Jen Russell-Smith Illustration

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I’m Jen… I’m an artist and illustrator living and working in Surrey, just outside London. I’m best known for drawing buildings and places.

 
 
 

House and Building Portraits

I create bespoke ink and watercolour illustrations to commemorate a new home, an old one, a wedding venue or a favourite pub. I work with you to create a personalised piece of unique art to capture a memory or to give as a special gift.

 
 
 
 

Illustration

I also work with agencies, businesses and companies on editorial and illustrative projects — whether you’re an ice cream shop who needs a sketch of their beautiful venue, an estate agent looking for a really special client gift, or an agency needing some creative work for a client.

 
 
 
 

Wholesale

I’m working on a range of art prints and cards to offer wholesale, which will hopefully be launched in the coming months. If you’d be interested in stocking my products, please sign up to my newsletter to be the first to hear when I launch or drop me a line to discuss a bespoke range.

 
 
 

Find me on Instagram @jenrussellsmithillustration…

London in the snow. Rare, of course. But fake-added-paint snow has the definite advantage of not causing Transport Chaos, not immediately turning brown and a bit suspicious, and not creating impossible to identify, stealth slippy bits which everyone
So... It's my #12ishdaysofseasonalcontent. Close enough. And here's the artwork for this year's @annabel_londonltd Christmas card. I wish you all warm and welcoming pubs with a free table next to the fire. . . . . . #christmaspub #englishpub #christm
Day Three! Star of wonder. In the dark streets shiiiiineth. Little star. Star light, star bright. Morning stars together. Please do select and hum your own preferred star-related festive tune. . . . . . #12daysofseasonalcontent #christmasstars #stree
Day 2 of my optimistic Twelve Days of Seasonal Content... This is possibly my favourite of all the cards I've created for @annabel_londonltd so it definitely deserves another airing. . . . . . #skyline #wintersunrise #coldandfrostymorning #sunrise #
I have (just about) finished all my Christmas commissions and have had this possibly unrealistic and optimistic idea about finishing off the season with 12 Days of Seasonal Content. Will I manage it? Keep watching and find out! Oh, the tension... . .
Bricks in various hues and shades and some old painted lettering... The other half has apparently disappeared under next door's whitewash, but is hopefully going to reappear soon. . . . . . #terracedhouse #victorianterrace #bricks #ghostsigns #ghos
I would like a turret. But does that mean you have to buy special curved furniture? Any turret-dwellers care to enlighten us? . . . . . #turret #illustrateyourworld #inkdrawing #sketchbook #makingmyhaven #oldhousecharm #modernwatercolor #customart #p
Apologies to anyone who had paid attention to my predicted last order dates and was planning a last minute swoop, but due to a marvellous influx of commissions, a finite amount of time, the unbending reality of last posting dates (and the amount of t
A Cornish pub, with a bonus highland cow. Uncertain if the cow was really present at some point, or wishful thinking on the part of my customer. The wonders of artistic licence! . . . . . #cornish #cornishpub #staustell #highlandcow #anniversarygift

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