There's been idea in my head that I've wanted to storyboard for a while. I've begun drawing thumbnails, but before going any further today I decided to get down some rough character designs. A dog features in this story, specifically a Border Collie, so I did some...
For my grandfather's birthday, I made him a tie. The actual sewing of it was fairly simple (no complicated seams or sleeves or buttonholes!) but I had a little trouble getting my head around the repeating pattern. There were a few false starts before I got it...
My grandparents are moving and leaving behind the house that my mum grew up in. It's a huge change for all of us as it's been such a big part of our lives. Behind their house is a large field filled with beech trees where my mum, and then my sister and I, grew up...
Making birthday cards for people is something I really like to do. Here's one I made for my sister a few days ago. I've created paper cut-out cards before, but this is the first time I've played with depth. It was fun! I should make more.
Mother's Day (or Mothering Sunday) was yesterday here in the UK. I made a little card for my mum with a Charley Harper-inspired caricature of Elsa, our Border Collie. Though my sister immediately knew what it was meant to be, our parents thought it was either a bear...
This is my dog, Elsa. Elsa from Frozen, yes, but we didn't name her! In reality she is more like Anna - feisty, determined and a bit nuts.At first she was asleep, but then she realised I was drawing her. This is her eye upside-down – she was lying like she is in the...
Yesterday I found a link to the site artists.pixelovely.com which has photographs of people, animals, expressions, etc. that can be viewed as "classes". This morning I tried out a 30-minute figure drawing class, followed by a 30-minute animal class. There are...
Another quick painting.