Oil pastels are not a medium I'm comfortable with, but I had a go! #ScrawlrChallenge #OilPastel #CoastalArt

More portrait practice in my sketchbook using 4B and 6B graphite sticks, blending stump and a putty eraser. #SketchBook #GraphiteDrawing #JYPortraitChallenge

Random ginger cat in my experimental sketchbook. #MixedMediaArt #Sketchbook

Random cat in my sketchbook using coloured fine liners. #Sketchbook #CatDrawing

Portrait practice in my sketchbook. Drawn using a 4B graphite stick, blending stump, putty eraser and a black colour pencil (for a few details). #Sketchbook #JYPortraitChallenge

A house sparrow drawn in charcoal. #CharcoalDrawing #BirdArt #HouseSparrow

A barn owl drawn using charcoal. Not a medium I normally use because of the mess and dust, but this turned ok. #CharcoalDrawing #OwlDrawing

Portrait practice in my sketchbook. #JYPortraitChallenge #sketchbook

Griffin sketch in my tiny experimental sketchbook (because the sizing has gone bad). #MixedMediaIllustration #Illustration #Griffin

Sketch in my tiny sketchbook of Coventry Charterhouse garden from Sunday lunchtime. #Sketchbook #SketchCoventry #Coventry

Another drawing created using the Pantone markers from the latest ScrawlrBox. #ScrawlrChallenge #PenDrawing

Another piece from the latest ScrawlrBox, prompt "Trust The Process". #ScrawlrChallenge #TraditionalArt #Motherhood

A squid doodle using the pens in the latest ScrawlrBox. #ScrawlrChallenge

Flotsam in the form of a discarded bottle painted with watercolours from ScrawlrBox 128 and the prompt Destination Unknown. #ScrawlrChallenge #watercolour #OceanPlastic

Another painting from ScrawlrBox 128 and the prompt Destination Unknown. #Watercolour #ScrawlrChallenge #LineAndWash

Another little painting created with ScrawlrBox 128. #ScrawlrChallenge #LineAndWash

First piece with ScrawlrBox 128 and the prompt Destination Unknown. Naturally, I painted a dandelion :-) #ScrawlrChallenge #Dandelion #DandelionIllustration

A Rose Chafer drawn with the contents of ScrawlrBox 127. #ScrawlrBox #BeetleIllustration

What to do with a sketchbook when the sizing has gone bad? In my case, experiment and throw everything at the paper in the hope of finding something that doesn't feel like torture to use. It's like trying to draw and paint on blotting paper folks. #Sketchbook #MixedMediaArr #TraditionalArt

A drawing of a bee, created with ScrawlrBox 127 and the prompt "bees at ease". #ScrawlrBox #BeeIllustration

We dodged hail showers for an Easter walk and it was worth it for the blossom which glowed in the post hail light. The photos don't do the blossom justice.

How we spent Good Friday lunchtime...

A feral pigeon that was kind enough to pose for a reference photo a few weeks back. Isn't he a handsome chap? #Sketchbook #pigeon #BirdIllustration

Life is still unreasonably busy and I consider it an accomplishment that I found time for a quick line drawing in my sketchbook book. #sketchbook #PenDrawing #InkDrawing

This dramatic and positively serpentine grey heron was drawn with the markers from the latest ScrawlrBox. #BirdIllustration #ScrawlrChallenge #GreyHeron

Happy birthday to my OH. I drew him a disco dancing dinosaur. #Dinosaur #TraditionalArt

Last week's bird from the BirbFest shortlist is the Galah Cockatoo. I had much fun with pink here :-) #BirbFest2026 #BirdIllustration #MixedMediaIllustration

The next birb on the Birbfest shortlist is the Short-eared Owl. Painted here using Derwent metallic watercolours from the December ScrawlrBox. #BirbFest2026 #BirdIllustration #ScrawlrChallenge

Birbfest Day 8 - an Andean Cock-of-the-rock. As I suspected, spare time has evaporated as life returns to normal after the festive season. Hence I've switched to the shortlist and may go back to draw some of the other birbs later. #BirbFest2026 #MixedMediaIllustration #BirdIllustration

Birbfest Day 2 - a many-coloured rush tyrant. #BirbFest2026 #MixedMediaIllustration #BirdIllustration