So having two young children, working and house renovations has been completely and utterly time consuming in the last few years. Luckily for me this year, 2015, things are getting easier.
Need to update this whole website … sometime, but for now I think I’ll focus back on my blog posts 🙂
In the land of monsters, the butterfly is disappointingly ugly after being an attractive catepillar.
“Time is a created thing. To say you have no time means you really don’t want to.”
-Lao Tzu
An appropriate quote to start the new year. I’m constantly saying that I have no time!!
Quick sketch of another monster. I applied my standard Photoshop treatment (Convert Rough Doodles to Edgy Stock Art) to this image, that’s why it no longer looks like a sketchy biro drawing.
Here’s a good quote for you…
“The Essence of drawing is the line exploring space”
-Andy Goldsworthy
Strange the things that pop out of your brain and on to your sketchbook. I think this guy is a very mellow yeti that lives in a snow cave somewhere in Northern Canada. The line work is shabby, but at least it’s sketch and I can fix it up in the future, should I feel the need.
I just finished reading “The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children” by Nancy Lamb, and it was very inspirational. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of writing a kids’ book. I also spent WAY too long looking at Chris Riddell’s art online today, he is an amazing illustrator and his detailed drawings have so much character. Sophia has his book Mr Underbed and loves it. We read it every night before she goes to sleep and often in the day too. Check out Chris Riddell’s website here.
Sophia loves little piglets, so this is a quick sketch I did for her. At our local petting zoo there is 2 tiny and extremely cute piglets which she can’t get enough of.
Between work and being a mum there hasn’t been much for sketching. When I do draw, Sophia loves to scribble all over my drawings…I have vowed to not let that be an excuse and will endeavour to “catch up” on drawing in December!
