Posts by Fay Martin
WHSmith
In 2015 I was commissioned to design a diary cover for WHSmith. Their brief was a simple floral ‘Agapanthus’ flower or other similar large-headed bloom which they wanted to use across their diary ranges for 2015-16 and license for two years to use again in 2017. The completed diary is finished with silver foil stems…
Read MoreThe English Home Magazine
I was delighted to feature in The English Home Magazine in an article about my illustrations and products for Highgrove.
Read MoreQuarto USA
For Quarto US I was commissioned to illustrate a book ‘Moon Power’ for the Author Simone Butler. I illustrated all of the star signs in monochrome pen and ink, with one block colour for each illustration. I really enjoyed this project, gladly I had very few amends to do, as the style and theme was…
Read MoreCreate and Craft TV
Create and Craft TV have now launched my 2nd and 3rd collections, ‘A Taste of Winter‘ which was a sell out and ‘Wandering With Wildlife‘ which launched at the end of October. I have enjoyed working with Create & Craft enormously, and really look forward to heading down to Peterborough to appear on…
Read MoreThe National Trust
Supplying my greeting cards to The National Trust has been one of my favourite achievements. My cards were sold at several of their shops, including Chartwell where Winston Churchill lived. I visited my local site Calke Abbey where I was thrilled to see my cards on display in the shop, as well as discovering that…
Read MoreOxfam Christmas Cards
I was delighted to license 2 of my designs to Oxfam for Christmas cards a few years ago. I am often approached to design or license for charity cards, and it’s great when the report back from the charity is that the cards sold well, in fact my leaping hare design was their bestseller!
Read MoreHarper Collins Big Cat
In my first project to illustrate a fictional story book for young readers, I designed the pages and vignettes for ‘How Birds Got Their Colours‘ written by bestselling Australian children’s book Author, Helen Chapman. Helen has been an author for 38 years has 96 published books! Here is my colourful cover for this exciting tale.…
Read MoreMichael O’Mara
Another edition in my colouring book portfolio is ‘The Art of Mindfulness – Relaxed and Focused Coloring’. Here is a video introduction to the book published by Michael O’Mara Books.
Read MoreBuster Books
In another project to design pages for a colouring book, I was commissioned to collaborate with other artists, such as the talented Felicity French and Chellie Caroll to create ‘A Calming Colouring Book for Kids’ published by Buster Books a division of Michael O’Mara. I had to design lots of fun pages for children to…
Read MoreHarper Collins
During the first fresh waves of colouring books for adults appearing on the shelves of many bookstores across the world, and the art of mindfulness at the forefront of many publishing companies, I was commissioned by book publishers Harper Collins to create a ‘Floral Adult Colouring Journal’. The book is full of pages to sketch…
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