During May, we settled into our new home. Each day is a joy! I finished setting up my art nook! I now have the perfect place to art! Please enjoy some head noise from me in our new life in Norfolk…. #norfolk #coastalliving #norfolkartist #birdartist

If you haven’t seen these little guys in person, I highly recommend it. Darling little mice with wings with the cutest peep of a voice! It’s hard to find art of Turnstones for some reason and I plan on changing that! #turnstone #seasidebirds #Sheringham #NorfolkArtists

Sigh. It would help if I remembered to post here, wouldn’t it! Several art posts incoming! Matt Berry with a booby. Or the feet of a booby. Although to be fair, Berry is a bit of a booby too. That man will always make me laugh! #mattberry #laszlocravensworth #seabird #boobies

Still very much work in progress - but it made me laugh so I hope it makes you laugh as well! Yes, his eyes do follow you around the room and judge you. With disdain. #MattBerry #Booby #caricature #BritishPortrait

House martins are such sweet little birds! Sadly their numbers are dropping in the UK, but now we are adding swift bricks, reducing pesticides even further and rewilding to bring back native insect numbers… may we have even more martins in the future! (WIP) #housemartin #britishbird #norfolkartist

Guess my (current) favourite Pal from Palworld? Chillet! Is there anyone cuter? Not yet, but I know there will be! ;) #palworld #chillet #ferret #ferretsareawesome

I have a new favourite birb. I’ve fallen in love with Norfolk, I’ve also fallen head over heels for the turnstone. The tiniest of birbs, sound like squeaky toys, hang out on the beach walls & are delightful! So quintessentially “seaside”, so beloved in Norfolk. #turnstone #waterbird #norfolk

Smaller fish such as the neon tetra particularly like shoaling around deer with bigger antlers. It’s a good sign of prowess to have a large group hanging around. #neontetra #reddeer #weirdart #bizarreart

What’s everyone’s favourite fish? I have no tanks atm which is very strange, but soon! There’s nothing like sitting down knowing you are about to paint lots of little fish. I need to do it more often. This is a teaser for a piece with many of them! #neontetra #fishkeeping #fishart

I’m interested in portraits recently. But not normal portraits, weird & probably slightly insulting portraits. I’ve also drawn Matt Berry more than anyone else so here he is again but freeform… Interesting that he looks more like Keevan Novak so far! #mattberry #wwdits #laszlocravensworth #vampire

This cormorant is from Dec 25. It was a lightbulb moment piece. It’s unfinished, and I suspect it will remain so. I am still very much a noob with watercolors, this piece made me realize that I really like being a bit more spontaneous at times. #cormorant #birdart #waterbird #lovecormorants

Grumpy robin! Fast and fun sketchbook piece, limited palette.... but my Other Half just pointed out that robins need a bright chest and he is not wrong... so I guess I am painting another one very soon! #robin #birb #britishbird #britishbirb #birbart #grumpybird #sketchbookart

Guess what game I am currently in love with (it's gentler than Ark!) & guess who one of my favourite Pals is?!... though to be fair, I think we all love this one. Still WIP, this is a first pass in watercolour and colour pencil, but adding a layer of gouache next. #palworld #ferret #chillet

Day 30 of @birbfest.challenge - Oystercatcher! Yesterday’s birb! I knew I wanted to end Birbfest with it. One of my favourites! Birbfest was great. I used it to learn gouache & play with a looser style. I'll be doing more mixed media pieces for sure! #birbfest2026 #birbfest #Oystercatcher

Day 27 of @birbfest.challenge - Red-Bearded Bee-Eater Again... yesterday's birb. The days are getting away from me. This is a chonky happy dude! He made me happy when I was painting, hopefully he will make you smile as well! #birbfest2026 #birbfest #RedBeardedBeeEater #cutebird #birb #Beeeater

Day 24 of @birbfest.challenge - New Holland Honeyeater This dude has the best colour scheme! Enjoying gouache more and more with each new piece. It's exciting seeing it come together - even though the first few layers look *rough*! #birbfest2026 #birbfest#cutebird #birb #honeyeater

