Laura Mallaghan Illustration

I posted this illustration on my instagram ( @lauramillustration ) on 5th November, to celebrate Guy Fawkes Night, as known as Bonfire Night and Firework Night, here in Great Britain. This bird... is on FIRE. Looking phenomenal? 😁 Here are my original two illustration. It's a Blue Tit. Hope you had a good Firework Night! Were you being kind to the wildlife and their home while you did the firework display? I hope you kindly did.

It was in the early summer 2014, I was a university student from 2nd year, went to final year, clearing up my Grandma's house as she had to move to care home because of her dementia as well as she got arthritis. She was 92 years old and she had been living alone for 18 years, since my Granddad passed away from cancer. She's an very old lady. Sorting out so many of old stuff is like a treasure to my brother, sister and I. Especially the old toys, ornaments, board games, photos and old jigsaw puzzles. Also old memories for my mum and uncle. So, we all did do sorting Grandma's stuff. Until then, what I ended up is that I found my mum's souvenir back in 1974, when she was 14, a beautiful collection of Archibald Thorburn's illustrations. They're British shorebirds, even though three of these shorebirds are no longer in British shorelines. Here are some photos of Thorburn's shorebird illustrations. Grey Plover Sabine's Gull Ivory Gull