Europe Postcards {1 year on}

To keep myself a little creative I have been trying a 'one-a-day' project. Nothing to the extent of the crazy and very talented/committed Mr Ben Hood, but only for the 5 and a half weeks of my Euro Trip last year. Am going through my journal entry for the day and doing a quick little postcard based on the events I wrote about.

It's nice to come across the little things I have forgotten about along the way, and also a friend suggested yesterday that I could make a travel quilt at the end. Brilliant idea. Or even cushions. The drinks poster will eventually become a cushion I think. A bit of fun anyway to get through the remainder of winter :)

The series can be found on my facebook page.

{ IF } Imperfect

All of my artwork is full of imperfections. And I like that. Perfect sucks! :)

{ IF } Obsession

Layout is a huge obsession of mine. I have been moving this bird around on the page for the last half hour deciding where it looks best. Satisfied with bottom left. Below is the original image.
Pencil / Ink / Watercolour scans.

[ IF ] Gesture

My other favourite gesture apart from flippin' the bird :) I'm kinda busy, kinda busy. I really am - this little diva was drawn on my notepad - you can see the writing on the other side of the paper through her hand.

Illy Friday - Stay

First thought was that excellent early 90s song - Stay by Shakespears Sister. Mum and Dad had the album in their CD collection, and the girls really captivated me. They were hardcore to an 8 year old like me at the time. In my teenage years, I always thought it would make a great wedding song. I clearly was a bit of a nutter. Still a big fan of the song to this day.
Anyway, I tried to draw them, and struggled a bit so just mucked around a bit with what I did before I screwed the paper up and threw it at the cat. Sometimes I wish I could stay on track more with drawing.

More butterflies! {Work in Progress}

Started work on a print for a dear friend's little girls bedroom. Working out composition before I begin colouring properly. Butterflies are great - they seem to just look good no matter what you do with them. The final product will be mounted on ply board. Will post a pic once done.

Turns out this week it could 'kind of' tie in with the IF topic - Midsummers Night. Heading off tomorrow to QLD for the marathon this weekend, so TOTALLY strapped for time :)

Illy Friday - Launch

While flicking through the newspaper reading headings and looking at pictures as I do, I saw a rocket launching and thought I may as well just have a crack at drawing one.

Illy Friday - Swept

"She was totally swept away by his rugged manly looks and his ability to recite all the one liners from Anchorman as any girl would be"

Kinda looks Rainbow Brite style to me for some reason. Maybe the eyelashes. Lots of pen work going on. Done while watching Collingwood thrash Melbourne :)

Illy Friday - Shadows

A quick sketch of my shadow puppet bird with a strange head. Not my best piece... frustrating. Hopefully though it means all my creativity is left today for the website design I need to do...

Illy Friday - Asleep

We always catch these guys asleep together. They love each other, we know.