Have a very happy, relaxing, and creative Easter.
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Reinventing myself (an annaversary post)
Today is my little blog’s fourth anniversary🎈🎈🎈🎈 and so I thought I would go back in time to the very beginning. Here is my first post from 13th March 2012. Have a creative day.
A couple of years ago, I started an illustrated journal. I was inspired by Danny Gregory and his book The Creative License and I wanted to see if I could draw.

One month and 19 sketches later, I drew Villa 10…

…and the road home (among other things).


I enjoyed sketching so much that I decided to take an art course at the Design & Arts College in Christchurch, New Zealand.
originally posted 13th March 2012
Jasper

Caught! A true story. Jasper’s puppy portrait now has pride of place in his owners’ littlest room.
How could I resist drawing this photo?! That face! Those eyes! Oh Jasper, you’re not that small any more, are you?

My right to be odd
These WIPs show the transition of yesterday’s kitten sketch from the initial drawing through to the final image. I realise that the blown highlights make the kitten look a little odd ~ but because they are one of the reasons I like the photograph, I wanted to retain them in the sketch.
“I am an artist you know … it is my right to be odd.” E.A. Bucchianeri
Get used to the idea
Losing sight of the shore


“One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.” André Gide
Click on the images for a clearer view.
P.S. If the landscape looks a little familiar, that may be because I painted the same photograph last month (The View).


