Sketchbook — Kate Madigan, Illustration and Design

Sketches & Doodles

Fun stuff plus a few demo pieces from my teaching work. Follow my sketchblog on Instagram for more of the same.

iPad sketch of Lucius Malfoy in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. Bad hair day, bad Voldemort day. I don't own the character and I'm not making any money out of it.

Dragon with a cold. Ink and watercolour. Copyright Kate Madigan.

Vector drawing of a bouncy terrier dog chasing a ball. Copyright Kate Madigan.

Early autumn. Watercolour quick sketch..

Hebridean Beach. Tiny study in gouache and watercolour.

Teaching demo: painting waves.

Sea Study 1. Watercolour.

A particularly wet, wintry bootcamp inspired these little pen and ink sketches of zombies emerging from the mud.

Drawing of an old-fashioned typewriter against a crimson floral wallpaper, with pens and pencils in a jar and a cup of tea and biscuits in the foreground. Copyright Kate Madigan.

Sad bear. Drawn as a fundraiser for BBC Children In Need.

Quick study of a parsnip and cumin seeds.

Fleur-de-lys iPhone wallpaper pattern

Rococo hearts iPhone wallpaper pattern

Glimpsed from the car near Blairdrummond. Quick sketch in watercolour and gouache.

Teaching demo: brush control.

Lurcher. Pencil sketch with watercolour.

Fleurons iPhone wallpaper design

Purple Palm. Teaching demo: lively brushstrokes.