Illustration by Sarah Wimperis

Two Roughs

2011-05-18T15:53:00.000+01:00

Two roughs for some lovely books, I am looking forward to doing these and it has been so nice to re read the books as well. Silas Marner was one of my favorite books at school.

The Outsider

2011-01-06T12:23:00.000Z

I am never sure if entering competitions is a good idea, the risk of damaging a fragile ego is so great! However as I get older I seem to be less upset by the results, so here goes. This is my entry for the Folio Society's competition to illustrate "The Outsider" by Albert Camus. I re read the book a while ago and have not been able to get it out of my head and this style (based on the art of Modigliani with a nod towards Schiele) was what illustrated my dreams, Entry number 1,347 I think! Fingers crossed!!

Natty Nativitys

2010-12-08T07:08:00.000Z

A natty little, make-it-yourself nativity that I made for sale on Etsy and Folksy, this is the coloured in version, it comes like this

and is a right bargain at £3.00, great for keeping the kids amused in the run up to Christmas.

While I am on about Nativities here is the one that I made many years ago for my own bunch of nose miners

much added to over the years, we have a holy trio of pigs, a very weird lamb, that my Mum made, and the baby Jesus has been called "the Holy Maggot" for many years now, cant think why!

Baby Jesus and All

2010-12-06T15:27:00.000Z

This is the paper cutout Nativity that I have just made as a downloadable pdf file which is for sale on Etsy and Folksy.
Everyone is there, the little baby Jesus, his ma and pa, all his friends both rich and poor, lots of sheep a lowing cow and a little donkey. If you buy it you get to colour it in and make it, hours of fun for the Christmas holidays!

Christmas is coming

2010-11-30T16:39:00.000Z

and I love making stuff for the tree, the house, any excuse. This year I am going to put them up for sale in the Folksy/Etsy/Zibbet shops that I have made. Very pleased today as I got my first sale of prints from Folksy. They are great sites, all three and very easy to use, well worth trying if you like making things.

Prints Again

2010-11-30T08:13:00.000Z

To be found on Folksy as well as Etsy

Print Works

2010-11-26T15:48:00.000Z

New prints are in my Etsy shop and if you sign up for Sarah Wimperis Paintings on Facebook there will be a discount code.

Pig Roast

2010-10-29T13:10:00.002+01:00

Acrobat

2010-10-23T09:08:00.000+01:00

Mask

2010-10-22T21:07:00.000+01:00

Kite

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Balance

2010-10-20T21:04:00.000+01:00

Sailing Club Christmas Card

2010-10-20T07:55:00.001+01:00

Cheese Stall

2010-10-19T07:53:00.001+01:00

French Market

2010-10-18T07:53:00.000+01:00

Tiny Sculptures

2010-09-26T13:43:00.000+01:00

Fairy skeleton stuck in a spiders web.

and then some pencil lead carving

Daisy Jug

2010-08-25T16:37:00.000+01:00

Black Jug Red Flowers

2010-08-24T14:42:00.003+01:00

Rose

2010-08-11T15:08:00.000+01:00

Geranium

2010-08-09T14:23:00.000+01:00

Harbour Windows 1

2010-08-09T12:12:00.000+01:00

Allium

2010-07-29T09:45:00.001+01:00

Sunflower

2010-07-28T16:04:00.002+01:00

Pansy

2010-07-27T11:20:00.000+01:00

Hydrangea

2010-07-25T16:39:00.000+01:00

Wedding Bunting

2010-07-19T12:18:00.000+01:00

A bunch of wedding bunting for my oldest and best friends wedding this summer...its fluttery man!

Flags For Fun, Festivals and Festivities.

2010-06-23T17:25:00.000+01:00

Made some flags today for summer festivities, this one is called the "Cornish Gold"

And here is my flag waver showing how jolly big they be.

