dorset. The design is worked in two layers, set with a depth of a few inches, and the pieces are lazer cut from metal. You can now see the full piece on display at the National Trust attraction, Corfe Castle in Dorset.

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Well not exactly. In fact that's a massive leap of imagination! Dreamworks have announced the news that they will be making an animated film of Rumblewick - inspired by the picturebook by Hiawyn Oram and Sarah Warburton. It's exciting news although a bit strange as Rumblewick has been changed from a cat to rabbit which is very different from the books. However, from the small bits heard through

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Watch out! I've fallen in love with a character that flew into my head that I'm not sure what to do with. I think there is a story there somewhere....I can sense it. Ninja bird - is not afraid of anything - especially cats and crocodiles! Not sure if my 3 year old son should sue me for copyright on this but he drew a picture the other day and called it an 'elepead'....genius. So what could a

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This week a lady in Hong Kong contacted me and asked if I would do a cartoon of her and her partner. They are leaving Hong Kong and throwing a party to say goodbye to their friends. The illustration will be used in an email invitation, on a cake, and a large canvas print that will be on display at the party and no doubt go with them to their new home.There are more custom cartoons on my website.

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Lauren Tobia and Alison Larkman Lauren Tobia recently worked on an interesting project that required her to 'live draw' on a white board for a video. The commission was a promotional video for Internal Workings. Nicely done Lauren.

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The Pullman Dubai Mall of the Emirates Hotel needed an illustrated map of their location in Dubai with some of the tourist attractions. I am currently working on a bigger and more detailed map for them, to include more of the hotels in the Accor group in Dubai, and a wider geographical area. By the time Christine and I have finished this project we will be able to work as tourists guides in

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Felicity Bowers has illustrated a new book, The Stoat Rebellion, written by Aubrey Fossedale. It is available for sale at the price of £9.99 from Lulu.com The Stoat Rebellion Blog Facebook Page The English woodland is now run on a democratic system which was fought for during the Stoat Rebellion. The rebellion, fought between the Woodland Central Government Army and the Stoat Rebel Army

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Come and join the happy hoards eager to see the latest trends in home and gift ware design for 2011 at The International Spring Fair at the NEC from 6th-10th February. http://www.springfair.com/ Suzy-Jane Tanner and Carol Tratt will be exhibiting various ranges of images for licensing with Vicki Thomas Associates in Hall 2, stand C02 Carol Tratt Carol Tratt Suzy-Jane Tanner Suzy-Jane

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2 Week CourseIntroduction to Collagraph£50Led by Ivana Svabic Cannon MAWednesdays 19 & 26 January 20116.00 – 9.00pmAt Spike Print Studio, Spike Island Artspace, Bristol UK Click here to download the PDf Booking Form Collagraph technique is fantastic for those interested in using mix-media in printmaking. The course will provide ideas and technical shortcuts in image making. You will use a wide

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   Penny Ives picture book 'Celestine and the Penguins' is featured on the BBC's 'CBeebies Bedtime Stories'! Story read by the lovely Holly Willoughby. Published by Templar Publishing, it can be viewed here until 13th January: Celestine and the Penguins

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Here’s Richard Deverell’s friend Scotty McPottie wishing you all a Happy New Year for 2011. May it be a seriously good one for all who commission, illustrators and authors...and of course everyone else!! Richard Deverell

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Introducinga little bit bunny Witness the aberrations Experience the monstrosities Join in with the fun Ticking away quietly on a secret blog since July 2010, the spectacle that is a little bit bunny is now public, and available for all to see right this very minute.

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Suzy-Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224860688707451654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913950851476592338.post-75967191854006060562010-12-22T17:21:00.001Z2010-12-22T20:51:07.064Z

Sleigh Rideby Carol Tratt

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 Christmas Sledge by Katherine Kirkland Have a great Christmas! Best wishes from Katherine  : )

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Hope all Swillies get just what they want for Christmas and a happy new year! xxx Angela

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Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year!

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all SWIllustrators!Thanks for all your company and encouragement over the last year.

Mr Toodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00994486721202160092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913950851476592338.post-52583710525882625202010-12-16T21:38:00.001Z2010-12-18T00:19:44.518Z

Polar Milonga

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I've been having fun with letters recently so sorry for the lack of 'illustration' in my christmas greetings.

