Free Range Faeries - The Art of Kate Monkman
Talented, up and coming British artist Kate Monkman paints beautiful watercolour faeries, elementals and pixes. She also creates incredible portraits of people as faeries.
This lens explains more about Kate's work, showcases some of her amazing paintings, and even provides some tips on how to paint faeries!
To find out how YOU can become a faerie in one of Kate's paintings, read on...
If were a faerie, what sort of faerie would you be?
If you were a faerie, what would you be? How would you like to see yourself in a faerie portrait?
If you were a faerie, what kind would you be?
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Beautiful Watercolour Faeries
A Passion for the Enchanted!
Kate Monkman paints beautiful watercolour faeries from her home in Cheshire, UK.Her lifelong passion for faeries began in the depths of mythic Yorkshire, where she grew up next to misty moors and enchanting woodlands.
Inspired by stories, legends, folklore and the much-loved faerie artist Brian Froud, Kate started Free Range Faeries in 2004. She sells originals and prints of her artwork, as well as turning her creations into beautiful and unique hand-embellished cards, bookmarks and journals.

The Bride Stones in North Yorkshire, where Kate grew up inspired by the landscape and folklore
Visit Kate at www.freerangefaeries.co.uk
STOP PRESS! KATE FEATURED IN FAERIE MAGAZINE!
Kate is featured in the latest Winter 2008 issue of FAERIE Magazine!
Click HERE to see her tutorial on making a beautiful Fabric Faerie!

Faerie Magazine Winter 2008 - featuring Kate!
Buy Kate's Original Artwork!

Kate is now offering many original art pieces on her website, including originals of her popular prints as well as many other one-of-a-kind pieces! She is also offering her beautiful Fabric Faeries as featured in FAERIE magazine!
Click HERE to see the entire new gallery!
Pink Wings
This is just one of the many pieces of original art Kate has on her website. This little faery is painted in watercolour and karismacolor pencil. Many originals are mounted and ready to frame. Punky Faery
Another beautiful original watercolour available from Free Range Faeries. Choose from many different and unusual paintings - don't miss out on your favourite! Enter the Magical World of Kate Monkman...

A place where the Spirit of Nature comes alive!
...Where You Can Explore an Enchanting Realm of Faeries, Unicorns, Goddesses and Mermaids!

As well as faeries, Kate paints ethereal goddesses, mystical unicorns and enchanting undersea mermaids.
Angel Blessings
Sea Spirit

Incredible Faerie Portraits!
The Perfect Gift For Yourself or a Loved One
Kate's specialty is painting faerie portraits of people. You can see her amazing portrait of me, Miss MerFaery, in the first picture at the top of this lens!Kate captures an incredible likeness in her portraits and goes on to add the faerie sparkle - the wings, the pointed ears, the faerie glamour! She creates an enchanting watercolour portrait that can be treasured forever - a unique gift or special treat for yourself!

