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Happy 3rd Annaversary

March 10, 2015March 7, 2015 | Anna Cull
Time flies, ink doodle, 2015
Time flies, ink doodle, 2015

Friday will be the third anniversary of my little blog. My, how time flies!

Three years ago, I graduated from Design and Arts College NZ with a Diploma in Communication Arts and Design (graphic design). I started this blog as a way of putting my student projects online ― and then I wondered what to do next:

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‘The Great Job Hunt’ 2012 (click on image to embiggen)

There were graphic design jobs (logos, business cards, posters), a couple of research projects (when I considered becoming a children’s book illustrator), and I even entered a few design competitions (which I didn’t win):

Love the shape you're in – mixed media, 297 x 210 mm, 2012.
Love the shape you’re in – mixed media, poster design competition, 2012
Lilac Wolf NZ logo design, competition entry, 2012.
Lilac Wolf NZ – mixed media, logo design competition, 2012

Nothing motivated me quite like my blog, though, to experiment and really explore my options. In particular, there were the ‘Shoot it, Sketch it’ posts…

Windermere House, Akaroa — photograph, ink sketch, watercolour and acrylic painting, 2012
Windermere House, Akaroa – photograph, ink sketch, watercolour and acrylic painting, 2012

…the ‘Thank You’ posts…

Anna Cull 200 followers

…and the ‘just for the heck of it’ posts:

Straven Road photograph with ‘tilt shift’ effect – Christchurch, 2013
Straven Road photograph with ‘tilt shift’ effect – Christchurch, 2013
Anna Cull – letter to my teenage self
A letter to my teenage self, 2012

Two years ago, I started getting more serious about painting. I taught myself about underpainting and painted on canvas for the first time:

The colour of snow – underpainting and final painting.
The colour of snow – underpainting and final painting, 2013

I began my ‘In the Style of…’ posts and was inspired by some of my favourite artists and illustrators to experiment and see things differently:

Gold – acrylic on paper, 2013
Gold – acrylic on paper, 2013. Inspired by André François.
Tram – ink and digital, 2013. Inspired by Fougasse.
Tram – ink and digital, 2013. Inspired by Fougasse.

I was thrilled when, out of the blue, I got my first commission…

Peonies – acrylic on canvas (triptych: each panel 915 x 305 mm), 2013. Reproduced with kind permission of the client.
Peonies triptych – acrylic on canvas, 2013

…and over the moon when someone asked to buy one of my ‘Shoot it, Sketch it’ paintings:

Sparkle and shine – acrylic on canvas, 455 x 610 mm, 2013
Sparkle and shine – acrylic on canvas, 2013

About a year ago, I opened my Etsy shop… and sold my first painting online!

Anna Cull Redwoods 2013
Redwoods – acrylic on canvas, 2013

2014 was also, rather astonishingly, the year I passed the ‘1000 followers’ milestone on WordPress:

Thank You, 1000 followers, 2014
Thank You, 1000 followers, 2014

Since then, it’s been more of the same, really ― I’ve painted and sketched, posted ‘Wordless Wednesday’ photographs and inspirational quotes, I participated in my first craft market late last year…

Art and crafts mini market, Christmas 2014
Art and crafts mini market, Christmas 2014

…and I’m still happily working from home as a graphic designer:

Cashmere Road Studio Flat, business card design, 2014
Cashmere Road Studio Flat, business card design, 2014

Phew!

Now I’m getting ready for my first big (proper big) art show… but I’ll tell you more about that next week. Thanks for reading : )

Two hundred followers!

January 15, 2013July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

Anna Cull 200 followers

Still in the dark

August 19, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

In the dark

August 18, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

The children’s book – final chapter

August 2, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

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The children’s book, part three

June 29, 2012July 7, 2013 | Anna Cull

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