Day 21 @birbfest.challenge -Ornate Fruit Dove Yesterday's birb! I'm so busy with the day job, but I'll do anything for a pigeon. Finished far too late last night! Pigeons are so underrated, but this one gets extra points for being extra flash. #birbfest2026 #birbfest #birb #pigeon #ilovepigeons

WIP! Watercolour, gouache. Guess what my fave game is? Guess what dino is most likely to make me run away swearing & screaming? The "safe" day version... going to make a night version as well. If you also play this game... you know. #arkascended #arksurvivalascended #dinoart #paleoartist #troodon

Day 16 of @birbfest.challenge - Wigeon! ... Should have posted him yesterday, but it has been... a week. Everything is made better by floofy ducks however. #birbfest2026 #birbfest #wigeon #cutebird #birb #duck

Day 13 of @birbfest.challenge - White-Eared Pheasant (again) Final version! Still floofy. Still sweet. #birbfest2026 #birbfest #whiteearedpheasant #cutebird #birb #pheasant #gamebird #ornamentalbird

Day 13 of @birbfest.challenge - White-Eared Pheasant This is a WIP! The days are getting away from me so here is today's birb so far - I really liked how the colours are coming together so far. Floofy birbs! #birbfest2026 #birbfest #whiteearedpheasant #cutebird #pheasant #gamebird #ornamentalbird

Day 10 of @birbfest.challenge - American Purple Gallinule. Those feet are only exaggerated slightly... Tried a new technique and a new paper. The paper can go, but the technique can stay! #birbfest2026 #birbfest #purplegallinule #cutebird #birb

Day 9 of birbfest.challenge - Indian Paradise Flycatcher. Yeah.... when I saw the length of the birb's tail I knew it had to be honored in a really long piece of art. There are 2 variations in the males & the white one is stunning. Did I mention that long tail?!?! #birbfest2026 #birbfest #sciart

Day 8 of @birbfest.challenge: Andean Cock-of-the-Rock I went rebel on this one & painted a female instead of the insanely bright orange male. I find over time I have a deeper love for the subtler colours of the gal birbs.... she still has a better haircut than me! #birbfest2026 #cutebird #birb

Day 7 of birbfest.challenge - Steller's Sea Eagle. A favourite birb of mine anyway, it was so fun to actually paint one! Beautiful, big, gorgeous birds but they always look slightly disheveled as though they were just dragged out of bed. I can relate. #birbfest2026 #birbfest #stellersseaeagle #birb

So I just found out about Birbfest... draw a bird a day & I'm late to the party??? So I'm speedily trying to catch up! Golden Headed Manakin, day 4. A wonderful friend of mine got me gouache paints for my Christmas... the perfect opportunity to start learning them! #birbfest2026 #birbs #cutebird

HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is very WIP - final version is still drying. 2025 was a complicated art year for me. Lots of art, lots of fun, but lots of indecision. I enjoy too many things. 2026, I narrow down my path and mediums... There will be many birds. #oilpainting #robin #britishbird #poinsetta

It's been a while! I threw myself into charcoal & pastel and fell in love again. Then realized my allergies were worse. Worked out it was charcoal & pastel. Got really sad. This is what I was working on when I worked it out. I am in flux. I love all art. But I loved charcoal the most. Where to now!

...I have been painting (and scratchboarding) every single day...but my ability to remember to post on socials is almost non-existent. These little birds bring such joy! So delicate and sweet and fleeting, with the most beautiful of voice! #housemartin #britishbird #oilpainting #traditionalartist

Though I am doing daily painting, I won't be posting every day simply because I would rather spend that time painting! Sightly different approach with this guy; this is an underpainting. Once dry, he will get a second layer. He is judging you. #reddeer #stag #deerart #neontetra #fantasyart

It's a potoo. It's a real birb. Go look it up, they are amazing #potoo #bird #birdart #painteveryday

Daily painting day 3: egret. ...I would say that this is one of my favourite birds, but I seem to be saying that for every bird I post so.... this is one of my favourite birds? #egret #dailypainting #dailypaint #draweveryday #birdart

My lovely doggo has not been well recently, so I missed posting this for day 2 (great start!) so there will be two posts today, lucky you! Willy Wagtail! a favourite British Birb. #painteveryday #dailypaint #dailypainting #wagtail #piedwagtail #britishbird

I am a numpty and should have mentioned in yesterday's post that it was WIP. I was blackmailing myself to say out loud that I am setting this 30 day task so that I actually do it and don't just pull out the pastels on day 4 as I realize just how hard oils are. First daily painting - 01 #greyhound

I've been working in oils & scratchboard & loving it, but it seems I'm Not Very Good with oils. Which is frustrating. Instead of returning to a safe space, as is my wont, I'll spend 30 days painting t least 2 hours every day! Yes, my photo skills are terrible. Some things can't be fixed.

