DAVID NIVEN

A very simple line drawing of the actor David Niven.

LITTLE SAILBOAT

This was made with strips of masking tape, torn and stuck down and painted. I enjoy painting on masking tape because of the interesting texture it gives.

MARTY FELDMAN

I did this portrait of the comedian, actor and writer Marty Feldman a while back because I love his brilliant face. I suppose there's always a slight danger of disrespecting a face like his when drawing it but I tried to steer away from that because, as I say, I love his brilliant face.

SIR ALEC GUINESS

A pen and ink portrait of Sir Alec Guiness as he appeared in The Ladykillers.

FINGER PAINTING

I haven't done finger painting in years but I love the freedom and mess of it and ought to do more. This painting was done on brown parcel paper with inks in about 30 minutes.

LOST

This is a charcoal foot drawing I have done of a little girl lost. I painted it, again with my feet, with watercolours.

DOCTOR WHO and the ZYGONS

I did the hard part of this painting some years back, the hard part being the hand painting of William Hartnell and the two monsters. Not being so good at this sort of thing I had to cover up a load of mistakes with spacey stuff which I rendered digitally. I find this sort of thing quite enjoyable to do but at the same time it's incredibly frustrating if, like me, painting this sort of picture isn't your thing.

A THIRD INKY LANDSCAPE

If I was brighter I'd come up with names for these landscapes but I'm ever so dull and can't come up with anything. Still, they're quite quick to do and are quite interesting for their small size. They also provide a welcome change from illustrating children's books- not that I'm complaining about my job, I love it- it's just a little change from time to time is very refreshing.

My children's book website can be found here and my children's book blog can be found here.