And this one is the "long stripe double pointer"

Sailing Club

2010-06-14T09:07:00.000+01:00

This is going to be sold as a print to make a bit of money for our local sailing club, it contains many mini "portraits" but you have to know who you are looking for and I am not telling who is in it!

Summer Scrap Jacket

2010-06-04T13:47:00.000+01:00

Scrap patchwork jacket, super speedy construction, I think I will spend some evening time embellishing it with simple embroidery stitches and a few odd buttons. Main thing is it is bright and cheerful...that I like!

Dreamer

2010-05-26T11:18:00.000+01:00

I Made A Swimsuit.

2010-05-24T21:28:00.000+01:00

I finished a very long and involved illustration job this afternoon and so, as a little celebration, I made a swimsuit out of an old T-shirt, using my new over-locker. It is a fine and dandy swimsuit, with "boy leg" styling (that is the more retro swimsuit look) and a little bar at the back...

Now,what else? Pants next perhaps, silk bloomers, old T-shirt knickers, the mind boggles!

Tea Pot Wars

2010-05-24T08:58:00.000+01:00

Flora Day

2010-05-19T13:16:00.000+01:00

Exciting!

2010-05-18T15:50:00.000+01:00

Soon, I shall be able to recycle all my old clothes, and everyone elses, into new lovely creations like this coat/jumper by Katwise, because...

This arrived today.

Woo Hoo!

The possiblities are endless...

First Day at Nursery

2010-05-16T13:29:00.001+01:00

Party

2010-05-15T13:28:00.000+01:00

A Market, Some Houses and a Dangerous Kitchen

2010-05-11T10:58:00.001+01:00

Classroom, Bar, Haloween

2010-05-10T23:20:00.001+01:00

Sandwich Bag

2010-03-04T17:54:00.000Z

I just made this rather lovely sandwich bag for my dearest to take his lunch to work in. I had some of those iron on inkjet sheets and so made a montage of some funny old adverts and the "Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" , ironed it all onto some scrap canvas, lined it with some bright yellow rip-stock nylon that I found and there you go, one fantastic retroish lunch bag, and it is reuseable so its kind of eco too!

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Desmond the Dinosaur

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Africa Again

2009-12-07T11:29:00.000Z

I often do illustrations for books that are destined for Africa. I try really hard to get as many details correct as I can. These are books that kids are learning to read from and pictures help you understand the words so therefore it must look at least a bit like what you are used to.

So I travel to Africa via books and google images. If it is a book destined for Botswana or Uganda or wherever that is what I look for because all of these countries are in Africa but they are all very different. What I would really like is to go there to see for myself, and to take a bunch of books, that would be good!

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Summertime With Monty

2009-12-03T13:51:00.000Z

Here is a little taste of summer.

Am totally fed up today with a plague of stupid spam/obscene comments on my blogs, it has been going on for a while but has gained momentum. I dont know why people do it, it seems like such a waste of time. Anyway here is a happy summer picture of my friend the Rev. Monty Pymme. He is the one with the sunburn and a red jumper in his bag.

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In The Beginning

2009-12-02T08:57:00.000Z

Sometimes an illustrator is asked to produce a sample illustration for a project, its all exciting and off you go splashing your colours around, then, after a lot of effort...nothing happens. This is one such illustration for a well known story, it would have been fun. The first double page spread was to be a big void, nothing, not even space! But, alas I didnt get to do that, I did spend a long time thinking about what colour nothing should be!

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Advent Calender Starts Tomorrow

2009-11-30T08:00:00.000Z

Iron Hans again

2009-11-25T10:37:00.000Z

Bright Babies

2009-11-23T10:21:00.000Z

Some bright babies, cards that I designed using a collage made from papers that I had painted. The babies were added later, seperate little drawings cut out and stuck on. (I think!) This was done a long time before the age of computers and scanners, layers and masking, in the age of scissors, tracing paper and glue!

My First Animation.

2009-11-21T17:42:00.000Z

Sketchcrawl

2009-11-20T22:14:00.000Z

I amsketchcrawling tomorrow, leaving my house at three, join me if you want to, I will be amazed but happy!

