I recently signed up for the 2013 ‘Sketchbook Project‘. Only just in time though as sign ups have now closed and completed sketchbooks have to be postmarked January 15th. It took over three weeks for my sketchbook to arrive, so I was starting to worry that I may be cutting it a bit fine. However, it arrived a couple of days ago, and page one has been completed.
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As I am supposed to be taking it easy after surgery, and slobbing around the house while my hubby looks after me and the urchin, I have been mostly painting, sketching and working on web design stuff. Here are some sketchbook pieces that I particularly liked. The top image are some ideas for more lino cutting and stamp carving, second one was drawn whilst watching The Rescuers and Star Trek with Orla, and the last one, well…my chair in the living room is next to my bookcases and my books, need I say more.
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For those of you who have as yet not discovered the delights of Uppercase Magazine (and why not?), you are in for a treat. Uppercase magazine is a quarterly Art & Design journal for the ‘creatively curious’. I have been a fan for quite a while and have issues 8-13, and recently joined the ranks of subscribers. I also own a copy of Worklife II.
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Hello there. So, I been very busy lately, working on lots of new projects and ideas, which are sort of under wraps at the moment. Plus which, trying to complete design deadlines and commissions, briefs etc. But, as I said in a previous post, I am very much about my sketchbook work at the moment, so am trying for two or three drawings a week. Here are a couple I did this week which I quite like. The Faerie one was in response to watching ‘Tinkerbell’ with my daughter. This is my take on a faerie, a bit edgier than the film version.
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Two fun November and All Hallows Eve desktop calendars. Right click, open in a new tab and then click ‘set as desktop background’.
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