Kate captures both likeness and enchanted faerie glamour in her portraits
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- Free Range Faeries Portrait Gallery
- Watercolour faerie portraits
Inspired by Faeries
Kate studied Art and Design at the Yorkshire Coast College, and went on to achieve an HnD in Fashion and Costume. From there she attended Liverpool John Moores University to achieve a degree in Fashion, but by then she realised that her heart lay in art - painting faeries in particular!
Kate had always loved the art of Brian Froud, whose work inspired the many faerie drawings in her sketchbook! But it was the discovery of the book "The Art of Faery" by David Riche that finally convinced Kate to turn her hobby into a career!
"The Art of Faery" contains numerous beautiful paintings by a variety of renowned faerie artists.
What faerie art books have inspired, or have yet to inspire, you?
The Art of Faery by David Riche
From the gothic fantasies of Amy Brown to Myrea Pe more...0 points
Brian Froud's World of Faerie (v. 1) by Brian Froud
Drawing inspiration from the gnarled shrubbery of more...0 points
The Runes of Elfland by Ari Berk, Brian Froud
In 24 never-before-seen paintings, best-selling fa more...0 points
Faeries (25th Anniversary Edition)
It has been 25 years since Brian Froud and Alan Le more...0 points
The Goblins of Labyrinth: 20th Anniversary Edition by Brian Froud, Terry Jones
In 1986, the magical fantasy movie Labyrinth intro more...0 points
The SECRET SKETCHBOOKS of BRIAN FROUD (The SECRET SKETCHBOOKS of BRIAN FROUD)
64 wonderful, full color pages of thoughts and ske more...0 points
Good Faeries/Bad Faeries
Since he illustrated the "Faeries" in 19 more...0 points
The World of the Dark Crystal: The Collector's Edition by Brian Froud
Now 20 years old, Jim Henson's classic fantasy fil more...0 points
Goblins! by Brian Froud, Ari Berk
Anyone who brings home this book will be in big tr more...0 points
The World of Faery: An Inspirational Collection of Art for Faery Lovers
Following the huge success of The Art of Faery (20 more...0 points
The Fantasy World of Josephine Wall by Josephine Wall
Josephine Wall is celebrated for her mystical fant more...0 points
The Arthur Rackham Treasury: 86 Full-Color Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Magnificently reprinted from more than 25 rare ear more...0 points
Rackham's Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color by Arthur Rackham
Superb collection of 55 lovely plates, reproduced more...0 points
Rackham's Fairies, Elves and Goblins: More than 80 Full-Color Illustrations
The great Victorian illustrator is at his most rad more...0 points
Gothic Art Now by Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Having spent so long on the periphery of the art more...0 points
Big Eye Art: Resurrected and Transformed by Blonde Blythe
In the late 1950s, throughout the 1960s and into t more...0 points
Enchanted Artists; Visions of Atlantis by Beth Hansen-Buth, Ulysses, Dawn Obrecht, Christine A. Walkowicz, Alisha Christian
Out of Print. A stunning collection of art and poe more...0 points
The Art of Wendy Froud by Wendy Froud
THE ART OF WENDY FROUD presents the extraordinary more...0 points
Enchanted: The Faerie and Fantasy Art of Linda Ravenscroft by Linda Ravenscroft
"I am often asked why I chose to paint faerie more...0 points
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Letters by Brian Froud, Ari Berk
The Cottington Archive reluctantly announces that more...0 points
Lady Cottington's Fairy Album by Brian Froud
At last, Lady Angelica Cottington returns, in this more...0 points
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book: 10 3/4 Anniversary Edition by Brian Froud
In 1995 Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book was r more...0 points
From Beautiful, Unique Originals...
"Moon Spirits" Original, framed ...to Gorgeous Mounted Prints!

"Journey to Lyonesse"
All prints are A5 (8 x 6inch) & mounted in cream mount board ready for framing (size of outside mount 8x10 inch)
Do You Like Free Range Faeries?
Love Kate's art? How MUCH do you love Kate's art??
Free Range Faeries Artwork Showcase

Enchanted Night

Fire Girl

Roxy Purple Toes
Free Range Faeries Cards

Kate also offers her artwork in the form of cards. They come in glitter-embellished packs of five, or you can choose personalised, hand-embellished luxury cards, with a unique personal message.

Kate can create personalised cards for birthdays, weddings and more

Kate's beautiful personalised cards make a special and unique gift, especially for faerie lovers!
Find out more about Kate's personalised cards here.
- Personalised Cards
- Free Range Faerie hand-embellished faerie cards
Shout Out for Kate!
Love Kate's artwork? Want to know more? Do you own a piece of her art or have you commissioned a faerie portrait? Share your comments here!
See Kate's Stall at Local Events!
Kate often travels to local events with her artwork and handmade items. You can find her at local Craft Fairs and Mind Body Spirit exhibitions to name but a few.In addition to her website products, Kate stocks her stall with incredible handcrafted journals, notebooks, photo albums, bookmarks and embellished framed artwork, as well as displaying some of her original paintings and sketches.
Free Range Faeries Journals, Notebooks, Bookmarks and Photo Albums
Free Range Faeries Unique Handmade Treasures
COMING SOON!
Keep up to Date with Kate's Stalls and Exhibitions Here!
- Free Range Faeries Events & Exhibitions
- Where to find Kate Monkman's art at local events
Getting to Know Free Range Faeries
An Interview with Kate Monkman
COMING SOON! 
Come back soon to find out more about Kate Monkman!
Learning to Paint with Kate!
How to Paint Faeries
KATE'S TIPS AND ADVICE - COMING SOON!
If you, too, have been inspired to try drawing and painting faeries, you can find David's excellent guide here (recently re-published as "Watercolour Fairies: A Step by Step Guide to Creating the Faery World"), along with some other highly recommended titles.
Visit Kate on MySpace!
Curiosities and Creations
As well as possessing a talent for painting, Kate has also sculpted some one-of-a-kind (OOAK) faerie dolls too!Visit the Curiosity Shop!
- Free Range Faeries OOAK Sculptures
- OOAK faeries from Kate Monkman
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