The Family Westhill

Introducing Nereth (mom) and Gravander (dad) Westhill. Nereth is from the northern province of Arbon and has fair skin with bright blue eyes and red hair. Gravander's family is native to the southern province of Garz (Opeel's home province) and has much darker skin and jet black hair (well, the hair that's left and hasn't turned grey) with bright blue eyes. I think my mom and dad will be relieved to see there's not much resemblance seeing as Gemmy's parents are maniacal geniuses.

Gravander is an employee of Black Star Laboratories in genetics research and also teaches at the Head University in Garz and Arbon. He sports the tell-tale scholarly hair tuft on his head and chin. It's an ancient tradition that symbolises the scholar's commitment to intellectual pursuits and not those of the outward flesh. What would he have done if the crown of his head was completely bald, you ask? Well, imagine the world's worst comb over with the hair from either side of the head gathered into a ponytail on the top. Nice!

Teddy Bears' picnic

So, I've been doing a lot of writing this month so have not made any 'notable' new illustrations. There are bits and bobs in the margins of my ruled note book so I might post some of these later on.

Until then I've trolled through my old illustrations to see if there was anything interesting for me to post. So, here see the beginnings of my version of Teddy Bears' Picnic.

I discovered, while listening to the song, that the lyrics are actually quite sinister. So, I started making some doodles for a watercolour picture book that I'd like to do about what actually goes on at this picnic that warrants the warning 'you'd better not go alone'.

So, here are some of the treats at the picnic. The first is the Cabeza Pop. The second is a scrumptious Finger Sandwich.