Boo!
Ah Autumn is definitely my favourite time of year, spooky films to watch, capes to wear, berets to doff, leaves to kick what’s not to love! I now have a halloween postcard pack for sale in my etsy shop to get in the spirit of the season! 
I have recently illustrated and designed the artwork for the Winter Arts Market held every year at St Georges Hall Liverpool. Not only was it a great honour to be commissioned to create for this but also drawing crafty girls riding on lions is a lovely way to spend your time! The fair is a 2 day event hosted by Open Culture, it’s a great place to do your Christmas shopping and I can’t wait to take part!
I absolutely loved reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, so much so I had a little attempt at illustrating scenes and quotes from the book. I think the idea of a black and white circus was bound to appeal to me as a lot of my drawing is strictly monochrome. To see more of the cards please check out my etsy page
Long time no writey, I have been a busy little bee this year, crafting, drawing and designing. I had a little go at my own craft fair which was very very hard work! These are a couple of examples of the posters I created for them.
Artwork for a competition I have entered. Based upon the Florence and the Machine song ’Only If For A Night’. I used various ink drawings mirrored to create a surreal, dreamlike, through the looking glass feel. The drawings all coming together into the shape of a moth as a symbol of the nocturnal.
I have been very busy drawing and designing Valentines images but took a break because today I got a new camera!
A spooky, melancholy Sefton Park photographed today…
I have finally set up an Etsy shop and have been busy computering away when really I just want to draw!
But here are the first fruits of my labour, postcard packs on sale! A Halloween themed set of 5 and a Roald Dahl quotation 5 card set. I can’t resist the postcard, collecting, framing and sending, and it was such a thrill when my very own illustrated cards arrived.
A new tote bag I’ve been working on, I love the old black and white horrors, especially Elsa Lanchester as the bride of Frankie (but Elsa he just wants a friend!) This was a sketch I did then machine embroidered onto fabric. Lots more to come!
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This was a David Bowie sketch I did made into a tote bag, it sure was good free machine embroidery practice! I’ve got loads of ideas for bags and shall keep you posted.
I am fast becoming obsessed with ‘Grey Gardens’ a 1975 documentary by the Maysles brothers. The all singing, all dancing Little Edie Beale Bouvier is astounding, hilarious, tragic, eccentric, sad, this is the best docu I have seen in years and has to be the most quotable ever.
“This is the best thing to wear for today, you understand. Because I don’t like women in skirts and the best thing is to wear pantyhose or some pants under a short skirt, I think. Then you have the pants under the skirt and then you can pull the stockings up over the pants underneath the skirt. And you can always take off the skirt and use it as a cape. So I think this is the best costume for today.” – Little Edie
Just writing about it makes me want to watch it again…