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Blackwell’s Bookshop

Selling as part of #artistsupportpledge created by @matthewburrowstudio. Each #illustration will be £200 or below (not including postage and framing if required) and every time I reach £1000 I promise to buy another artists piece for £200. DM me if you are interested. Thanks!
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Two years ago I began a project to create an illustrated #BookloversGuideToBookshops, and @blackwelloxford has to be the biggest bookshop of the lot.
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Blackwell’s Bookshop Oxford
Pen & Ink
10×6”
£200
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#artistsupportpledge #supportartists #penandink #bookshops #indiebookselleres #bookshops #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsofinstagram #contemporaryartist #support #artist #lockdown #lockdown2020

#Covid19 might have put an end to my planned markets and exhibitions this Spring/Summer but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy my art. .
Today, I’m launching my new online shop with prints available from as little as £12. Link in the bio….
https://www.teshepherdart.com
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#artistsofoxfordshire #art #Illustration #illustratorsofinstagram #OxfordshireCollection #OxfordshireArtweeks

No more day job for 10 days so moved to the al fresco home office to work on launching a new online shop for my art… .
#illustration #art #artistsofoxfordshire #comingsoon #OxfordshireArtweeks

The colours of Cotswold stone and Oxford colleges… #illustration #TheCotswolds #Oxford #amillustrating @colouredpencil.shop

Love the fact that whilst reading @lucy.mangan’s description of the cover to #RoaldDahl’s #CharlieandtheChocolateFactory, I recognised it as the exact same edition as I remember falling in love with…
#books #amreading #illustration #BookIllustration #FaithJaques

The tiny, tiny church at Ducklington in Oxfordshire is simply an adorable little thing…
#StBarthomolews #church #illustration #illustratorsofoxfordshire #illustratorsofinstagram ##OxfordshireArtweeks #oxfordshirecollection #amillustrating

My artistic life https://shepline.com/2020/02/09/my-artistic-life/ Thoughts inspired by @kiran_mh, @libbypagewrites, @blackwelloxford, and @oxfordshireartweeks
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#amillustrating #amreading #amwritingart #ArtWeeks #books #bookshops #creativity #illustration #OxfordshireArtweeks #reading #writing

First off, I attended two free workshops for Oxfordshire Arweeks which I am participating in this May for the first time. The afternoon gave me some food for thought about how to market myself and my story to attract people to my art.

Later in the afternoon, I high-tailed it across town to Blackwell’s Bookshop to hear Kiran Millwood-Hargrave read from her new novel, The Mercies, and talk in conversation with friend and fellow-author Daisy Johnson. It was one of those events that was inspiring in every way possible and made me want to get back to my writing and finish the *work in progress*. In a small way it even made me begrudge my sketching life for taking up my writing life. Which is silly as I enjoy them both equally, and let’s face it when I wandered downstairs later to the ground floor of the shop an saw the racks of my prints for sale, the pictures have been earning me more of a small living than my writing.

In response to a question from the audience Kiran talked about how if you want to get published you just need to follow ‘the rules’ of the industry and write the book, then approach agents, and then it will happen. She nodded to the fact that some people of course choose to Indie Publish (as I have done) and that that was of course an option and that there is nothing wrong with that, but it wasn’t for her. And it made me think, that I think I do still have a yearning to be published and supported by the publishing machine.

Kiran’s talk definitely inspired me get on with my writing. Today, with Storm Ciara battering the UK, it was definitely a hibernating kind of day. I got stuck into reading Libby Page’s The 24-Hour Café, partly because it is so good, and partly because I can then delve into The Mercies. Then there is Daisy Johnson’s anthology of short stories, Fen.

Now I just have to put my plan into action. Just have to decide whether or not to re-edit Mr Tumnal again. I still can’t quite decide whether I should keep it set in the fictitious city of Wren Hoe on the edge of the Cotswolds, or adapt it to a full-on, if alternative, Oxford, as that is essentially where it is based. I like the Wren motifs and the play on words with Nowhere, but I’m still wondering if it could be better still for being actual Oxford – if an Oxford with trams, and an Edinburgh-style West End.

†My immediate To Read Pile is just the tip of the iceberg to my actual to read pile.

‡This list does not yet include Michelle Harrison’s new novel, A Sprinkle of Sorcery.

Took myself off to London today to satisfy my love of #EdwardArdizzone to see this year’s #TheIllustrators exhibition before it closed. Had a good chat with Chris Beetle too – thanks for the cup of tea too!
#illustration #BookIllustration #London #StJames #Picadilly @chrisbeetlesgallery

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Cogges

Looking forward to taking these and my other artwork and books to @cogges Christmas Market this weekend. Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 4pm. It would be great to see you there.
#illustration #ChristmasMarkets #christmas????

