Have you been out today?

Notebook spread

2021-03-03T10:06:00.003+00:00

A spread from Notebook 13.

some scribbles

2019-07-18T17:23:00.000+01:00

Some scribbles and doodles from a notebook I filled up recently.

more Noir Dogs

2019-04-14T18:09:00.000+01:00

Some more Noir Dogs drawings, some of which (at time of posting) are available for sale here.

paperback writer

2019-03-14T17:30:00.000+00:00

As of last week, my last book (slightly rebranded as Emily Lime, Librarian Detective: The Book Case) is available in super affordable paperback form with the splendid new Ness Wood-designed cover seen above.

Buy now, buy many and buy often, preferably from your local lovely independent bookstore (God bless 'em, every one), or alternatively from...

David Fickling Books

Hive Books

Or even Amazon (if you must).

some noir dogs

2019-03-14T08:33:00.000+00:00

Inktober 2018

2018-11-01T09:56:00.000+00:00

Never joined in the whole Inktober thing before, but I thought I'd give it a go this year. Envisaged myself carving out an hour or so each day to produce a considered, beautifully conceived and expertly executed piece, neatly central on a pristine piece of cartridge paper. But of course I ended up with a rather rag tag mix of doodles in the margins of newspapers (photographed out of focus on my phone), failed efforts at something more substantial, three days missed entirely... But, still, there are a handful that turned out okay, I think. Anyway, in the interests of chronicling it all in one place (and because I haven't posted here at all in God knows how long), here they all are...

out today: The Book Case - An Emily Lime Mystery

2018-04-05T17:51:00.000+01:00

Out today, from the excellent people at David Fickling Books, and almost certainly the best children's book about a schoolgirl librarian detective to be published so far this year.

Available from at least some of the places that sell books. You've probably got a lovely independent bookshop somewhere near you staffed by lovely human beings who really like books. They'd love to sell you a copy.

Or, you know, the Internet apparently has places that sell stuff these days. Who knew? Page 45 for instance. They're awfully good.

doodly woodle doo

2018-03-31T11:17:00.000+01:00

back of an envelope

2018-03-30T09:52:00.002+01:00

front of an envelope

2018-03-29T21:16:00.001+01:00

last ones for a while

2018-03-23T12:02:00.001+00:00

oodles

2018-03-21T10:16:00.001+00:00

look a lovely puppy ... oops, no, it's a page of doodles

2018-03-17T10:09:00.002+00:00

aaaand ... a page of doodles

2018-03-16T16:23:00.001+00:00

oh what a surprise, it's a page of doodles

2018-03-15T21:03:00.001+00:00

a third page of doodles

2018-03-14T14:32:00.001+00:00

a second page of doodles

2018-03-14T14:31:00.000+00:00

page of doodles

2018-03-10T11:02:00.002+00:00

back of an envelope

2018-03-10T11:01:00.000+00:00

inky

2017-06-13T09:47:00.002+01:00

red, black and white

2017-05-26T09:12:00.000+01:00

from the archives

2017-03-14T12:21:00.000+00:00

John Purcell Paper A5(ish) sketchbook number 6, date uncertain

Only going to show these two spreads from this book. The rest just isn't much cop...

Click for a close up.

from the archives

2017-02-07T10:47:00.000+00:00

John Purcell Paper A5(ish) sketchbook number 5, begun May 2004

Must have been coming up to Christmas at this point as these drawings (and some on the previous spread) relate to my Christmas card book for 2004 A Horrible Christmas (essentially all the old Universal horror film monsters - Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman, etc. - celebrating Christmas in a retirement home).

Click for a close up.

a more recent sketchbook page

2017-01-31T11:51:00.000+00:00

A6 Seawhite Eco sketchbook.

Click for magnificatitude.

from the archives

2017-01-31T10:54:00.000+00:00

Crikey, not done this in a while (but I'm quite excited about our new, much better, scanner, so maybe I'll get back on it from here on - you never know).

John Purcell Paper A5(ish) sketchbook number 5, begun May 2004

Click for a close up.