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  • JUNE

    Sometimes boats get stuck in trees, but only when it’s particularly cloudy…I’m going to write a poem for my niece so when I get to meet her for the first time, I can read it to her. I’m going to illustrate it too and turn it into a little book for her so our first…

  • JUNE

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  • MAY

    I just want to share this little guy with you. As you all know, I’m a hand drawn illustrator/cartoonist using pencils that smudge, pens that run and colours that bleed. It’s messy but I love it. And if I squeeze my eyes shut really tightly and wish really hard, I know that one day I…

  • COVID19

    It’s been a bumpy couple of months so please accept my apologies for lack of content. Unfortunately I contracted COVID19 and was hospitalised for a few weeks. Although I am home now, the recovery process is much longer and slower than I anticipated. I am not a very patient patient! I have warmed up the…

  • WEDNESDAY

    I’m keeping my Wednesday nights free to just completely emerse myself in all things creative. It’s my day to warm up the crayons. Tonight I’m back to scribbling trees – my absolute favourite doodles. I can’t share this one until after its presented but I can sneak you a peek at the progress…

  • ESKIMO

    If you have visited the friedandy Facebook page recently you may have read the first edit of ‘Raymond and the Christmas Something’ – if you didn’t, there still time. The plan for this year is to turn it into an ebook ready for Christmas 2020. This weekend I’ve been playing around with Eskimo, one of…

  • JANUARY

    Clattering saucepan lids in the street at the strike of midnight on New Year’s Eve is pretty much folklore now. Instead we’ve turned to fireworks, Jools Holland and drinking until our livers ache – all whilst posting on social media with flattering filters. The majority of us will make New Year’s Resolutions. My news feed will…

  • RE-USE/RECYLCLE

    I popped along to the Keith Haring exhibition at Liverpool Tate (he is a hero of mine) and it got me thinking about the materials he used as canvas. A lot was on “borrowed” items from building sites and stuff that was seen as surplus to requirements. I realised that in creating my trees and…

  • SUMMER UPDATE

    HellooOoo eggs. It’s been a bit quiet here on the friedandy page. As you’re aware, we lost Niall’s mum (the Mole) in February and after creating our own little mole (friedandy style) for her order of service in March, the pens have had a bit of a rest. However, the brain hasn’t! This wkend I’ve…

  • FEBRUARY

    If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise… After an amazing Christmas with the Raymond Reindeer cards, January was a quiet period where I packed up the crayons and gave them a bit of a break. So February’s first commission for a Valentine’s day wishing tree was a welcomed…