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Season's Greetings and may 2011 be happy and prosperous for all by Kate Davies

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Oh, no, it's not!!! Hopefully not our careers! All the best from Frances Cony

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Jan Nesbitt has just updated her website with some wonderful new pieces of artwork. Jan finds enchantment, wonder, and a poetic truth in images that she sees in the countryside around her... and it is these that she seeks to express in vibrant watercolour and line.  They Danced Out Of The Rocks Jan Nesbitt  Her high quality art prints would make wonderful gifts for family and

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SWillustrator Jan Nesbitt will be at Kilver Court Gardens on both these dates, offering you the chance to purchase either her very original paintings or prints of these beautiful pictures. They would make very special Christmas presents! Find Jan in the Directors Suite this Sunday 10am - 4pm Kilver Court Gardens, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 5NF http://www.kilvercourt.com/ info@kilvercourt.com

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SWillustrator Christina de la Mare's work will be on show at Fig - gallery and shop - as part of the North Bristol Art Trail this weekend: Saturday & Sunday 27-28 November 10am-6pm. Christina de la Mare:  Stuffed birds As well as illustrations, Christina has been creating collages and sewing stuffed birds. Also exhibiting at the same venue are Jemima Lumley (jewellery) and 

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SWillustrator Ivana Svabic Cannon is taking part in the art trail Front Room 2010 this weekend in Totterdown, Bristol. Friday 19 November: 6-9pmSaturday 20 & Sunday 21 November: 12-6pm See Ivana's work at Venue 26 Ivana Svabic Cannon - Sparclar Ivana Svabic Cannon - attraction3  Ivana Svabic Cannon - edge 

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Suzy-Jane Tanner will be participating in the Christmas Craft Fair at St Matthew's Church, Widcombe Hill, Widcombe, Bath on the evening of 12th & all day on 13th November 2010. Free parking on the Friday evening at the Prior Park Garden Centre on Prior Park Road. She will be selling prints, cards, books and gifts featuring her illustrations along with beaded gifts and she hopes to see you

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If you are visiting Bath UK anytime soon, call into the Bath Tourist Information Centre, and you will be able to buy these beautifully painted cards by SWillustrator Kate Davies. The Roman Baths, Bath UK  The Circus, Bath UK There are also 4 other card designs available depicting scenes of nearby Castle Combe, which has been voted the 'Prettiest Village in England' on many occasions.  Cards are

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SWillustrators Lauren Tobia and June Goulding enjoyed taking part in the Big Draw at Spike Island on Saturday. Big Draw 2010 - free slideshow maker Brillustration and the Bristol Drawing Club were there to share the fun of drawing with anyone who wanted to try their hand. There were workshop sessions of timed portrait drawing and observational drawing, and large areas covered in paper ready for

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Laila Hills has opened a Zazzle store featuring her wonderful characters. There are mugs, cards, clothing and gifts featuring Laila's new designs. Designs can be customised with your name, and come on a range items and in different sizes. Click here to visit Laila's store

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Felicity Roma Bowers invites you to visit her studio this weekend, 25th & 26th  September 2010, for the Bath Artists' Open Studios Weekend.  All info (+ directions) can be found here - Bath Artists' Open Studios 25 - 26 Sept; 11am - 5pmPrivate view 24 Sep; 6 - 9pm The Open Studios event gives us a chance to welcome you into our workspaces and the heart of Bath Artists' Studios. As we open our

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Jo Loring-Fisher is taking part in an exhibition at The Old Mill Gallery in Worton, Wiltshire  UK  Juliet Abbott - Textile Art. Jo Loring-Fisher - Paintings & Illustrations - Continuing the Red Flag series. Liney Kean - Mixed Media, Textiles & Fine Art. 24th - 26th September 2010The Old Mill Gallery,Mill Road, Worton,Devizes, SN10 5SF More information can be found here: Old Mill Arts

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Here is the cover of the latest Anna Hibiscus book, the 4th in the Anna Hibiscus series. Have Fun Anna Hibiscus!In which Anna goes to Canada and experiences snow for the first time! It is released on October the 4th 2010 Author: Atinuke Illustrated by: Lauren Tobia Published by: Walker Books Pre-order a copy on Amazon UK here: Have Fun Anna Hibiscus! The first two titles in the Anna Hibiscus

