Bunting and Strawberries

Wishing you very happy . . . 

. . . good old British. . . 

. . . Jubilee celebrations.

Time to enjoy the outside

Yeah, the sun has arrived!!

 And with that brings the want to be outside more, 

and in my case, in my garden with my paint brush and pens.

The lavender plant, such a classic, but one of my absolute favs,

and I have really enjoyed working on these images of herbs too. 

"Thyme" for more artwork in the garden now I think on such a sunny day,

groan, an awful joke I know : )

Just spotted the first rose of the year in my garden,

Its a David Austin standard, named Graham Thomas, 

gorgeous! 

Arts Festival

"Lindfield Arts Festival" weekend

My display,

Hey, I was awarded a Highly Commended award! 

Working next to my exhibit was a great idea, 

it created lots of interest and I received some lovely comments from people.

I also ran a workshop for 22 children on the Sunday, 

inspired by my "Inky Stick" method!

Here are some of the fantastic results. 

No pens, no brushes, just sticks

which were collected from the woods on a muddy walk the weekend before!! 

Check out more info on the Arts Festival official website 

http://www.lindfieldartsfestival.com/

Productive chaos!

Productive chaos!

Its a very good thing, 

however these last few weeks I have been very busy in deed. 

Meeting tight deadlines and working on new roughs and completing the approved finals 

for my next book with Little Tiger Press. 

(See my latest diary page on my website for the first sneaky peek!)

http://www.jillustrator.com/blog/blog_may.html

And also this week I have been approached to work on two new projects which is just great,  

but I need to produce samples for these during the next few weeks too,

and next week its the Arts Festival that our village runs a weekend each year, 

and I am hosting an already sold out workshop, 

plus exhibiting some of my artwork, so its all go!

http://www.lindfieldartsfestival.com/workshops/jill-latters-inky-stick-experimenting-with-observational-dra/

Therefore at the moment my house and workplace resembles an area of utter chaotic mess, 

however its all productive chaos, (I promise!) 

Rain, rain, rain!

Well what can I say apart from,

Rain,

rain,

rain!

A page from "Gilbert the Gander," published by Nord-Sud Books

Feeling good after Book Fair visit

Just a quick blog this time, 

but a smiley one!

I went to London Book Fair yesterday 

and came away very happy with how it all went. 

I was lucky to have some pre booked meetings that were very worthwhile, 

and it was lovely to actually speak to the people concerned 

rather than just being at the end of an email or a tweet with them for a change. 

I also know that today, my agent, Frances McKay 

is there on my behalf and also to represent the rest of FM Illustration, 

and so fingers tightly crossed for us all, and a big thanks to Frances. 

Although Gilbert Goose wasn't at this event, 

(as he is now out in the big wide world of bookshops,) 

I was able to see the samples of a new project that I am working on with 

Little Tiger Press. 

I am so excited with how things are coming along here, 

and the samples are beautiful, 

and due for release beginning of next year. 

So today and the rest of this week, it is back at my desk, 

working hard on the next set of roughs,

and with many cups of tea to keep me going! 

Happy Easter!

This is Mother Hen,

and today

is a very

important day for her!

These illustrations inspired the character for my book 

"Mother Hen's Important Day"

Out later this year, Published by Nord-Sud Books.

"HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE,"

from myself, Sammy and now Mother Hen!