Mother’s prank on her son backfires when she can’t wipe away the doodles on his face

A mother was left red-faced after being forced to send her son into school with fake eyebrows and a moustache after her prank backfired. Lynsey Lawrie, 39, from Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, had doodled freckles, a moustache, beard and eyebrows onto her sleeping son with a crayon, making it look like the work of a naughty … Read more

Lockdown dad Gary Andrews and his doodles charting his family’s journey

For illustrator Gary Andrews, his ‘doodle diary’ is not only an enchanting daily record of family life, but a therapeutic outlet for all emotion, from love and hope to fear and sadness. When the talented animator started it five years ago on his 54th birthday, as a happily married father of two, his exquisite drawings … Read more

Dog doodles by Sussex artist Hercule Van Wolfwinkle become a hit

These are the hilariously bad pet portraits people are queuing up to pay for. Phil Heckels – who uses the pseudonym Hercule Van Wolfwinkle – admits his creations are ‘really c**p’ but the office worker has been inundated with requests from people desperate to see his interpretation of their beloved pet pooches. The 38-year-old father, … Read more