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Jennie Anderson Archaeological Illustration Freelance Archaeological Illustrator specialising in Reconstruction Illustration & Finds Illustration

Jennie Anderson is an archaeological illustrator currently based in Bristol, U.K. and specialises in Reconstruction Illustration, Information Graphics and Finds Illustration. Her background is a combination of formal Fine Art study and subsequent artistic projects (focusing largely on drawing, painting, printmaking, photography and digital artworking) and twelve years working in various roles with

in the Arts and Heritage Sectors, predominantly with historic archaeological and architectural photography at the English Heritage Archive. In 2009, Jennie graduated from Swindon College's Masters programme in Archaeological Illustration, with Distinction awarded, and sees this experience as the perfect blending of her visual artistic abilities and her intellectual involvement with the creation and dissemination of knowledge concerning archaeology and the greater historic environment. Since graduating, Jennie worked continually as a freelance archaeological illustrator and successfully delivered projects for the National Trust, Natural England, the Forest of Bowland AoNB, the Oxford Preservation Trust, the Oxfordshire Museum, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the Churches Conservation Trust, as well as illustrations for various publications and online resources. She is currently employed by Wessex Archaeology as part of their multi-talented Studio team.

A not-so-subtle hint about what I’m working on today…
29/11/2024

A not-so-subtle hint about what I’m working on today…

Another very quick   sketch from yesterday at  Tunes in the Park festival on the Port Eliot Estate, this time at the ‘Ma...
24/08/2024

Another very quick sketch from yesterday at Tunes in the Park festival on the Port Eliot Estate, this time at the ‘Mad House’ comedy Stage down by the River Tiddy. Such a gorgeous location.

tunes_in_the_park Port Eliot House and Gardens

Being a wandering artist this weekend amongst the crowds at Tunes in the Park festival on the Port Eliot Estate in St Ge...
24/08/2024

Being a wandering artist this weekend amongst the crowds at Tunes in the Park festival on the Port Eliot Estate in St Germans, Cornwall, sketching some views and soaking up some great music. Here’s a watercolour sketch of the Stableyard outside the Elephant Bar on the estate.

Port Eliot House and Gardens tunes_in_the_park porteliotestate

Had a fantastic day today visiting the 2024 excavations at Arthur’s Stone, Dorstone, Herefordshire with PHD candidate Mi...
22/07/2024

Had a fantastic day today visiting the 2024 excavations at Arthur’s Stone, Dorstone, Herefordshire with PHD candidate Michael Efstathiou. The dig is a collaboration between The University of Manchester, Cardiff University and the American Institute for Field Research, and is in partnership with English Heritage. Big thanks to Professor Julian Thomas of the University of Manchester, and his students, for their time.

More info on the dig here: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/archaeology-tours-return-to-arthurs-stone-for-a-final-year-of-excavations/

Monument: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/arthurs-stone/

More on the fantastic geophysical survey of the National Trust’s Attingham Estate, and what was discovered there. Includ...
04/07/2024

More on the fantastic geophysical survey of the National Trust’s Attingham Estate, and what was discovered there. Includes the two illustrations I created last month for the team.

Hello folks. It’s been a while! Over the last few months, I’ve found myself moving around the country quite a bit before...
02/07/2024

Hello folks. It’s been a while! Over the last few months, I’ve found myself moving around the country quite a bit before settling into a new location in the south-west of England. I’m fortunate enough to find myself in an idyllic rural location once again, thanks to the immense kindness of friends and family. I’m surrounded by beautiful landscapes and wildlife, and my creative mojo is well and truly back! Here’s a painting of a juvenile European ( ), there’ll be more wildlife-inspired illustrations following soon no doubt.

Hello folks. It's been a while! Over the last few months, I've found myself moving around the country quite a bit before...
02/07/2024

Hello folks. It's been a while! Over the last few months, I've found myself moving around the country quite a bit before settling into a new location in the south-west of England. I'm fortunate enough to find myself in an idyllic rural location once again, thanks to the immense kindness of friends and family. I'm surrounded by beautiful landscapes and wildlife, and my creative mojo is well and truly back! Here's a painting of a juvenile European ( ), there'll be more wildlife-inspired illustrations following soon no doubt.

Hello Friends and Followers! If you’re in the south-west of the U.K. and love   , why not come along to the     & Natura...
20/03/2024

Hello Friends and Followers! If you’re in the south-west of the U.K. and love , why not come along to the & Natural History Society’s annual Archaeology Day in Tintinhull near Yeovil, this Saturday between 10am and 2pm. Looks to be a great event with some fascinating speakers. See you there?

Hello Friends and Followers! If you’re in the south-west of the U.K. and love archaeology, why not come along to the Som...
20/03/2024

Hello Friends and Followers! If you’re in the south-west of the U.K. and love archaeology, why not come along to the Somerset Archaeological & Natural History Society’s annual Archaeology Day in Tintinhull near Yeovil, this Saturday between 10am and 2pm. Looks to be a great event with some fascinating speakers. See you there?

A     of a small    /   found during an excavation by Wessex Archaeology Ltd sited near the Leam River in  .I do like to...
15/02/2024

A of a small / found during an excavation by Wessex Archaeology Ltd sited near the Leam River in .
I do like to include a dash of whimsy in my illustrations whenever I can... frog bones were found within the roundhouse's compacted deposit layers, and I imagined a small child playing with the frogs on the site. Perhaps I do put a lot of myself into my work, as I am rather fond of frogs... and in almost every photo of myself as a child I am holding something up to the camera, just like this little Iron Age girl is.
Digital by Jennie Anderson, for & copyright of Wessex Archaeology Ltd.

A cute little     study of a       trunk outside my cottage. I love the pattern and colours that the   and   bring to it...
05/02/2024

A cute little study of a trunk outside my cottage. I love the pattern and colours that the and bring to it.

A quick watercolour study of a little sprig of Common Ivy (hedera helix) that attached itself to my boots earlier today....
24/01/2024

A quick watercolour study of a little sprig of Common Ivy (hedera helix) that attached itself to my boots earlier today. Trying to get back into painting after working digitally for the last few years. Gotta stretch those painting muscles again!

Sheepy snuggles make most things feel better.
24/01/2024

Sheepy snuggles make most things feel better.

I’m excited to be able to finally share with you a reconstruction painting I created last year for the front cover of We...
08/01/2024

I’m excited to be able to finally share with you a reconstruction painting I created last year for the front cover of Wessex Archaeology’s monograph ‘The Archaeology of the Hornsea Project One Offshore Windfarm Cable Route: Agriculture, Settlement, Moats and Saltworking in the Lincolnshire Marshes’, by Ashley Tuck.
The shows the -British settlement near the present-day Humberston Road, south of , and depicts a ‘control point’ gateway on the main road through the flooded coastal salt-marsh landscape. This was a fascinating & demanding illustration to work on, and I’m happy to be able to share it with you.

A PDF of the monograph can be viewed/ downloaded from the Wessex Archaeology website, here:
https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/sites/default/files/field_file/The_Archaeology_of_Hornsea_Final_02_Reduce.pdf

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