Tea & Crumpets

I've been a bit poorly of late and I haven't done too much leaving of the house or using of the brain. Today the cabin fever set in, I couldn't get into the 'illustrator zone' and after doing lots important but boring computer based tasks I desperately needed to go for an adventure outdoors. I spotted a postcard on my studio wall for The Copper Beech Art Gallery and after a desperate plea to friends an hour later I was sitting  in the glorious tea room of the gallery eating crumpets.

I'm feeling much better now :)

(Pictured you can just about see the splendid Kimi Tayler lifting her pinky while drinking her tea, she's so refined.)

Circus - Coming Out

Monday marked The Circus of Illustration's first public appearance! We held a stall and workshop at the Castle Quarter Festival, selling our wares and encouraging the *small visitors to get drawing, not that they needed much encouragement!
We had a lovely reception, lots of people were excited to know what we were all about and get involved. Thank you to everyone who came to say hello and for all the lovely compliments on my magnificent skirt.

* It wasn't a sizist workshop but the stalls were very low, as you can see.

Portrait Commissions

The lovely Esme, mum of two blogger extraordinaire (how does she find the time??) asked me to illustrate her for her gorgeous blog. So here she is!

If you are interested in commissioning me for a portrait then send me an email and we can discuss what you'd like. I can also send you my price list for various sizes, mounts, framing costs etc, I also offer a gift wrap service!

In other news I have updated my website, have a peek.

David Litchfield - Strong Man

Challenge number two from The Circus of Illustration was to illustrate another member of the group as a circus character. I picked David Litchfield out of the magic hat and here he is as the strong man!
Have a look at The Circus of Illustration blog to see what the others have come up with, including an illustration of me as a knife thrower...

Radio Ga Ga

I'm a radio superstar now, didn't you know? Don't worry though, I won't let the fame change me! Har har.
Yesterday I was super brave and I went onto BBC 3 Counties Radio to talk to the lovely Nick Coffer (and all my adoring radio fans) about The Circus of Illustration. How amazing is that!! It's brilliant for The Circus, a great opportunity to let people know about us :) Thanks Nick & Co for inviting us!
I was super nervous before hand but I had a lovely coffee and the psychedelic powers of Nick's jumper to relax me and I actually had a really good time.
You can listen again to the interview here or read my post about it on The Circus blog and find out more about how to get involved with those crazy cats.

Isn't that jumper just awesome?? x

Scarlett's Doo-Wop Doodles

Here are some illustrations I've been working on over Easter (while stuffing my face with chocolate). I was ever so lucky as the incredibly talented Sarah's Doo-Wop Dos let me use some imagery from her look book.
If you're in Bedford and you want the vintage style treatment look her up! Or for some down right hair porn have a look at her blog.
You can see these drawings along with some other new ones on my freshly updated and dusted website.

This Friday the 13th (Ooh-err!) is the last day to get free love note postcards illustrated by some fabulous artists including myself so don't miss out! Send yourself some!

Last but not least, I was interviewed this week by The Circus' David Litchfield, you can read that interview along with my interrogation of David over on The Circus blog. More illustrator vs illustrator action coming soon there. If you're a Bedfordshire based artist/illustrator and you'd like to be featured on the blog then tweet The Circus or send them an email.

I'm a Fire Eater, Twisted Fire Eater

Working towards our planned exhibition later in the year we (The Circus of Illustration)  set ourselves the challenge of creating a circus inspired illustration each month. Of course you know all about The Circus because you read my previous blog post right? Jolly good. This is my illustration The Fire Eater. My first thought was to draw a pretty vintage girl fire eater but 'NO SCARLETT, challenge yourself!' soon followed that thought. So here is this lovely hairy chap. I didn't challenge myself too much as you can see I only used two colours but I have a good excuse ready for that - I was working with The Circus colour theme. (Good one eh?)
You can see the illustrations by the other members here. Our styles are all so different it's fabulous! Some gorgeous work coming from the group, it's very exciting! While you're at it like The Circus on Facebook too. Hope you like :)