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Felix is the latest automata creation of Tim Bullock. Buy this kit and build the fantastic FELIX. He's designed to balance on a tightrope, and rides his unicycle down a gentle slope, giving an amazing display of balancing as he pedals furiously along. See Felix perform his amazing feat of riding a unicycle along the entire length of tightrope in his mini stunt movie below. Felix is available

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The Theatre Royal Winchester asked me to produce the artwork for their Christmas 2010 production of Peter Pan. This is the 3rd year I have worked with them. They are a pleasure to work with as they are committed to using traditional illustration in their publicity and marketing. The brief was to produce the various characters from Peter Pan and produce a poster which described the production as

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Visit link for details: Otterton Mill Art and craft exhibitions Exhibition: Telling Tales Saturday 24th July 2010 – Monday 13th September 2010 This exhibition will showcase South West artists who work with illustration, or tell stories through their art. Currently, confirmed exhibitors include the award-winning writer/illustrator of children's books Babette Cole.  Known for her quirky, zany,

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This exhibition reveals how individual styles can use commercial or craft based approaches to produce pattern as fine art.  SWILL member Ivana Svabic Cannon has work in this show. A Centrespace exhibition by membersof the Spike Print Studios atCentrespace6 Leonard Lane, Bristol BS1 1AE Friday 9 July – Thursday 15 July 2010 Private View (Friday 9 July) 6pm-9pm(9-14 July)11am – 5pm  (15 July)11am-

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Suzy-Jane Tanner will be participating in The Widcombe Art Trailon Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th June 2010from 11am to 5.30pmClick on the flyers below for more information.

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An invitation to all to come to Jamaica Street Artists Open Studios 2010 at 39 Jamaica StreetBristolBS2 8JPfrom Friday the 11th until Sunday 13th of June 2010(see times below) illustration from an 'Abécédaire' for french publisher Editions Auzou, by Leah Heming Jamaica Street Studios is home to illustrator Leah Heming as well as 12 other illustrators and 25 artists. So come on down for a fun and

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Three new card designs available from Sarah Warburton.

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Historical illustrator and painter Chris Molan is taking part in an Open Studio event with fellow artists who share space at the Guild Studios in Bristol UK. "Musicians in the Pub" by Chris Molan,   Watercolour   20"x14" The Guild Studios Open Dayson Saturday 5th and Saturday 12th June 2010between 11.00 - 4.00pm The Guild Studios are situated above the Guild Gallery, in The Bristol Guild of

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The London Elephants are now listed on the Auction site. If you want to place a bid, or simply view all the Elephants, click here.122 - Roselephant Jane Veveris Callan was honoured to be invited to paint an Elephant sculpture as part of the London Elephant Parade. Jane's Roselephant's auction page is here. The Elephant Family Charity is organising the event which will see over 250 painted

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Following on from her '100 days of Coffee' illustration project, Angela Fernihough is exhibiting at the UK's first ever Coffee Festival, to be held in Bath on 15th and 16th May. 'The Expresso Train' by Angela Fernihough Look out for Angela on the children's colouring-in stand! (B85)  More about the Bath Coffee Festival Events can be found here: EVENTS

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In 2008, painted pig sculptures were to be found snuffling around the city of Bath bringing amusement and pleasure to everyone. Now there is to be a pride of 100 decorated life-size Lions prowling the streets of Bath! From the website:   "A giant pride of 100 individually decorated, life-size lion sculptures, will be taking up residence in and around the World Heritage City of Bath from the end

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And yet another Art Trail to follow...     Paula Bowles and Lauren Tobia are taking part in the Southbank Arts Trail in Bristol, 8 - 9 May. At 11 Agate Street there will be prints, cards, bags and original art by Louise Cunningham, Rachel Bright, and Lauren Tobia. There will also be some plants for sale and 'garden design' advice from Clare the gardener, all to be enjoyed with Tea, Chi and some

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Jane Callan will be one of many artists taking part in the Newbridge Arts Trail this coming weekend. click image for larger view Venue: Various locations in Newbridge area of BathDates: Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 MayTime: 10.00am – 4.00pm click image for larger view Newbridge Arts Trail is a new, annual event in which artists living in the Newbridge area of Bath open their homes/studios to the

