Illustration friday - Linked

I haven't done anything for Illustration Friday's word of the week for a while, this is something I hope to correct when I change jobs in 3 weeks and have lots more time...Keeping up with IF and 'Monday Artday' with there word of the week is something I want to be able to do. Even if it's just a quick submission.. It helps to get the ideas going round!
IF's word of the week is 'Linked', I came up with this image, mother owl and her baby, linked forever. The image started as a pencil drawing, then I used felt tip to colour before scanning it in to the computer and adding digital colour too. It's got a very child like quality to it, it's quite different from my usual work. I love the flowers in the background and how bright the overall image is. Here it is, hope you like!

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!

Sketchbook

Here are some recent pages from my sketchbook. I recently bought my first set of coloured fine liner pens and am enjoying using them so much! I'm still waiting to get photoshop and illustrator for my computer...I can't wait to get going on some digital work. 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 have had little time to do art lately or to blog, here are some pages from my sketchbook. I'm working in black pen a lot lately which I really like. I'm thinking black lines, bold colours and collage...mmm

Girl with birds

This is something I put together recently, at the time I didn't like it.. As you can see compared to my other work its much looser and free in it's style..I spent some time on it today and I'm starting to like how expressive it seems.

fox

Inspired by the city foxes I see regularly when out and about..usually near bins and not rose buses though..!