children's illustration

Standing with Ukraine - protesting for peace through illustration

There are some wonderful works of art on Instagram illustrating the plight for peace in Ukraine, and putting into image what is sometimes hard to express in words. I wanted to share some that caught my eye over the past couple of days. We want the citizens of Ukraine to know - we stand with you.


I was supposed to be reading a pile of books for my dissertation but couldn’t focus with everything that is going on, so instead put my thoughts on to paper:

If any of the embedded images aren’t visible, it’s likely the artist has removed their Instagram post.

New greeting cards - stay in touch by snail mail

Introducing my new cards! My ‘stay safe, take care’ and ‘thanks for everything’ cards use the same illustration with different text and were originally a watercolour postcard I made and sent to a friend during the coronavirus lockdown. As people are less able to communicate in person at this isolating time, I also made the design into a free download/printable image for anyone to use (see my free downloads section) - that version has a blank banner so you can write your own message on the front.

The two versions pictured here are available via my Thortful shop now and also my new stockist, the bricks and mortar shop Daily Bread Co-operative in Cambridge in a few days.

Stay safe, take care, and happy posting!