Monday 10 February 2014

Why you should buy Julia Rothman's Farm Anatomy

One of my favourite books...I really like Julia Rothman's 'Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life' (Storey Publishing 2011).






It's absolutely brilliant. This book is a tour-de-force visual tour of farm life.

Inside are illustrations of everything you'd expect to find on a farm.

For example, she draws a great cow and outlines the different breeds--dairy cows, cows bred for beef and other breeds of cow.

And next to her drawings are little fact sheets about the cow.

As if that wasn't enough, she teaches us about the parts of a beef animal.




Not only does the book also show us how to milk a cow, there are recipes of sorts; and while they look tempting, it would be a shame to use it as a cookbook.

Because it's not a cookbook. It's a comic book. If you are after a real treat, head to your nearest comic shop and buy one.

Isn't that recipe enough?




Friday 7 February 2014

I can create new images for you...and I have!

Over the last few days, I drew some illustrations for a client's website.

Here they are, below:















And still, I made time to draw and/or polish up some comic strips. My cat is sometimes grumpy.