Bramble and Burdock

Ah, the joys of the doodle... the best use for leftover paint! Tiny characters with a life of their own.

"Waiter, waiter! There's a fly in my soup!" "Well sir, don't speak too loudly or everybody will want one...!" Yet another slightly tenuous offering for Illustration Friday . This two-tone style always puts me in mind of those magazine illustrations from the 1950s. The third fly also seems to have turned out a bit Gorey ...