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Hello there! I am an illustrator and News from a messy desk is my newsletter. I am a sketchbook addict and love drawing from life. I’m currently studying for an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. Join me on my illustration journey and chat about design, colour, drawing from life and picturebooks.

Why subscribe?

I would love to share my work with you.

Free subscribers get access to posts about materials, children’s illustration and books and podcasts that I’m enjoying.

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Paid subscribers get the monthly Messy Desk Dispatch newsletter each month which features a closer look at my work and process:

  • new sketchbook tour each month featuring the good, the bad and the abandoned drawings.

  • Where I get my inspiration.

  • What I’ve been learning.

  • First notification of the opening of my pop up shop

    Being a paid subscriber is like being on a pencil bus where there’s a lot of chat about sketchbooks

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Receive the monthly newsletter and this A3 Riso inspired by a sketch I made on a beach in Italy. This riso is limited edition and only available to Founding Members. It will not be sold in my shop.

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Hello there. I'm an illustrator based in the UK and I love sketching from life. I'm currently studying for an MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art. I share sketchbook practice, tours and process in my newsletter.