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Two of our members are taking part in the 2010 Cloth Road Arts Week, promoting visual arts across west Wiltshire.    "Cloth Road Arts Week 2010 promises to be the best yet, with a record number of members and a greater variety of venues."     (Quote from the Cloth Road website) The Cloth Road Art Trail Saturday 1st May - Sunday 9th May Art Trail brochures available from libraries and tourism

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You are invited toBath Artists' Studios Exhibition Weds 7th April - Tues 20th April at Milsom PlaceBath Unit 17, Shire's Yard, Milsom Place, opposite Jamie's Italian Restaurant. Become a fan on Facebook and invite all your friends. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106785629352423&ref=ts I will be showing work in this exhibition and will be in attendance on Friday 9th April until 8pm - do

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Sarah Warburton recently joined other Orchard Books' illustrators at a special evening event in London. It was a chance to celebrate the work of some of Orchard's talented illustrators. Booksellers, publishing magazines and other publishing clients were among those invited and they received signed copies of books and had the chance of winning limited edition prints of artwork. From left to

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Here are some images from a new children’s novelty book that Richard Deverell is currently working on. This is in between producing an illustrated brochure for a social housing maintenance company and lots of small illustrations for three educational publishers for crafts, literacy and language books.

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Felicity Roma Bowers is running a one day printmaking workshop at the Bath Artists' Studios situated in the city of Bath UK. Printmaking By Hand is about exploring printmaking without using a press - a low tech approach that you could do at home or in your studio. Printmaking by Hand Saturday 27th March 2010 10.30am-4.30pm £37 inc some materials More information about this course and the

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Two of our members have been participating in the  'One Hundred Days To Make Me A Better Person' challenge. 'Elvis Coffee Pot' by Angela Fernihough            'Cake' by Lauren Tobia         Angela Fernihough and Lauren Tobia have each been adding a new illustration to their blogs every day whilst continuing their other illustration work. Angela, is on her final week having posted a Coffee Pot

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SWillustrators.co.uk website has just been updated, so go check out the new images and meet our new site members.

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Come along and visit the Spring Fair International 20107-11 FebruaryNEC Birmingham I will be showing various collections of work for licensing, including animal, everyday and Christmas ranges. I’m exhibiting with Vicki Thomas Associates in hall 2, stand C02. "Kitten Heels is a concept created by Carol Tratt that has been licensed on to a range of products including greetings cards and craft

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Richard has recently completed this illustration of Dubai. This is a typical example of his busy, detailed work, which usually means an aerial view or at least a high vantage point. Everything is hand drawn from reference supplied by the client or found online. Sadly no field trip could be included in the budget! The client who lives and works in Bahrain said it was extremely difficult to find

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Leah Heming has illustrated a second story for CBeebies 'Driver Dan's Story Train'. The episode is called 'All play together' and the story is called 'Boing-Bang-a-Toot'.

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Paula Bowles has illustrated an episode for the 'Driver Dan's Story Train' series on CBeebies too! The episode is called 'Surprise' and the story is called 'Down at the waterhole'. You can view the whole episode here: 'Surprise' and 'Down at the waterhole' (The story begins approx 7 mins into the show.)

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Two of our members currently have their work showing on CBeebies as part of the 'Driver Dan's Story Train' series. Kate Davies illustrated an episode called 'Hide and Sheep' and the story is called 'I can do that, says Jack'. You can view the episode here:  CBeebies 'Hide and Sheep' I can do that, says Jack Leah-Ellen Heming illustrated an episode called 'Dance Yourself Dizzy' and the story

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"Rumblewick and the Dinner Dragons" written by Hiawyn Oram and beautifully illustrated by Sarah Warburton is now on sale. "Meet Rumblewick!  He’s a witch’s cat with one BIG problem - his witch, Haggy Aggy, doesn’t want to be a witch any more. She wants to be a regular girl and do regular girl things.   In this second hilarious picture book, Haggy Aggy does the unthinkable and decides that

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'Prince Edward's Feast' written by Robin O'Brien, illustrated by Leah-Ellen Heming and published by Meadowside Children's Books in November 2009 ISBN: 978-1-84539-445-5 (hardback) ISBN: 978-1-84539-446-2 (paperback) Prince Edward won't eat his dinner and the King doesn't know what to do! The Queen will certainly be upset if the Baby Prince isn't fed by the time she returns from shopping!

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Season's Greetings from Mary!

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from Paula Bowles

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from Anna Popescu

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