Once upon a time...

... there was a small girl and an even smaller pencil. Then came the paint, often muddied by the excitement of having a brush in hand. The girl, the pencil and the paint had great adventures together, creating faraway lands and mystical beasties. The girl grew up and, for a while, adult life stopped the journeys she had travelled with her sidekicks. Until one day, when she picked up the pencil and brushes and started drawing and painting again...

Shona McQuillan draws and paints seated at a small antique bureau in her home in England. Each small painting is created in a day.