Something Feathery On My Desk

Last year was such an off year for getting new work done.

I let life interfere with my studio/art time wayyyy way too much

and this year I was determined not to do that....

And already I feel good about what and how much I am getting done

and that's even on top of almost constant head pain, so I really hope I can keep this momentum.

I feel like I am all the sudden leaving more white space in my imagery too...

it's feeling like a lightness, breathing space for the main elements...I don't know why but it's working.

I have some new linos brewing too that I can't wait to show you!

A Pretty Bird

I love doing birds...so here's the first one of 2018...

the feather work is complicated so I am going gently, letting the colours lead me slowly...

this one is in Polychromos on stonehenge, a heavenly mix.

I think I might try something totally new for me, which is to leave the background white...

'What, you may ask'! ha ha, I know, it'll be a first and it'll be different because I am soooo used to filling in the background with colours as bright as the main part but I think for this one it'll be right.

Starting With A Pink Bunny

I have so many plans for studio work...probably way too many to be anywhere near realistic...

Excitement builds, at the drop of a hat, about the smallest art project & keeps me up at nights!

I won't list them, they are my delicious little secret until I let you all see them...

But as I work harder, I must also just try my hardest to get as many of them done as I can,

because towards the end of 2017, I really realized just how much time I loose to chronic head pain.

My word is still "Fluidity" I'll let the year flow as it's meant to & as it has to,

BUT this yes I going to do my best not to let anything superfluous run away with my time & energy!

I am diving into myself and into my art more than every before...
I will offer my heart & soul through colour and shape and composition.

I begin small and sweetly and excitedly with a pink leaping rabbit...

I can't wait to see 2018 unfold, pain-riddled or not, your going to be beautiful XO

Turquoise Feathers

Working on this guy still..

I think he's going to be pretty special.

She'll Be Worth The Wait

She's still moving slowly jeepers...

I sure do hope she's work the wait!!!

On This Rainy Monday

I am working on new butterflies this week...

I just love doing these little guys...

It's pouring out so the studios are extra cozy.  I've got extra sweet furry company

and in the evening even more company with my niece sketching alongside me.

A Golden Monkey & A Grey Baby

I have my art set up all over the house so I can work wherever I am keeping the company of the buns

My Polychromos are downstairs with Misa & it's usually where I begin my days...with my grey baby.

The Gift Of Colours

I have my very first box of 120 Polychromos from Faber-Castell, a top notch German brand.

Thanks to my honey who bought them for me as a birthday present

because really they are a small fortune

and I don't know that I would have treated myself to them.

But I am so excited and nervous to try them...I've been a Prisma girl forever!

What if I like them more than my beloved Prismas! oh my goodness!

 

 

Apparently the Polychromos are way better; pure pigmented colours therefore no wax bloom...

wax bloom with Prismas is always present but not a problem once your apply your fixative.

The Polychromos have the colour core binded to the wood which means a lot less breakage...

though I have finally learnt if I sharpen my Prismas with an electric sharpener they break a lot less.

The points of Poly's stay longer because they are harder whereas

Prismas are super soft so the points dull a lot faster meaning you eat through your pencils faster....

Well it'll be a new adventure for 2017 and I can't wait to see if I fall deeply irrevocably in love!!!