ILLUSTRATION: CAT AND THE MOON

CAT AND THE MOON © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A3 sized watercolour illustration titled "Cat and the Moon". This was a project for the illustration course I was doing at Putney School of Art and Design, which involved creating an image for a short story, nursery rhyme or poem. I chose the poem The Cat and the Moon by W.B. Yeats, mainly due to the rich imagery that it evokes.

ILLUSTRATION: CAT AND THE MOON

A4 sized watercolour illustrations titled "Cat and the Moon". This was done as part of a project for the illustration course I was doing at Putney School of Art and Design, which involved creating an image to accompany a poem. The poem chosen was The Cat and the Moon by W.B. Yeats. The two images below represent the changes in Minnaloushe (the cat) during the different phases of the moon.

THE CAT AND THE MOON © GINGER NUT DESIGNS 

THE CAT AND THE MOON © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

ILLUSTRATION: THE CAT AND THE MOON

THE CAT AND THE MOON © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A4 sized watercolour illustration titled "Cat and the Moon". This was done for a project in an illustration course I was doing at Putney School of Art and Design, which involved creating an image to accompany a poem. The poem chosen was The Cat and the Moon by W.B. Yeats.

MIXED MEDIA: H IS FOR HEDGEHOG

H IS FOR HEDGEHOG: MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE. © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

Mixed media collage titled H is for Hedgehog. The hedgehog was drawn in ink,and later coloured using watercolour paints. The sky is a watercolour wash, and the grass is a mix of ink and watercolours. To complete it, real dried leaves and recycled acrylic painting of flowers and leaves were glued to the foreground.

MONOPRINT: SKULL

SKULL MONOPRINT © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A4 illustration of a Mexican skull using subtractive monoprinting method. A layer of blue caligo ink was applied to a small sheet of lino. After this a sheet of paper was placed on the ink and the skull image was hand-drawn onto the paper using a chinagraph pencil (this leaves a unique stencil on the lino/ plexiglass/ glass with which to print with) and printed using a roller (to ensure an even amount of pressure).

The process is quite messy, but fun. Each print you make will be unique, as the stencil degrades with each print. In addition to this, other factors such as pressure applied when printing, the amount of ink used, etc... will influence how your final print will turn out.

ILLUSTRATION: CALAVERA III

CALAVERA III © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A4 illustration of a skull, titled Calavera III, inspired by the Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations. The skull is decorated with hearts, flowers, crucifix and diamond, using a variety of media (watercolours, colouring pencils and fine liner pen).

ILLUSTRATION: CALAVERA II

CALAVERA II © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A4 illustration of a skull, titled Calavera II, inspired by the Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations. The skull is decorated with flowers, hearts and a crucifix, using oil paints and fine liner pen.

ILLUSTRATION: CALAVERA

CALAVERA © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A4 illustration of a skull, titled Calavera, inspired by the Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrations. The skull is decorated with flowers and a crucifix, using colouring pencils and fine liner pen. The background is made up of hearts (containing the words “amor, odio, vida, muerte” [love, hate, life, death]) and flowers, which were coloured using promarkers.

ILLUSTRATION: EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A4 illustration of a skull, titled El Día de los Muertos, inspired by the Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations. The skull is decorated with flowers and a crucifix, using silver metallic and black promarkers. This is set against brightly coloured hearts and flowers on a black background (using promarkers).

ILLUSTRATION: MEXICAN COLLAGE

MEXICAN COLLAGE © GINGER NUT DESIGNS

A4 hand-drawn collage of a skull (inspired by the Mexican “Día de los Muertos” [Day of the Dead] celebrations) and other symbols and words strongly associated with Mexico and its culture past and present. Materials used: colouring pencils and fine liner pens.