My next murals will be in the same style as these which have been admired by the prison officers and Governor in HMP Northallerton. I am working on famous yorkshire people next.

Roughs for Alverton School Murals!!

I have been working hard this week!

Completed rough for the school assembly hall mural!!

It is a very large mural and will have the kiddies photographs incorporated into it and their artwork! Awww!

Juggling a few different projects at the moment

Am working through the Prison Murals and various
other projects this week.
The Cityscape mural is quite time consuming.

I am just starting on views of York after completing images of Ripon.
Can't wait to get it finished!!!

Sketches for work in progress

Alverton Nursery School in Northallerton
Have commissioned me to do 3 very large murals.

Corridor yr 1 and 2

I have started to sketch out ideas for the

corridor which has a nursery rhyme theme.

The main hall

The main hall has a magical/enchantment theme. So I

am looking at children's narrative - Lion,Witch and Wardrobe,

Snow Queen, Harry Potter, Peter Pan, Where the Wild Things Are,

and The Gruffalo.

I haven't started sketches for the reading area yet (gardens/forests and woods)

Am looking forward to this project.

Shop fronts

Final illustrations (just emailed for approval) for the Shop fronts.

Have scanned and pieced them together..... hope they look okay. Fingers crossed.

Can't wait to see them on the websites!!!

Shop fronts

Illustrations nearly complete!!

Have started to illustrate the display items.

Shop fronts sketches for friend's online shop

Sketches for my friend's online shops. Just need to get the final illustrations done now

Now working on the final ones with the objects displayed in more detail.

Ticket design for Madness night

Ticket design for Complete Madness - tribute band

Sketches for work in progress

Sketched design for Rebecca's tattoo

Just got to incorporate the Claddagh heart into it and then play around with it a little more.

Have another tattoo request to do so am now downloading Angels (for Lou)

At last murals delivered for kiddie's area at the Prison!

But not the best photos because I was the photographer! LOL

These were delivered at the Football club, Northallerton, Friday lunchtime; so I could see them before delivery. (Thanks Paul!)

(double click on images if you'd like to zoom in)

Kiddies area mural for HMP Northallerton - work in progress

Just starting to piece together the imagery for the kiddies area at the Prison... got a fair bit to do. This
is just the background;  I will start adding the insects and animals this week.
The characters will be in a cartoon style -- hoping it will look okay!!

Rosemary Shrager (Ladettes to Ladies) TV Chef unveiled my mural today

Rosemary Shrager unveiled my mural today at the
children's centre at 11am!

Exciting!!! What a lovely lady! 
It was quite emotional and a great day!!

Have worked a lot of late nights and early mornings to get it finished!
The printer delivered it yesterday!
Apparently there should be a write up in the paper too!?

This next week should be a bit easier - only a few more murals to do for the prison!

Also have a few commissions to do for some friends to keep me out of mischief.

It was lovely to meet Rosemary, a lovely lady!

Two huge murals delivered today!!!!! WOW!!!!!

These pics show the size of the murals delivered today!!!

They are 530cm wide!

I am pleased with the results!!! :-)

Only a few more to do for the prison now.

Classic Signs at Darlington have printed all of my murals. They are so friendly and have been fantastic!

Nearly finished quotation mural number 2!! Woo hoo!

Just about finished! This pairs up with the one I posted yesterday.... Just got to check spelling and flatten it - it's a massive file size at the mo and has to be printed to be 530cm wide!

Was going to do a bit more tonight but have run out of pro plus!! lol ;-)

Famous quotations murals for HMP Northallerton

(double click to view pic)

Hoping this mural will be delivered on Friday!! It will be 530cm wide --- so about 15foot -- blimey!! Blooming hope I spelt everything okay!!! ;-)
Just trying to get the other one finished...... just gotta check the measurements and spelling! If I get a move on it may be ready for the printer tomorrow!!!

HMP Northallerton kiddies play area - murals in progress!

Have been very busy with marker pens over the weekend!!Here are the backgrounds for the Prison kiddies play area murals!!
These are the theme - Dragons, Princesses and Knights. So have a few characters to add- with humour and funny antics (Dragons providing the flames for a BBQ (spit roast), and maids catching frogs to kiss by the pond).
Still a few insects, ducks, birds and animals to draw....phew!!
Just a meadow and inside the castle walls to do now!! :-)

artwork in progress for Children's Centre mural

I have started the artwork for the Children's Centre mural!! Their Open Day is June 11th and they would like the mural(s) in situ for that day!! Gulp!! So have been frantcially working over the weekend to get as much done as possible.

This is the background for the nursery rhyme "Row, row, row your boat"
Have used marker pens and fresh appealing colours with blending.
I shall add insects, animals, ducks and also some of the kiddies artwork into the piece.
They are going to give me some photographs of the kiddies acting out and singing the
nursery rhymes so I place them in an illustrated boat and perhaps illustrate some of the children as well.

This background is for the nursery rhyme "sleeping bunnies" so will be adding some bunnies, children acting out the rhyme, and also some butterflies, insects!! Again using marker pens and blending the colours to make it appealing.
Think they are looking okay so far!?!?

Work in progress - sketched ideas

I have been sketching ideas for HMP Northallerton Kiddies play area and also for the Children's Centre in Northallerton this weekend.

These are for the children's centre - they want me to illustrate nursery rhymes.
I have sketched these to show how I would create imagery with a mix of photos and illustrations of the children amongst a bold, colourful, graphic background.

Have a meeting tomorrow to discuss what I have come up with so far and then should be starting the preliminary drawings for the artwork asap!!

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The Prison want me to create a mural based on the theme Dragons, Princes and Princesses.
Have decided to go for something fun and cartoon style with some humour illustrated in the scenes.

These are two of the scenes... Have a helper too - a girl I know who is interested in Art is doing some drawings in her free time (she is at Allertonshire and asked to help) based on the theme. So I could use some her work incorporated into the mural for a little bit of work experience to help with her Art coursework. It will be ready in the next 4 weeks so will post some more work in progress and also of Sammi's ideas. Could be interesting to see what people think!