Molly Weasley

This is my submission for the Ladies of Literature Zine! It will be sold online and all profits will go to a to-be-determined charity promoting literacy in the classroom.

I chose to do Molly Weasley, who is hands-down my favourite mother character in modern literature. She’s sweet, kind, fiercely protective, and sometimes a little smothering — but what has always stood out most to me is how instantly she adopted Harry as her own child. That’s the kind of parent I want to be; I want to be someone who my children and their friends can rely on, if at least for a warm meal and a hug.

I really wanted to do a simple, screen print styled illustration for this, and I chose to focus on two traits that Harry continually mentions about her - how good of a cook she is as well as her constantly knitting jumpers for her family (well, this one’s a scarf, ha ha).