Back at the start of June this year, I came across an interesting project on my Facebook feed, the Black-Throated Finch Project instigated by Australian artist Charlotte Watson. The Black-throated finch is an endangered bird now found in small populations in Queensland. One of these fragile populations is currently under threat from the proposed Adani […]
This week I was inspired by a new online class from children’s book illustrator Nina Rycroft – ‘Watercolour Magic – Illustration Masterclass.’ She shows how to use five different techniques for one of her illustrations. I didn’t have the time or spare cash to take her class though it looks amazing. Instead, I decided to […]
I have been diligently completing a daily sketch for the last month and I would like to display my work and its progression from very basic to something I can hopefully and eventually be proud of. I had been painting watercolour directly onto my journal book each day but because the paper is not designed […]
This featured work was created in 2018 using watercolour pencil to sketch, watercolour paint and fine point pen.
It has been a while since I have had the motivation to get back into illustrating. Last week, I decided to start a daily journaling, scheduling, task listing, gratitude and sketching practice. This has led to a huge increase in my level of motivation and productivity. Instead of submitting work to the Character Design Weekly Challenge, […]
It has been such a long time since I’ve been able to illustrate anything. Now that my morning (all day) sickness has settled down hopefully, I can be more productive. I’m not able to illustrate the imagery of this scene with the vividness and quality that I would like but as they say, practice makes […]
This is the second week of the 2018 Character Design Weekly Challenge. I’ve attempted a different design for my mouse characters. It’s not bad but more cartoony than want for my Brambleberry family. This week’s theme is Toddler/Baby so please allow me to introduce Bethany Brambleberry. Bethany loves animals and wants to be a vet when […]
Happy 2018 to all you lovely people. I hope it’s shaping up to be a great year for you. After a short but wonderful hiatus to celebrate the silly season with family up in North Queensland, I am finally back at my desk and ready to start working on this year’s goals. First cab off […]
This one is very late in coming but I have had the concept in the back of my mind since March. I’m also happy to say that I finally took the plunge and bought myself a set of Royal Langnickel water colours and some good quality watercolour paper. I am in love! I love the […]
As soon as I saw ‘red’ in the weekly theme I instantly thought of the gorgeous Josephine and Christophe from Le Tres Bon, a wonderful little French restaurant in my town. I love love love painting in watercolour and I’m pretty happy with the result. Happy to say that Josephine liked the illustration and I’ve […]