April Showers…
April Showers of fashion illustration in this months blog. Different examples of fashion illustration, live event illustration, graphic recording, a fashion illustration workshop and two Art Shows. Live illustrating at a music concert and at at sell-out charity event. A Private View in Central Croydon. Links to prints, postcards, commissions and booking details for upcoming events and wedding illustration.
Spring Collection
A round up of March’s events and what’s to come in April. Including illustrating live at a fashion show and piano recital, creating live fashion illustrations at the Schiaparelli exhibition at the V&A. The outfit I wore to Schiaparelli which is a combination of a bespoke dress and a lucky-find jacket both in burnt-orange silk. Also upcoming tasters of my next event, live illustrating and selling prints at the HArtists exhibition in Hithe, a live illustration for Chartwell Children’s Cancer Trust a pop-up market stall with SoCro Art and a Workshop at Hive Design Studio. Zoe Parker Illustration at The Gleeful Dabbler.
How Did I get Invited To 5 Shows at London Fashion Week?
This February I had my first experience of the twice-yearly festival of fashion at London Fashion Week A/W 2026. The second Fashion Week of the year is in September.
Day One:
I was invited to two shows in the evening- How did I get invited?
Hey, you look cool! Do you mind if I draw you?
My picture shows three of the founders of Croydon Make and Create, posing for a live fashion illustration. They are attending the launch party for Croydon Creative Enterprise Zone. This is just one of the many highlights of my second month as a freelance fashion illustrator, I am loving this lifestyle and meeting these amazing people!