Rachel Hudson
@rachelhillustrates.bsky.social
Illustrator & author • Hampshire UK • Capturing a moment, a feeling in nature.
www.rachelhudsonillustration.com
www.rachelhudsonillustration.com
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Hi, I’m Rachel and I’m an illustrator based in Hampshire UK.
I specialise in animal, wildlife and landscape images.
I specialise in animal, wildlife and landscape images.
Happy Bank Holiday Weekend!
May 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Happy Bank Holiday Weekend!
A window on chalk stream wildlife, Ovington Hampshire.
May 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
A window on chalk stream wildlife, Ovington Hampshire.
It’s Endangered Species Day today. From the humble hazel dormouse to the giant Volcan tortoise, they’re all here in my book… published back in 2021.
May 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s Endangered Species Day today. From the humble hazel dormouse to the giant Volcan tortoise, they’re all here in my book… published back in 2021.
Who’s heard a cuckoo this spring? This cuckoo illustration of mine originally appeared on the cover of Traffication published by Pelagic.
May 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Who’s heard a cuckoo this spring? This cuckoo illustration of mine originally appeared on the cover of Traffication published by Pelagic.
It’s peak bluebell in my local Hampshire woods.
April 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
It’s peak bluebell in my local Hampshire woods.
Harvest mouse and dandelions. Happy Easter.
April 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Harvest mouse and dandelions. Happy Easter.
Blackbird fledglings and auricula. We’re lucky enough to have blackbirds raise their families in our garden. This game of hide and seek amongst the flowerpots is a common occurrence.
March 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Blackbird fledglings and auricula. We’re lucky enough to have blackbirds raise their families in our garden. This game of hide and seek amongst the flowerpots is a common occurrence.
Quick landscape ink sketch.
March 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Quick landscape ink sketch.
Crows and apple blossom illustration from the book, How to Know a Crow, written by Candace Savage and illustrated by me for Greystone Kids Books.
March 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Crows and apple blossom illustration from the book, How to Know a Crow, written by Candace Savage and illustrated by me for Greystone Kids Books.
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It's back! The government have announced that the GCSE in Natural History is going ahead!
March 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It's back! The government have announced that the GCSE in Natural History is going ahead!
The next children’s book I’m illustrating is set in Madagascar and features this amazing lemur - the aye-aye.
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The next children’s book I’m illustrating is set in Madagascar and features this amazing lemur - the aye-aye.
Blackbird, wren and snowdrops.
February 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Blackbird, wren and snowdrops.
Blackbirds and fieldfare.
February 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Blackbirds and fieldfare.
A deceit of lapwing. This lot are certainly cooking up a conspiracy.
February 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A deceit of lapwing. This lot are certainly cooking up a conspiracy.
Kitchen table card shuffle: spring birds…
February 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Kitchen table card shuffle: spring birds…
Curlew and Grass of Parnassus. Just shipped to the Shetlands.
February 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Curlew and Grass of Parnassus. Just shipped to the Shetlands.
Keep the oil in the ground. That Rosebank win felt like it breathed in a small bit of space into my brain.
Moving illo of mine for a podcast ep about eco-anxiety last year 🌎
#Illustration #Rosebank #ClimateIllustration #Climate
Moving illo of mine for a podcast ep about eco-anxiety last year 🌎
#Illustration #Rosebank #ClimateIllustration #Climate
February 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Sneaky peak inside #TurtleLives children’s picture book, illustrated by me, written by Annika Johansson, coming this July with Starfish Bay Publishing.
January 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Sneaky peak inside #TurtleLives children’s picture book, illustrated by me, written by Annika Johansson, coming this July with Starfish Bay Publishing.
TURTLE LIVES - cover reveal for my next children’s book out this July with Starfish Bay Publishing.
January 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TURTLE LIVES - cover reveal for my next children’s book out this July with Starfish Bay Publishing.
#happyyearofthesnake Here are two of the three species we have in the UK - grass snake and adder. (Previously published in Wildlife Watch Magazine and my debut book from 2021, 100 Endangered Species.)
January 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#happyyearofthesnake Here are two of the three species we have in the UK - grass snake and adder. (Previously published in Wildlife Watch Magazine and my debut book from 2021, 100 Endangered Species.)
Florence Nightingale had a pet owl, Athena, that she kept in her pocket and introduced to her patients. She also had a pet cicada, called Plato. Looking at this illustration, can you guess what happened to Plato?’
January 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Florence Nightingale had a pet owl, Athena, that she kept in her pocket and introduced to her patients. She also had a pet cicada, called Plato. Looking at this illustration, can you guess what happened to Plato?’
Dippers and kingcups, aka marsh marigolds. Created with linocut, mono-print, mark making and digital collage. (One of the sights along a healthy chalk stream.)
January 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Dippers and kingcups, aka marsh marigolds. Created with linocut, mono-print, mark making and digital collage. (One of the sights along a healthy chalk stream.)
Kingfishers and the first mayfly. A glimpse of the cover star for the RSPB’s 2026 Family Organiser. Launches this September. Inspired by the chalk stream wildlife along the Itchen.
January 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Kingfishers and the first mayfly. A glimpse of the cover star for the RSPB’s 2026 Family Organiser. Launches this September. Inspired by the chalk stream wildlife along the Itchen.
Hi, I’m Rachel and I’m an illustrator based in Hampshire UK.
I specialise in animal, wildlife and landscape images.
I specialise in animal, wildlife and landscape images.
January 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hi, I’m Rachel and I’m an illustrator based in Hampshire UK.
I specialise in animal, wildlife and landscape images.
I specialise in animal, wildlife and landscape images.