British Birds
Birds are one of my favourite subjects to illustrate - I enjoy trying to capture the movement and personality of different species and there’s always an opportunity to learn something new!
When illustrating birds, I work in a range of mediums such as ink, watercolour, charcoal, and coloured pencil - and sometimes a mix of all of these. I mostly specialise in drawing British birds, because they’re what I see most frequently and we’ve such an amazing variety of birdlife here in the British Isles.
You can find a lot of my bird illustrations on my range of eco-friendly art prints and gifts and I also accept commissions if you have a specific type of bird you would like to have illustrated as a gift, or for a defined project (book covers, editorial, branding, etc).
Some of my illustration work — particularly my nature and wildlife collections — are available to license for commercial use on products, packaging and print. Find out more about illustration licensing.
Puffin - watercolour and ink
Red Kite - watercolour and ink
Tree sparrow - watercolour and ink
Gannet - watercolour and ink
Barn owl - watercolour and ink
Blue tits nesting (coloured pencil)
Little Owl in Coloured Pencil
Wren in coloured pencil
Song Thrush in coloured pencil
Coal tit in watercolour with pen details and hand-written name label
British Songbirds A4 print design, including conservation status and habitat information
Arctic tern - watercolour and pen illustration
Brent geese - watercolour and pen illustration
Eider duck - watercolour and pen illustration
Puffins - watercolour and pen illustration
Purple sandpiper - watercolour and pen illustration
Coastal Birds of North Northumberland illustrated map - watercolour and pen with digital background
Arctic terns study in charcoal and pastel on toned paper
Herring Gull in watercolour and ink
Curlew and Lapwing illustrations in watercolour and ink with descriptive text - excerpt from a larger information board commission
Estuary birds in pen (Swan, Curlew, Dipper and Grey Heron)