Lincoln Green treehouse drawing…

Standing In for Lincoln Green is a picture book about sarsaparilla and responsibility.

Lincoln Green would sooner be playing in a treehouse than making his bed or mowing the lawn. I found a drawing of the treehouse in an old phone book. It’s quite close to what found its way into the book, but with some variations. Building a treehouse is actually very complicated and should not be done halfheartedly. But when you’re drawing one, you can be as carefree as you like.

The drawing found in the phone book.

I'm drawing here…

I found a notebook with drawings from a trip to New York. The notebook is only A5 and the binding is falling apart, but it has some good memories of a busy trip. I have lots of these notebooks and they are an essential part of travelling.

New York City drawing by David Mackintosh
New York City drawing by David Mackintosh

Sasha in the only sunbeam in Manhattan that day.

New York City drawing by David Mackintosh

Mykonos, by night…

Mykonos, by day…

Is this the moth thing?…

The local council had a Moth Fanciers meeting in a meadow in the shade of a towerblock in Camden.

I was expecting to catch hundreds of moths, only to learn they don’t come out in the daytime, and especially not on a 30 degree day. We looked at already caught moths, and learned what the council was doing to promote the spread of moths and butterflies in the area.

The difference between moths and butterflies is to do with their antennae and the way they position their wings when stationary (according to my guide). If you ask me, butterflies are far more colourful too.

The moth scene.

There’s one.

This is one.

For the fashion unconscious…

There are now t-shirts available at the Little Shop. Based on my favourite notebook, with hand lettering on the front cover.

As long as it’s black, you can have any colour you want, but there is a choice of sizes: M and L. The shirt is unisex and in a heavy cotton. Buy four because they also make excellent goal posts.