sometimes you gotta

There came a day on my hols when it had just been too long since I'd picked up a pencil. To medicate this unhappy situation I decided to spend the morning having a creative mess around. I very lazily decided to draw what was in front of me, which happened to be all my shoes lined up by the side of the bed. So here they are; all the lucky pairs that made the cut to travel to Turkey with me.

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woodland love

This project has been quite the lingerer. Back in September I realised I was becoming far too pally with my computer and losing touch with the art of drawing. Most things I produce at work or in my own time, start as drawings or have an element of handwork but it felt like too long since I just sat and sketched for a good few hours. If I could only count the hours I spent drawing as I was growing up I’m sure it would be a crazy amount! Dad used to bring home old work print outs for me to draw on the back of. His wallet would have taken a serious battering with the amount of paper I could get through otherwise. Back in September I was still a long distance commuter (yuck). I decided to spend a week sketching on my hour long train ride home. Armed with my sketchpad and settled/ wedged into a luggage rack, I did a series of sketches of woodland animals  using tiny lines to create the shape and shading. I combined two of these drawings with some ink work and came up with these prints...eventually. It’s quite nice to have a project you can dip in and out of.

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i heart drawing

Yum Yum! I love Amy Borell’s hand sketched drawings. The free pencil line mixed with watercolour and coloured pencil gives them such a sweet, naïve charm. Looking through her illustrations reminded me of my default style of old. At uni I loved creating linear images with little bursts of texture and collage. Hmmm, perhaps it’s time to go back to basics. We’ll see...

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