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A stylish woman pedals her way through town on a vintage cargo bike, flaunting her sleek black beret and boots. Her loyal passengers, a fabulously fluffy poodle and a dapper little bulldog sporting a pink scarf. The poodle, clearly the queen of the ride.

65th birthday art commission. A life in ink. INKography is an offering from KristaSuttonStudios.com

This black outline wasn't cleaned up, but it is for the final. Which I'm still working on. Gawd! I need sleep.

Acrylic on black canvas

Conte blanc on black paper.

Conte blanc on black paper. Hopefully the first of a series depicting the Japanese dance form Butoh.

Charcoal on sketchpad.

I am delighted to share that I Am a Dragon! has been named to the Pennsylvania Center for the Book's 2024 Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Best Books for Family Literacy! Here is the list ( I am in such a good company!): - “10 Dogs” by Emily Gravett - “ABC and You and Me” by Corinna Luyken - “Bear with Me” illustrated by Kerascoët, Sebastien Cosset and Marie Pommepuy, - “The Concrete Garden” by Bob Graham - “How to Count to ONE (And Don't Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!)” by Caspar Salmon and illustrated by Matt Hunt - “I Am a Dragon! A Squabble and a Quibble” by Sabina Hahn, published by HarperCollins. - “If I Was a Horse” by Sophie Blackall - “The Kitten Story” by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Brittany Cicchese - “Mr. S” by Monica Arnaldo - “Night in the City” by Julie Downing - “Ruffles and the Cozy, Cozy Bed” by David Melling - “Simon and the Better Bone” by Corey R. Tabor - “You Go First” by Ariel Bernstein and illustrated by Marc Rosenthal

A test piece to see how Conte pencils took to newly acquired black paper.

Conte blanc on black card.

Storyboard concept, colour pencils, black fineliner

Inktober 2023 Day 21 Bear ballpoint pen.

I was listening to the song ‘Devil Doesn’t Bargain’ by Alec Benjamin (HIGHLY recommend by the way!), and I thought ‘hey! This OC matches the vibe of this song.’ And decided to write the lyrics behind him. For future reference, that takes far too long, but it turned out pretty well!

Cancun Beach cloudy black and white

Fineliner on A4 paper.

Size A4, done with fineliner and highlighter pen.

Mother is showing Critter a small visual of the universe, explaining its core purpose and where he lies within it.

Critter is the main character who discovers the challenges that life can throw at us, but its who he meets along the way that makes it an adventure. Untold will be a story of challenges, growth, friendship and more.

For the time you felt like a fish out of water. Black Pen. Trying out a Copic Multi-liner.

This is the sexiest page in an upcoming book I'm printing for Rogue Planet Books. It's a book of comics I did many years ago. I'm a bit embarrassed by some of it, but the drawings were great.

Original painting created by HEL MORT®, Mixed Media on Aluminium.

My black cats Fobbles,Beltza,Ruby and Kixxy (In her black cat disguise) enjoy some ice cream. Well, Fobbles purchased the 13 scooper special. Which comes as quite a shock to the others.

The original sketch came from the prompt ‘organized’ which immediately made me think of my label maker. It grew from there and I first posted it on what happened to be the 25th anniversary of the film Practical Magic! Let me know if you spot the homages…

Inktober Day 5 (no prompts)

This is a black marker drawing using Sharpie pens on white paper. The drawing is my cat posing like the incredible pet model she is. I miss her.