Poppies

Latest papercut for a wonderful friend's birthday. By the way she's a November baby, hence the poppies!

Framed in lovely wood

Close-up of details

Beautiful vintage box found at an antiques fair

Homemade vanilla fudge by moi

Dylan Thomas and the plump bald man

Dear me! I have meant to post photos of my life drawing for weeks but you know how easily I get distracted. So here are the fruits of my labour:

Recently I've strayed from the normal classes and with my friend Laura Harvey we checked out the National portrait gallery's "Late shift" session on the Friday. This is where we participated in the drawing sessions they hold there. That evening was all about caricatures. We were lucky to be able to have a hold room full of exciting portraits to sketch from. Lots of fun and a brilliant way to finish off the week!

Vintage Sunday...

Spent a lovely Sunday with my family at an Antique fair in Potters Bar. It was a sunny but chilly day and luckily the fair was held indoors. There were rooms filled with lots of stalls. Some stalls had specialities such as coins/stamps while others sold jewellery and vases. All were beautiful and we spent many hours admiring each item. It was very hard not to want to take all of it home. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of the fair but did of my spoils.

At the moment I'm so in love with the gold and blue glass brooch. Makes me feel very regal!

Just outside the centre where the fair was taking place was such amazing looking pub. If only we had time to visit for a spot of lunch. Definitely will have to visit it next time I'm in Potters bar but here's some pictures to hook you in.

After the fair we headed into St. Albans to feed more of our "vintage/antique" habit... There is a wonderful little treasure of a place called Fleetville Emporioum which is a warehouse that holds many vintage/retro/antique stalls all in one place. They also have a delightful tearoom which I've visited on numerous occasions where they have gorgeous cakes and delicious ice creams. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the place which is a shame. Instead you'll just have to go and check it yourselves!

However down the road from the Emporium was another vintage shop. Loving the pink chair as part of the Signage! There were some lovely things and I had my eye on a green tablecloth with flying ducks... it was terribly hard to walk away.

We ended the day in Morrison's of all places but needed a few items for supper. This Morrisons was really nice and was recently re-furbished. Their veg and fruit section was so enticing and not all like you were see in a normal supermarket. Check out the pic!

They even had their own mist...

For me?

Look what I got in the post!!! My sister brought me a "tintin" mug to replace the one I got from Brussels which broke.

Somehow tea taste that much sweeter in a Snowy mug... Thanks bean!

Happy Halloween!

Trick or treat... you decide.

Puppets are here!

An impromtu baby shower gift. Very last minute but I quickly sketched up an idea and using what materials I had in my magic box, conjured up this little fellow...

He came out better than expected and mother and bump seem pleased. May make some for my little shop but not 100% sure if people really want them. If you do then hit me up by leaving a comment here or facebook or twitter.

Mermaids...

Need to get this idea out of my mind and onto paper... Just some initial sketches. Not really sure how I want the final piece to look.

Close up of sketch one

early stages of sketch 2

More details added to sketch2

In the same week I did a quick birthday sign for my roomie. She was going to let her birthday sneak by under my nose but "not on my watch!" This lead to a surprise birthday meal of pizza and beer! Result... she was surprised and very pleased!

Sorry for the poorly cropped photo but didn't want to include her name. Playing around with curly writing... not sure I can pull off that kind of script. Practice makes perfect...

Nudes...

Some more photos of my life drawing sketches. Unfortunately as they as A1 sheets there isn't a way for me to scan these into the computer so you'll have to deal with the poor quality photography.

 

The model was great and did some really interesting and at times challenging poses. However I was struggling to get into the flow of things unlike last time. Experimented with shading and light and shadows. I suppose practice makes perfect!

I heart Animation

Whilst exploring the realm of cyberspace (via Drawn) I came across this piece of animation created by the animators and recent graduates of EMCA’s animation program. It's a beautiful piece that surprisingly moves you.


Poussière from Poussiere LeFilm on Vimeo.


It's magical work like this that makes me fall in love with the medium!

Islington Art Fair and more papercuts!

 Here's some photos of some papercuts finished and some I'm still working on.

Mixture of collage and papercut

Little illustration on a special message to a friend

Last Sunday I decided to visit my friend Laura Harvey as she was exhibiting at the Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair. Last weekend it was an exhibition of painting and sculpture. It was a really interesting show with lots of amazing work. Here are a few that really caught my eye...

"Kevin" image from www.andrewnewtonart.co.uk

"Green Shavings" image from www.carolinemccready.com

"Head Study #2" image from www.nataliadavis.tumblr.com

And last but not least is Laura Harvey's work. Unfortunately my photos do not do justice to her work but there were some lovely pieces.

If you're interested in any of the artists' work mentioned in this post please feel free to contact me or you can contact the artist via their website mentioned under the images.