I’ve had a good and successful week so I decided to treat myself while it was on offer. T E Shepherd Art & Illustration as powered by #AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall… #illustration #amillustrating

Getting ready for markets… #illustration #illustratorsofoxfordshire

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Bicester Zoo

Very exciting to be working on my latest commission. @debbieyoungauthor has previously asked me to illustrate the bookshop from her #SophieSayersMysteries books, and now I she has engaged me to draw the school from her new #SecretsOfStBrides series… #illustration #amillustrating

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And so it begins… @bodleianlibs #ChristmasCard #illustration #amillustrating

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I’m thrilled with how well my #illustration of #Oxford’s @sheldoniantheatre has worked out. I’d love to know what you think?
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The original and prints now available from @etsyuk and at this year’s @cogges #ChristmasMarket: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/731912258/sheldonian-theatre-oxford
#SheldonianTheatre #amillustrating

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It was the illustration that defeated me twice, but I’m so glad I persevered with it. I’m so proud of how @blenheimpalace has turned out.
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Prints now available: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/727647230/blenheim-palace-woodstock
#Oxfordshire #landmarks #BlenheimPalace #illustration #amillustrating

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The #bookloversguidetobookshops
was always going to feature the King of Hay’s @richardboothsbookshop with all its fiddly architectural details. Its also the #bookshopsofinstagram
that has had the original sold even before it was started. I’m looking forward to seeing it go to its new home, but prints are still available: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/723656644/richard-booths-bookshop-hay-on-wye
#illustration #amillustrating

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#EdwardArdizzone is just brilliant, don’t you think? #myinspiration #inspiration #illustration

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Illustrating #RadcliffeCamera has to have been one of my biggest challenges to date, and I’m really pleased with how its come out. •••
You can now buy the original drawing or order prints from as little as £18! https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/720267002/radcliffe-camera-oxford
#Oxford #landmarks #illustration #amillustrating @bodleianlibs

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And its done. Oxford’s #RadcliffeCamera is complete. Prints and original will be going on sale very soon. What do you think?
#Oxford #landmarks #illustration #amillustrating @bodleianlibs @weloveoxford

My obsession with Edward Ardizzone. I love how the most recent addition to this shelf has been hiding on my bookshelves for over 30 years… #EdwardArdizzone #illustration @allthingsardizzone

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Wby everybody needs stripey badgers. My #review of #thestripeybadgerbookshop, jewel in the crown of the #YorkshireDales: https://shepline.com/2019/08/25/everybody-needs-some-stripey-badgers/ •••
See link for availability of prints and original.
#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating @booksaremybag @bookshopblogger

The Stripey Badger Bookshop and Cafe is one in the latter category. It was my friend Sarahjayne who told me about this jewel of the dales. If I’m honest I don’ think I’d thought much more about it. Sure, I added it to my map, but Yorkshire is a long way from home and I thought I’d be unlikely to actually visit.

Then two things came about; a friends eighteenth birthday party in Wakefield, and the chance to meet up with another good friend who had recently moved near to Skipton. We’d never visited the Yorkshire Dales before and a long weekend camping near Bolton Abbey seemed . like a sensible thing to do. And Grassington – and the Stripey Badger – suddenly became a whole lot closer.

And I’m so glad it did. Grassington itself is a beautiful little market town in the middle of the Yorkshire Dales, and the Stripey Badger Bookshop & Cafe occupies a commanding three story building at the top of the market square.

It’s actually two shops next to each other – bookshop to one side, and cafe to the other – but you can walk freely between the two.

The bookshop is not overly stocked with titles but what it might lack in quantity it makes up with quality. It is exceptionally well-stocked. I saw many books whilst browsing that interested me, and I did not get tired of browsing (yes, sometimes bookshops can be laid out in such a way as to fatigue the browser!).

We also had lunch their – a poper pot of Yorkshire Tea and a panini. You get table service, but quite cleverly they make you go next door to the bookshop to pay. I bought Geta Thunberg’s No One is Too Small To Make A Difference and John Lewis Stempel’s The Secret Life of the Owl. So I guess their ploy worked!

Most importantly, I will be back.

