Its been SO exciting to see my illustrations in bookstores around the World!
Here are a few collected snaps:
The Strand book store in New York, USA
The Bookshelf book shop in Carlisle, England
Waterstones book store in Edinburgh, Scotland
Friday, 23 October 2020
Thursday, 22 October 2020
The Little Book of Bees | Regional Cover Variations | Book Illustration
I find the differences in the regional cover art for this book so interesting to see - so here they are:
UK Cover - features European bee species and gold foiling on the title font. It has a luxurious, gift-book feel
US Cover - features bee species native to the US, and a spot gloss title font in a bold warm yellow (photo credit: Girl Next Door Honey)
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
New Bees & Fox Recycled Charms / Keyrings
I recently began creating charms via UK-based merchandise company Zap! Creatives.
Zap! digitally print the artwork onto acrylic which is 100% recycled from plastics that were destined from landfill and incineration. My first charm creations are using four fluffy bumblebee paintings I painted in 2016. My second was a recent red fox painting. I'm thrilled with how they turned out!
These charms are now available to buy as keyrings/purse charms in my online shop, amyholliday.etsy.com
Sunday, 27 September 2020
A new Magnolia Tree for "The Little Book of Bees"
The first copies of the book contained an illustration of a wiggly, spindly, ancient-looking magnolia tree, used to show the various types of bee species, like a bee "family tree". The author later mentioned she was mistaken in her initial guide for the tree, and that the family "branches" were inaccurate. I was asked to draw a brand new and updated version for future publications, and I managed to recycle the flowers from the old painting.
I prefer the new one. Which one do you like best?
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| the new and updated magnolia tree |
Friday, 28 August 2020
Rats Moon (Mose & Peaches) Pet Portrait Commission
A couple months ago, I was approached with the idea of a commissioned original artwork - a special portrait of two little ratty fur-babies.
It's been years since I've done a "pet portrait" or even a bespoke physical artwork, but after hearing this idea, I couldn't say no - even though this would be my first time drawing rats! The piece is 11x14", much larger than my usual illustration work, which was a little out of my comfort zone but nice to have more space for lots of lovely detail. In fact this whole piece was out of my comfort zone which was a good exercise and I was grateful for the opportunity during lockdown to slow down and do something different. This is the original artwork that has now reached its forever home, but I do have a scan for myself.
Artwork © Amy Holliday 2020
Friday, 3 July 2020
Cheetah // Watercolour and Black Indian Ink
I recently found this in a sketchbook from back when I set myself a personal project of drawing 100 animals in 100 days, and 4 years later, I have finally scanned it in. It was an experiment with black Indian ink on top of my usual watercolour paints.
Artwork (C) Amy Holliday 2020
Do not use without permission
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
Planet Earth Studies // Watercolour Illustrations
Self initiated studies of our Planet Earth / Planet Home / Earth Mother - hopefully there will be more to come in the future.
Artwork (C) Amy Holliday 2020
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