Charity Russell
A sweet thief!
I'm so happy to share that the Candy Monster by R. C. Fletcher has been published. Such a treat to work on this Halloween book. "Welcome...
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Charity Russell
- Aug 13
- 1 min
New territory with worms!
An interesting project I'm working on at present- the drawings aren't mine, the author/illustrator needed his drawings digitised and...
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Charity Russell
- Aug 6
- 1 min
I'm too old for this Sh*t!
I thought I'd share the final book cover that happened to be on my computer when I shared a photo of my workspace a few weeks ago and how...
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Charity Russell
- Jul 5
- 1 min
In the Dark...
I really enjoy playing with light in my work, working with children's books there's a lot of opportunity to do so, so many children's...
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Charity Russell
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Sam
I'm sketching today for a new project, it's always exciting at the point of 'blank canvas', a tale of magic and monsters, sadly I'm...
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Charity Russell
- Jun 7
- 1 min
Don't Do As You Please!
I've just returned from holiday and thought I'd check into my socials and realised I've been very bad this year with updating them So I...
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Charity Russell
- Feb 29
- 1 min
Is it a Fish, or a Mouse? (or a balloon?)
Woohoo just received my copy of 'Ella and Jake in the City of Sad' by the most amazing author Ann Hoang! Thank you, this has to be one of...
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Charity Russell
- Feb 17
- 1 min
The North Street Book Prize 2023
Woohoo! Aunty Jane Knits Up a Storm! has won a 'The North Street Book Prize 2023' ! I'm so happy, this is a beautiful story and I felt so...
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Charity Russell
- Jan 5
- 1 min
Is it a Mouse? Is it a Fish? Yes it's a Tambaqui Fish!
We were so close to completing this project before the end of the year but we just ran over into 2024 by a couple of days. I've been...
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Charity Russell
- Jan 4
- 1 min
The Tiger, The Dog and the Gallery
It's a new year and some projects are coming to their conclusions and others are just setting off from the starting blocks. I shared a...
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Charity Russell
- Jan 4
- 1 min
That's All Folks!
Sadly I've had to say goodbye to tutoring Illustration at The Bristol Folk House. I loved it a great deal; I met many talented students...
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Charity Russell
- Nov 20, 2023
- 1 min
So close!
As the end of the year starts hurtling towards me I get a real push on with work, I'm not too good with having work sitting idle whilst I...
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Charity Russell
- Oct 18, 2023
- 1 min
A Drive Through Bank?
I'm lucky to have worked with people from all over the globe, they introduce me to different thoughts, beliefs and cultures and sometimes...
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Charity Russell
- Oct 5, 2023
- 1 min
Memory from the North
Sometimes I like to share little creative projects I do (expect to see my kitchen tile work in a future post ) Earlier I came across...
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Charity Russell
- Sep 26, 2023
- 1 min
Oh
That gut-wrenching feeling when you get an email about a project you think is complete and your client asks you to flip it! *gulp 😳...
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Charity Russell
- Sep 25, 2023
- 1 min
And No NHS Dentists anymore! What's a monster to do?
So enjoying the second book in the Kinsult series. Nothing like sketching an 82 toothed monster! Here's a rough sketch of the four...
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Charity Russell
- Sep 7, 2023
- 1 min
The Emotional Rollercoaster of Illustration
It's not uncommon for me to get choked up when I'm doing my work. I very easily cry as it is. Sometimes it's a given, I know with some...
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Charity Russell
- Aug 7, 2023
- 1 min
Create Your Own Book!
My daughter loves to create things, she's always busy producing something and for her 23rd birthday she asked for a Create Your Own Book....
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Charity Russell
- Jul 31, 2023
- 1 min
I❤️Books!
Oh wow! Nothing better than a knock at the door and a book shaped package. What a beautiful book too, to receive a gift of a book about...
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Charity Russell
- Jul 30, 2023
- 1 min
Receipts- see no Ai here!
I not long ago finished this bilingual children's book and was going through some of the original sketches before throwing them out and...
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