31 January 2016

'Bones of the Land' Masterclass Day 2

Kate's full of life, encouragement and support!  Now working with big sweeps of line and more brush work with Chinese ink.   Great stuff for a girl who's best friend is a 0.25 fine liner pen LOL!  Gesso demo later .....

29 January 2016

'Bones of the Land' Drawing Masterclass continues

So the 'Bones of the Land' masterclass on to developing some sketching and drawing after venturing outside on a cold but dry winter's day for inspiration.  Enjoying working with black Chinese ink and brushes, being mindful of my marks.  Tried to choose a subject that I wouldn't normally go for.

27 January 2016

Day 1 : 'Bones of the Land' Workshop

Part of the first day was taking a train ride to Perth with the intention of creating a small blind acetate sketch and speed sketching with a larger piece of acetate & black permanent pen capturing lines and textures, details.  A wee stop off at Perth station and was delighted to see a wonderful sky roof that emulated the rhythm of the workshop.

25 January 2016

'Bones of the Land' Workshop Ladybank

So pleased that I went to the 2 day advanced drawing masterclass workshop with the wonderful artist Kate Downie.  'Bones of the Land' allowed us to develop printmaking, mark-making and drawing approaches in response to the surrounding Scottish countryside in winter.  Been a long time since I've developed work in a sketchbook and I attended with a bit of trepidation but I was so pleased I did go!  The whole point was to take me out of my comfort zone and for me to work with new materials and techniques.  I'll be posting pics over the next few days.

18 January 2016

16 January 2016

ANGRY QUEEN BEES PATTERN QU

QUEEN BEES PATTERN SOCIETY 6 ACCESSORIES
So the travels continue and from Iban culture and its people to the world of bees with this new developing idea I'm toying with.  Their wings are so delicate and bodies so strong ..... wonderful.  I wanted a sharp contrast to the natural elements of the bees and went for striking orange and a triangle.  Perhaps I'll make the triangles solid .....  you'll be able to see if you pop to society6

14 January 2016

TRIBAL MAN & DANCER PATTERN

TRIBAL MAN & DANCER PATTERN ON ZAZZLE
New work led to new research and this is just one of the illustrations I developed for a poster and throw pillow.  I eventually changed the Iban warrior and included a dancer on this tribal pattern.  Really interesting project to work on.  Let me know if you prefer this version or the one on zazzle.

12 January 2016

Bride & Groom Japanese Style


So pleased to receive this a few days ago and it made me want to go back to Japan again.   Congratulations to our friend Kohei and his lovely bride Fumie - looking forward to seeing them either here in Scotland or Japan.  Beautiful!

10 January 2016

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland


Sometimes just passing a building you see on a regular basis just catches your eye and with a gorgeous sky backdrop, that's what happened on my way to the High Street.  So Scottish in all its architectural details.

8 January 2016

OLD SCHOOL TATTOOS ART COMMISSION


Happy New Year everyone, I have been neglecting my blog for quite some time so am about to rectify that by starting with my very last commission of 2015.  And suddenly I had another skull artwork to create just after completing my very first one - what a coincidence!  Her's the artwork before it went into it's frame - I enjoyed working with this as I've been thinking about working three dimensionally for a wee while now.  The client wanted the skull raised off the background.  And now on to 2016 wishing you all health, wealth and happiness and lots of creativity!!

Crowdfunder Clay.Coven Ceramics

Just a few more days to go to achieve their dream of bringing the creativity of clay to the local community. And as my lovely friend Tash sa...