More charcoal, more weird birds. One must cram all the things one loves into one image, otherwise what is the point? Very WIP, very fun, very cathartic. One is very happy. #charcoal #cormorant #carnivorousplants #bizarreart #beautifulbizarre #neontetra #artisweird #artistsareweird #sarracenia

Very much an experimental vulture! So many different things being tested on this poor dude. ...am either riddled with allergies at the moment, or I might actually be having issues with charcoal and pastels.... watch this space :( #vulture #griffonvulture #birdart#charcoalart #allergiessuck

Charcoal heron. A favourite birb! I miss seeing these guys around. #heron #greyheron #grayheron #britishbird #dinosaursarestillhere #charcoal

Heron study underway - a favourite bird! There are very much still dinosaurs walking around out there... #heron #greyheron #grayheron #wader #waterbird #charcoal #dinosaursarestillalive

Trying out charcoal on Fabriano paper, with a rather strange cormorant.... #fabriano #charcoal #cormorant #carnivorousplant #sarracenia #beautifulbizarre #weirdart #weirdbird #birb

I will always root for the slightly weird, off kilter, the unusual or the chonk - and when I saw a Suffolk Punch horse I knew I would have to draw one immediately. As a unicorn, of course, because why not. #suffolk #suffolkpunch #rarebreed #unicornart #horseart #charcoal

Sometimes you have to say goodbye. There was something bugging me about the angle of the unicorn horn... so time to start again. Second version was much more successful! #unicorn #horseart #suffolkpunch #chonkyboi #horseartist #fantasyhorse #pony #Britishbreed #fantasyart

Still on this charcoal kick! Funny story - I have never ridden a horse. Yet I still love them. Closeted horse girl? I do like my horses chonky... This unicorn is based on quite a rare British breed - any guesses? #unicorn #unicornart #charcoal #Britishbreed #rarebreed #horseart #ponyart

I love pigeons. Recently had a pair nest, rear and fledge two baby birbs on our balcony and wasn't that just the perfect tonic to the chaos of the universe. They are tiny and cute and love them. #pigeon #lovepigeons #mourningdoves #charcoal

The eternal inner struggle of trying to find the "perfect" medium. The only thing that isn't in question is what to draw - it's always going to be my greyhound. Testing charcoal, refining, learning, exploring and wondering why sighthounds have so many legs yet none of them fit right. #greyhound

I can't help it, I love the potoo. All nightjars, really. Because how can this face actually exist in the real world? What did she see? What does she know? Or did someone just squeeze her with loves a little bit too hard? #potoo #nightjar #charcoal #graphite

Exploration is so joyous, so much fun as an artist. How easy was it for you to find your "one" or are you like me and flopping around in all of them? :D Testing charcoal, to explore a more expressive and looser style. He is a sulky looking boi. #jackalope #rabbit #hare #draweveryday #mythical

My Space Potato attempting to look like a greyhound! Kinda failing at pretending to be a dog. Smiley face just because we all need an extra smile right now. Ballpoint in sketchbook. #greyhound #exracer #spacepotato #potatodog #draweveryday

Who else is old enough to remember the OG My Little Ponies? Who else collected lots, only to rehome them as they entered adulthood? Who else really regretted that decision & collects them again as "grown ups"? Because meeeee! #MLP #MyLittlePony #MyLittlePonyArt #MLPcollector #strangerthings

Spot the artist still exploring all the different mediums! I have an idea for a series of Very Strange Birds.... guess my favourite family of plants?! #beautifulbizarre #cormorant #draweveryday #carnivorousplant #sarracenia #weirdart #weirdartist