Printed on Brilliant White Linen Cardstock 260gsm, these New Baby birth announcements, shown here in Baby Blue, are also available in Blushing Pink
Accompanied with a luxury matching lined envelope.
Available to buy in my Etsy shop.
Printed on Brilliant White Linen Cardstock 260gsm, these New Baby birth announcements, shown here in Blushing Pink, are also available in Baby Blue.
Accompanied with a luxury matching envelope.
These announcements are available to buy in my Etsy shop.
I’ve carved two more stamps. I think I may be a little obsessed. As far as obsessions go, its not the worst thing in the world.
This stamp is now available to buy from my Etsy shop.
(images via Matt Denton & From Our Hearts)
I love these little stems with their matching green berries so perfectly positioned. I see them all the time in the hedgerow. I thought they’d make a perfect carving. Also available to buy in my Etsy shop.
I also thought I’d draw them into my sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project.
Calla Lilly line drawing using a 0.3 & 0.8 Edding Profipen
I’ve been experimenting and practising more in watercolours today. I wanted this to be submitted for Illustration Friday‘s theme of ‘Chicken’ but I was too late.
I was inspired by the book called ‘Birdsong’ by Madeleine Floyd, a beautiful watercolour and ink artist. I thought the eggs she’d painted at the opening of her book would be a perfect lesson in watercolour for myself.
I realise I have some way to go, it just takes time and practise.
I felt like sharing something with you today, so I made a desktop wallpaper.
Click on the image above to make it larger and download it from there. I hope you enjoy it – I enjoyed creating it to share with you!
In the middle of November, I made a split-second decision after seeing a tweet from The Art House Co-Op, for the deadline to sign up at midnight that night, to sign up to the Sketchbook Project. I’m very behind, and it’ll be submitted late (I was unwell throughout December) however, I still hope to submit it – I can’t let myself not submit it! (Although it feels a huge shame to send away so much work which I won’t get back. At least it will be in the Brooklyn Art Library.)
These are a few of the pages I’ve been working on the last few days.
After carving my first stamp at Christmas, I thought I would make some more so I carved three new ones last night. I created them for my Sketchbook Project. ‘Happy Thoughts’ is the subject I chose to illustrate. I’m always inspired by nature.
I used a variety of ink pads – a Hobbycraft pad (the apple), a Darice pad (the butterfly) and a Brilliance Ink Pad (Leaf) – my preference from this range is the Brilliance – its an archival ink, which means its colour remains bright alot longer than non-archival inks.
The apple stamp is now available to buy at my Etsy shop.
On Friday, I volunteered to illustrate a piece of work for Amelia’s Magazine. I’d been motivated to do this because of a tweet from The Mighty Pencil, a Twitter feed I follow who spread words of wisdom in the world of commercial illustration. This particular tweet read:
“As a freelancer you have the scope and freedom to take risks, without being reckless. Test your boundaries and learn from your experiences.”
I’m not a freelancer, but I thought I should try something ‘unsafe’ – ie, not pretty, bird or floral related. You get my drift.
So, I responded to a callout from Amelia’s magazine, not knowing the brief. When I received a mail back, and realised the depth of what was required, at first, I thought I’d bitten off more than I could chew. The brief was to illustrate a piece representing The Ratcliffe Trial, a highly organised protest which was hijacked by the Police before it could start at the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in Nottinghamshire, in which Amelia, herself, was one of the activists. Hopefully you now realise why my perspiration glands had started to work on overtime.
I didn’t have time to come up with any initial sketches, because the illustration was due today, Monday. I did some research and set to it. After submitting it last night around midnight, I just received a message from Amelia, letting me know that amongst others, she has used my illustration, and I am mighty proud.
Thank you very much to Amelia for using my illustration and I would also like to thank The Mighty Pencil for its words of wisdom. I am sure I would not have volunteered had I not followed their trusted advise.
Ratcliffe-On-Soar Power Station – Mixed Media Collage
The green chimneys represent the paradox of green as a pure, natural colour versus green often used to represent poison or something poisonous.
The background images of the smoke clouds hide the face of Charles Darwin, a Native Indian Tribesman and Darwin drawings relating to the evolution of man. These have been used to illustrate our roots and these historical peoples beliefs of evolution and the sacred, precious land.
Have you ever heard of Pinterest? I hadn’t heard of it until a couple of weeks ago and I’m getting on with it quite nicely. I thought it might be another one of those sites where the novelty would wear off after a while, but it doesn’t seem so. Its a lovely site to collect visuals to, like pinning things up on a pin board at home, except its online, where I imagine like myself, alot of people also spend their time online, therefore being quite useful.
Its a pleasure to share with people. However, I’m finding its nicer to reflect back on what you’ve been collecting. I saw a pattern forming early on of the things which inspire me. Feel free to take a look at my Pinterest Board.
You could also visit my Pinterest board by clicking the link on the sidebar.
Opening up our new year with positivity, none other than the late, great, hardly sedate, Dr Seuss (or Theodor Geisel).
Happy New Year, friends. May you be full of health and the joys of spring.
Thank you for visiting, reading, stopping by, skippity hopping through this blog throughout 2010 – it wouldn’t exist if it were not for you – and for that, I am most grateful!
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