Fiona Meakin Designs - Draw With Fi

Help! This little elephant didn't invite any mice to the fancy dress party! I thought I would mix the halloween theme with something that I find scary...MICE. They just move so quickly! I can't believe I had a hamster for 3 years when I was younger. Any kind of rodent freaks me out nowadays! I've just done a couple of quick sketches and tidied them up in Photoshop. Enjoy and have a spooky time this evening! Make sure you visit our fi&me blog for some autumn inspiration and pumpkiness x

Here is one of my latest card design commissions! My lovely Grandma asked me to produce a design for my Aunty's birthday... It's always nice to produce something original for a family member, and it also gives me the opportunity to think outside the box and approach a topic I might not have thought of before. I think I will carry on with a gardening theme because I have a feeling these could be popular! Commissions welcome so don't hesitate to get in touch. Whether you want an original illustration or canvas painting I would be happy to discuss ideas with you.

Very excited to show you the second mascot that I designed and painted earlier this year. This is Business Mandeville, at around 2m tall this smart business woman is ready for a busy day at the office, she was designed in order to capture this element of London life. All 84 official Olympic and Paralympic Mascot sculptures are located at points of interest all around the capital including at Olympic and Paralympic locations and are part of the Mayor of London Presents programme of free cultural activities for the 2012 Games. Image courtesy of memorabilia.london2012.com You can read more, and even bid here: London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Memorabilia Above image by Sam Kesteven Photography Above image by Stephen King Photography Above image by Stephen King Photography All mascots will be auctioned off with profits going to help fight child poverty in London. www.mayorsfundforlondon.co.uk This Mandeville was created for Stroll Discovery Trai...

For a couple of weeks earlier on in the year all I could see were pinstripes floating in front of my eyes, I was even dreaming about them and here's why! www.flickr.com/photos/julesfoto City Wenlock is one of two mascots I was commissioned to paint earlier this year. What an honour to be awarded the opportunity to contribute artistically to the Olympic and Paralympic Games! Details of the project are here and if you live in London or happen to be visiting soon you can go on the Mascot Hunt! Follow the link below for more details: www.molpresents.com/stroll City Wenlock is being signed by Mayor of London, Boris Johnson and it is currently being auctioned off for charity. London Olympic memorabilia You can read more here about the Mascot auction by following this link: www.mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk Stephen Fry tweeted about is favourite mascots and some have been photographed with Dizzee Rascal...

Check out the Fi & Me blog to see what our sister Jen is doing for charity! I'm very proud of her... not long now until Thursday! Pardon the pun! www.fiandme.co.uk/blog You can visit some of my past blog posts about hair and how it has inspired me in my fine art practice hairy-tales-images Hairy tales felt workshop Hair project

So, I'm thinking of having a little re-vamp of my blog to focus more in-depth on drawing...and not just my own. Here are some ideas for a new banner and a cute little pencil character. Let's call her Penny for now! Any comments and feedback welcome xx fionaillustrates.com fiandme.co.uk All images are copyright fiona meakin illustrations 2012, all rights reserved.

www.noodoll.com www.noodoll.com It was my birthday back in May and my younger sister Lu bought me an lovely selection of cute things! I really love the vibe and design of Noodoll items! She bought me the phone holder (a moustache bear!) and a little note book complete with case for jotting down and doodling any illustration and book ideas. This morning my lovely mother-in-law Jan popped round with a few items of clothing for my daughter, in amongst the bundle was a really cute T-shirt with an Owl on it...if you don't know, I'm a sucker for anything strigine! (Todays fact: I have only just learnt this word - anything owlish is known as strigine because owls are Strigiformes.Hopefully that will pop up in a pub quiz somewhere soon!) Twit Twoo xx