Sketchcrawl

2009-11-20T22:08:00.000Z

I am sketchcrawling tomorrow, leaving my house at three in the afternoon and walking down to Dennis Head to draw, if you are in the area and want to join me you can, I will be suprised but happy!

Bishop and Wolf and Big Ted

2009-11-20T10:15:00.000Z

Bishop and Wolf is a pub on the Isles of Scilly. This is a painting/illustration done for an exhibition of "pub signs" quite some time ago at a gallery called The Portal Gallery where, once upon a time, I used to exhibit.

The other painting is "Big Ted" which is a wonderful song byThe Incredible String Band, listen to it here.

They were one of my biggest infulences when I was a young artist and this is an illustration for the song. Illustrators have to learn their trade like anyone else so literally drawing upon your favorite things is a very good practice.

The King's Beard part two.

2009-11-19T07:44:00.000Z

I suppose, if you wanted to know how the story ends you would have to be a publisher and offer to publish it and that would be that!

The King's Beard

2009-11-18T09:23:00.001Z

Yet another blast from the past, this one was from a bedtime story that I made up for one of my boys when he was about three, twenty years ago.

The illustrations are watercolour and coloured pencil and a fine brush!

I have put the words on just to see how the text sits with the pictures and also include the little rough book that came first.

I will post the other finished pictures tomorrow.

Iron Hans

2009-11-17T10:27:00.000Z

Another step back in time with this illustration for the Grimms fairy tale Iron Hans. This is painted in gouache, click on the image for a closer look.
I have re written the text and got a book plan and several illustrations for this project but they have languished in the back of my portfolio for nearly 25 years! How rubbish is that! I need a wealthy sponsor so that I can follow up all of these dreams, meanwhile I carry on earning my living illustrating other peoples books!

Two Seasonal Prints

2009-11-16T14:37:00.001Z

A couple of small prints, I was going to sell them as cards but I think all the chopping and folding would most likely result in not a very proffessional finish. So I am selling these as very affordable little seasonal prints to be used as cards, or little pictures, who knows. Anyway they will be up for sale in the Etsy shop.

Free For You

2009-11-15T11:50:00.000Z

Here is an early Christmas present for you! I have been burrowing through my old folders to put as many different examples of my illustration work on my new illustration blog. And I found this little cut out that I designed about 30 years ago! So if you know any little girls or boys who might like to make a tiny, retro, card dolls house please feel free to print it out. The images are quite good resolution and should print out well. Click on each image and then print. You can enlarge it to if you wish but each image fits easily onto an A4 page. It is all to the same scale and if you print onto thin card it will work better. Colour it in first, cut out along all the pink lines and stick where the dots are. When you have made it why not send me a picture of your finished little house. I will post up any that I get on here. Have fun and pass it on.

I am trying to up my "web presence" and to organise my blogs a bit, hence the new one just for illustration and the Facebook fan page and the new Etsy Shop so any help would be lovely.

Drawing on Life

2009-11-15T11:17:00.001Z

One of the benifits of having a family is that it provides endless oppertunitys to steal those little moments and use them for illustration. I used to keep a book of little cartoons of the funny, and exasperating things that my kids said and did when they were little. Here are a few.

Walking Home

2009-11-14T22:52:00.000Z

This is a reader for young people with autisim. It was for a series of books dealing with everyday situations. These are from "Walking Home"

Because of the audience for these books it was important that they be quite realistic.

Holly Gardener

2009-11-14T14:32:00.000Z

Just before I go out for a walk I will show you Holly Gardener, yet another book plan, unpublished but still quite close to my heart. Based very loosley on my own family...with a little artistic licence, except for the family history bit, thats all true!

China

2009-11-14T10:28:00.001Z

A couple of images for a story set in ancient China.

Uganda

2009-11-14T10:23:00.000Z

A reading series for Uganda about being safe and keeping healthy.

