New Year’s resolutions always ring hollow to me so this year I’m taking a leaf out of Helen Stephen’s book and visualising habits I want to keep up by reminding myself of how they impact my mood. And yes, I know it’s March already! I’m slow, okay!

This is Lunuganga, or part of it anyway. It’s an incredible estate by architect Geoffrey Bawa – if you’re ever in Sri Lanka you’ve got to visit and walk around the gardens. Just watch out for warthog poop!

First 3mongrels calendar to reach its home in the UK! This pic is perfect 🐕 🎾🐾

Negotiating the stairs

There are loads of street dogs about & this used to make me extremely reluctant to walk my own dogs, but Baby Milo’s still small, so I’m desensitising him. Things can get unnerving when they keep following us, but so far they’ve left us alone beyond their territory. This guy was by far the nosiest!

Finally finished the kabaragoya drawing. I’m not sure why but the illustrations I spend the most time on are the ones that don’t look as great as I hoped. Anyway 🐊

Came across this brill scene on our walk today. Gonna draw it in a style I hope to move forward with.

Sketch from a video of someone walking their dog in southern Sri Lanka. Playing with value and trying to get a better grasp of shadows in a less controlled way 🐕🌴🌿

Hi #kidlitartpostcard!
My name is Sam Weerawardane and I’m an illustrator of children’s books and comics. I love using a mix of traditional and digital media and spend a lot of time drawing animals and plants. I also enjoy working with limited colour palettes and black and white!
www.3mongrels.com

Here is the comic in full! 🧵

New comic: Land of the Savages
Please take a moment to read it over on Substack!

open.substack.com/pub/3mongrel...

Working on something a little sad but important 🐕

Documenting each time I see little Milo depicted in other people’s art. Culprits so far include Luke Pearson and Ruby Elliot.

Made this calendar about a month late 🥲 what can I say, inspiration takes a while to strike.

Been working hard on an upcoming picture book written by Shehan Karunatilaka. It’s been so exciting to put this together and I can’t wait to see it out in the world! 🐜 #kidlit #papayabooks

Hello! I’m Sam, a picture book illustrator from Colombo. This is my first post, so I thought I’d share a book cover I made. It combines plants and dogs, two of my favourite things 💚