Poor summers aren't just annoying

The poor UK summers aren’t just annoying they are a potential disaster with some of our rarest butterflies on the brink of extinction. An article, Washout 2012, in the summer edition of the Butterfly Conservation magazine prompted me to finish this drawing I’ve been working on, periodically for some months. It represents the potential demise of all our UK butterflies by showing one of the more common species, the peacock, dissolving into a puddle.

Sea Eagles on Skye

We have just had another fantastic holiday in Scotland and yet again managed a day trip to Skye in glorious sunshine. Last year we were unsuccessful in our quest to see Sea Eagles but this year we were lucky and saw three. So, to celebrate I have drawn a Sea Eagle plunge. They weren't anywhere near the bridge but I wanted a backdrop that was clearly of Skye for the design.