Africa

2009-11-14T10:18:00.000Z

An example of illustration work for Africa, well Botswana to be precise.

The Picnic

2009-11-14T10:05:00.003Z

Monty Pymme, ( Reverend, retired.)

2009-11-14T09:55:00.003Z

Monty Pymme, my beloved alter ego, he always has a red jumper with him.

Visit From Grandma

2009-11-13T23:39:00.001Z

One of a set of drawings that I did for a book about a little boy prepairing for a special visit.

New Blog

2009-11-13T23:36:00.000Z

A new blog from me, yet another, I know but I need a venue for illustration work so...

Not hugely exciting yet, but hopefully soon it will be full to bursting with illustration work. Please visit Illustration by Sarah Wimperis or watch the link on the side and pay a visit if illustration is your "thing"

I Gaze and Gaze

2009-11-13T23:25:00.002Z

Silhouette ink work on painted background.

I Gaze and Gaze

2009-11-13T17:41:00.000Z

I Gaze and Gaze.
I gazes at the moon, the more I look the more I see.
Houses in the trees, full of tiny detail and gothicky strangeness.
The nights are full of surprises

Etsy

2009-11-13T16:24:00.000Z

I have made an Etsy shop, selling prints. See the badge to the left. If you become a fan on face book it will be possible to get discounts and special offers. So if you haven't and would like to then go ahead, click the link.

Giraffe

2009-11-11T22:09:00.000Z

I have a friend, who lives down some steps, almost next door, who lives in a row of cottages where everyone is expecting a baby. I don't live in that row of cottages I hasten to add. Anyway my expectant friend has a thing for giraffes. So I made this for her, well for her soon to appear baby.
I have another friend, a chap this time, who is always very rude about the things that I do. I am not sure why he is so rude, but he is and so, just to annoy him I have posted this giraffe here on my blog and now I will go and post it on Facebook because he knows who he is...

Herne the Hunter

2009-11-11T14:59:00.000Z

Herne The Hunter

A lovely wintry image for a lovely wintry afternoon. Apparently silhouettes are the thing this season according to the Times online. I am about to try to set up a Folksy shop and an Etsy shop for prints and cards, stay tuned...

End Game

2009-11-10T13:31:00.000Z

These little images are available as prints, they are printed on very fine watercolour paper at a size of 12cm x 12cm or 4.5 inches square. That is the actual image size.

They cost £10.00 which includes post and packing.

Circle

2009-11-08T15:30:00.000Z

Another card design and now... lucky lucky people... you can join a "fan" page on facebook (see left) It is a great way to show collections of work, go and have a look, (become a fan as well...please!)

Although having a fan page is a bit odd!

Itttts CHRISTMASSSSS!

2009-11-02T15:31:00.000Z

OK its not yet but I love the Slade shout out for Christmas.
Anyway its the time of year when I start thinking about a card design, the top one might be this years. Truth is, I really enjoy designing them, here is a selection from the past few years...

Howling At The Moon

2009-10-23T10:22:00.000+01:00

Howling at the Moon.

Needle felted. 30 cm high.

Quilts

2009-08-29T15:55:00.000+01:00

Water Quilt, made for my cousins wedding

Pink Quilt, made for fun

Moon, Elements and Seasons Quilt made for me n him

Colourful Crazy Quilt made for my sister-in-law's 40'th.

I have others but I cant find any pictures of them, I made one for my daughter's 21st, reds and creams with bits of song lyrics on. One for my father-in-law with pictures of all his family on. One for my fairy goddaughter with rainbows and moons but I cant find any pictures at all. Anyway, I feel a quilt coning on, autumn is coming and I want to make some wall hangings to make the old homestead feel warmer. I shall get out my fabric stash and get designing.

Up Up and Away

2009-08-11T17:46:00.000+01:00

Here she is, atop the Cheese Shop in Truro. If you are in Truro this summer give her a moo, try out some of the cheeses too, delicious.