Caravans and flowers

Howdy, hows things?
I had an amazing crafty day yesterday with my friend lili, we made apple & 3 berry pie complete with pastry top with pastry decorations (stars,planets,aliens..we got a bit carried away)! We also got stuck into some clay work and I made a vase in the shape of a shark! Silly, crafty fun! I forgot to take my camera but lili took photos so I'll try to remember to post! Today I have been working on my weaving, (yes that's still going on...I keep making mistakes then taking it apart)... :-/ 
I'm also knitting and crocheting squares for a patchwork blanket + trying to do some drawing too! I've just finished this drawing of a caravan that I thought I'd share.I'd love to have a caravan. Oh so cosy!

There's not much else to say folks, except I hope your enjoying your weekends. I've just been introduced to the band 'this is the kit' and i'm quite obsessed! I've been playing this song on a loop...

Cheerio :-)

Happy Thursday all :-)

This sits by my window and I wanted to share, have a good day all**

Posy and Penguin

I woke up today with this is my head. It's quite similar to a sketch a did a year or so ago in my sketchbook. Its so funny that its cropped up again. This is going to go in my etsy shop as a print I think, I really like it :-)

Day 31

Another quick sketch with pencils and water colour pencils. These passion fruit flowers were growing in my front garden and I picked a few to sketch today. I remember the first time I saw these flowers, I was walking home from school in wales and saw them in someones garden. I thought they were so amazingly beautiful! I went home and tried to describe them to my mum...I was too scared to pick one (as that would of been a naughty thing to do)!

Sunny flower patterns

 

flying by

Here's an image I've been working on, I can't decided whether there's too much space on the image. One minute I think it works and the next I'm not sure. Maybe if the flowers were larger or the whole thing was more of a rectangle shape with the bird flying directly above the flowers?

A little update

Hello! I've been doing a lot of drawing lately but not much finishing off on the computer. I spent this afternoon working on some of my drawings in Photoshop. I need to get it all going again but will have no chance to do anything until next monday evening due to work...rubbish..Can't I just stay home and draw and get paid??! Maybe one day :-)

Here's what I've been up to..



The peacock, this drawing has inspired some patterns that I will post soon.



Listen to the birds...wise words I think! I really love the style of these birds. Its nice when you surprise yourself!



More birds...I know, I'm obsessed! These swans have been drawings in my sketchbook for months and now they've become something.

Last but not least one of the pattern ideas I've been working on. Basic floral shapes...would be a nice simple textile print don't you think?


Bye for now!

she dreams of the sea....

Long time no post...or at least it feels that way, I've had little access to a computer these past weeks and have been so so busy with work and life..! I've been doing a lot of drawing though and finally now have the time to put some of these drawings up here..I've been mainly drawing flowers,petals,shells, feathers and birds...I'm putting some of my favorites up here and I have plans to work with some of these images to make patterns.
I have also just got my own Mac (amazing)! So now I can do my digital work whenever I want instead of borrowing my boyfriends Mac when he wasn't using it......I'm so excited about all the things I can do now. I also bought some art and illustration books from Amazon last week and am feeling so inspired..watch this space!

sketchbook pages

I've been drawing lots of birds lately, I really love this penguin..I'm imagining some bird/flower combination's coming up!

bird house

Here's the last for today..This is based on a dream I had a few nights ago. In my dream I was watching myself draw lots of squares and houses on a big sheet of paper..So I thought i'd play with my memory of it and see where it took me..here it is...