Martin taught illustration at Chelsea College of Art and Design and ran the foundation Visual Communication area at Croydon College. He has taught on the BA programme at what was the Surrey Institute,( now the University for Creative Arts), and is currently a 2nd year tutor on the Illustration and Animation BA course at Kingston University. He was a frequent visiting illustrator for the National Federation of Children's Books, South East Arts and Kent Young Peoples services.
He is currently head of second year illustration at Middlesex University.
ILLUSTRATING CHILDREN'S BOOKS by Martin Ursell ISBN 978 1 84797 433 4 published by Crowood Press 2013
Moore, Alex and Khan, Shazleen and Cooper-Davies, Amber and Campbell, Fred and Clauge, Adam and Du Plessis, Summer and Bessa, Riccardo and Howard-Foster, Molly and Foreman, Robyn and Allen, Zanna and Duncan, Daniel and Johnson, Amy and Johnston, Charlse and Scherer, Nadine and Segou, Eva and Parsons, Alice and Ursell, Martin and Baker, Andrew and Slonims, Nancy and Berg, Sander and O'Brien, Michael and Nodland, Kai and Townson, Jessica and Smith, Chloe and Cowan, Nicole and Metson, Daniel and Kitching, Dionne and Lloyd, Hector and Katherine Alonso Castrejon, Fernanda and Moulder, Abigail and Kristensen, Charlot (2017) There and back again. [Show/Exhibition]
Ursell, Martin and Eveleigh, Aldous and Thomas, Peter (2017) Documenting through drawing during a field trip to Maurituis working with the Science and Technology Department in conjunction with Lee Durrell. UNSPECIFIED.
Eveleigh, Aldous and Ursell, Martin and Thomas, Peter (2017) Mauritius drawing exhibition. [Show/Exhibition]
Eveleigh, Aldous and Ursell, Martin and Thomas, Peter (2017) Images resulting from a drawing and painting trip to Mauritius. [Artefact]
Ursell, Martin (2016) The nature of the beast. In: 7th International Illustration Research Symposium - Shaping the View: Understanding Landscape through Illustration, 10-11 Nov 2016, Edinburgh.
