On Saturday 31st May I spent the day holding a stall at Oxfam's 60th birthday fair in Oxford, drawing bespoke monsters for anyone willing to give a small donation. Here's the best of the bunch- first off a couple of large gouache paintings I made at great speed the night before, to catch the eye of passers-by:


And here are a bunch of the monsters I drew. Each one was drawn straight on to a postcard with no preparatory work, and the subjects came entirely from the customers.









All in all a fun day and some interesting pictures. Most of all it was fun to produce a bunch of stuff and immediately get a positive or negative reaction from your target audience.

Sketches of small children at play, done mostly for practice and to keep my drawing hand in. As ever, blogger reproduces these quite small, so remember to click on an image if you want to get a larger view.

Various sketches of made up teenage characters, hanging around, looking awkward or loud, doing teenager stuff. I started doing these after finishing a bunch of ink drawings of younger kids. I was sick of what I felt was my lifeless ink line, and also sick of drawing really little people. So I drew some older little people, using cheap coloured crayons. Although they are clearly a little unpolished, I am really happy with the sense of life and liveliness in them.

Two portraits of musicians. Here's Washboard Sam:


And here's Django Rhinehart:

Wedding invitation made for some friends. The original was screenprinted in a rich brown.


Here are the original drawings from which the final screen was made:

Birthday cards made for my Mother and Father, each featuring myself.

Colour images from a portfolio project to illustrate a full picture book. I designed the characters and laid out the entire thing, then coloured a few of the spreads.