Sketching nature has had a profound influence in imagining some of the beasts, monsters and hybrids, I depict in my books.

Here is a pencil sketch of a hybrid stag, known as a Black Cerva, a nocturnal creature that roams the grounds of an orphanage in my forthcoming YA Novel – The Sweep…

Did you know…?

Cerva translates as deer in Latin.

It’s not going to change your life or anything, but thought I’d mention it.