• Prints and original pen and ink drawing available from my Etsy shop

If I’m going to do the @cogges #ChristmasMarket then I need to extend my range of local landmarks. I may regret the number of windows and finicky bits in #BlenheimPalace…
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#sundaystrolls???? #wewentinthefreebackdoor #illustration #amillustrating #illustratorsofinstagram

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One year old today, #thestripeybadgerbookshop is as delightful inside as the building is outside…
#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating #grassington #Yorkshire #yorkshiredales

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Friday night sketching at the #stripeybadgerbookshop…
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#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating #grassington #Yorkshire #yorkshiredales

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The picture that almost defeated me. Oxford’s #BridgeofSighs is now finished. Prints and original are now available: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/714577204/bridge-of-sighs-oxford
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#Oxford #landmarks #illustration #amillustrating

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Almost there. One more evening should do it… #BridgeofSighs #Oxford #landmarks #illustration #amillustrating @hertfordcollege @weloveoxford

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Ah… the Bridge of Sighs… *sighs* I think it’s going okay. What do you think?
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#BridgeofSighs #Oxford #landmarks #illustration #amillustrating

Might have to sketch this one in pen and ink… #gordalescar #illustration #penandink #betterinblackandwhite

Take two… #BridgeofSighs #Oxford #landmarks #illustration #amillustrating

This just happened. .
I think the #BridgeofSighs has defeated me. .
Of course when you fall off a horse, what’s it important to do?
#illustration #landmarks #amillustrating

Sorry, @bookshopblogger, I put clouds in. I hope they work for you? #ManstoneRock #landscape #notabookshop #illustration #amillustrating

Just debating whether I should attempt to add clouds, or will that only go and ruin it? #ManstoneRock #landscape #illustration #amillustrating

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Too hot to do anything other than draw. The original and prints of #ManstoneRock will be available once its finished.
#illustration #amillustrating

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This one is for Sam at @booksandink. She told me that I simply must visit the #HayCinemaBookshop and she wasn’t wrong. It’s a book depository of your dreams and worthy of inclusion in @bookshopblogger’s and my #bookloversguidetobookshops •••
Prints also available now: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/723586147/hay-cinema-bookshop-hay-on-wye
#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #illustration #amillustrating

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The Addyman Annexe was the first #HayBookshop that I went into and is the latest #illustration to join the #HayCollection of my #bookloversguidetobookshops. I’ve also drawn their main shop, and the murder and mayhem shop across the road.
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Prints available: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/719395425/the-addyman-annexe-hay-on-wye
#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #amillustrating @addymanbooks @bookshopblogger

Annexe to the main shop it might be (albeit on a different street) #TheAddymanAnnexe is another of @addymanbooks’ #HayonWye shops.
#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating

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Possibly not since I #illustrated @rach.h.art’s windows in @waterstones_oxford have I enjoyed detailing every intricacy of shop display. #MurderandMayhem seems to have it all… #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating @hayfestival @addymanbooks @bexturner23

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#MurderandMayhem is a shop so creepy, just walking by the outside could send a shiver down your spine… #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating @addymanbooks @bookshopblogger @bexturner23

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This was the shop where I found my twin loves of #RexWhistler and #EdwardArdizzone on adjacent shelves. @addymanbooks is a marvellous place, prints now available: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/714304273/addyman-books-hay-on-wye
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And we’re done. Who’s been to @addymanbooks in #hayonwye? It’s a most wonderful place that shelves my twin loves of #RexWhistler and #EdwardArdizzone on adjacent shelves…
#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating @hayfestival @bookshopblogger

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Another one for my #bookloversguidetobookshops and the first of my #HayCollection. Anyone know if Clock Tower Books are on social media?
#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #hayonwye #illustration #amillustrating @hayfestival

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And its done! It’s amazing how just putting a bit in to each side of @kewbookshop grounds it so much into the street.
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#stationapproach #bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating @bookshopblogger

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Not so many bricks in this one, one-stroke by pen-stroke, the @kewbookshop is taking shape…
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#bookshops #bookshopsofinstagram #bookloversguidetobookshops #illustration #amillustrating @bookshopblogger

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That special moment when you get to see your own artwork in someone else’s book… #illustration #inscribedcopy #signedbytheauthor #amillustrating #maps #itakecommissions @davidpennywriting

Why do I always draw buildings with so many bricks? #somanybricks #amillustrating #illustration #bookshopsofinstagram #bookshops #bookloversguidetobookshops

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From the back room of a pub five years ago to five venues and a whole village celebrating story and the power of words across five venues, #HULitFest is the place to be… #illustration #amillustrating #maps #literaryfestival

I’ll be there again talking about my stories and how music influences them… #Repost @t.e.shepherd.art
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In my new appointment as Official Festival Illustrator, my first task is to make a map for this year’s #HULitFest. Now in its fifth year the all free festival on 27 April has got so big it now needs a map. Come along and join the fun… #illustration #amillustrating #maps

Got any advice on how to use them @kavalociraptor @rach.h.art?

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Got some new watercolour pencils for Christmas (thanks Father Christmas! ????) so I’m trying out some new techniques… #illustration #amillustrating #OxfordshireCollection #carandache @cogges @caran_dache