Happy Valentine's Day

Sunshine

It seems like Spring is just around the corner! Okay, it'll probably be pouring freezing rain and howling a gale again by the end of the week, but in the meantime here's a little drawing to celebrate the sunshine.

Ducks & shop update!

Tall ducks like these ones are just so charming, so I drew a couple and decided to put them onto a card (see below)

In related news, the Whirlygig Folksy Shop has received had a good updating! It's restocked with Silkie books in both sizes, as well as all the new cards I've made lately (including the lovely ducks). It would be utterly smashing if you'd go and take a look. :)

Now-- away from cards and back to juggling the umpteen other things I have on the go...!

New cards

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Gorilla & Fish

 

Dug out the watercolours for the first time in a while. :)

No New Coal

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Illustration for the Amelia's Magazine blog, for an article on the Ratcliffe trial, in which 114 people were pre-emptively arrested in 2009 on suspicion of planning to shut down Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in protest of their continued reliance on coal power over renewable sources. Results of some of the consequent trials have recently come to light, with the Ratcliffe protesters tried so far found guilty but spared jail sentences, with the judge stating his sympathy for the motivations behind their actions.

It's a complex but engaging story to learn about, for many reasons - you can read Amelia Gregory's own account of the events on the Amelia's Magazine blog here.