Sunday Sketches

Sketches & Constellations

I stayed at home today because I'm feeling a bit under the weather and I thought now would be a good time to update my etsy store. I've added my new zine (pictured here) as well as a compilation pack of all three of my zines which includes an A3 poster of my newest painting (which is the one at the top), and a reprint of Woodland Ladies, featuring a new pastel blue cover!

I also thought I'd show you a few of my favourite pages from my sketchbook. I've been trying to use it a lot more and I'm slowly getting back into the habit! I'd like to eventually start adding colour to my sketches as well seeing as the pages are made from watercolour paper!

Sketchbook Sunday

June / July

- I'm on break from university so I went home to northern New South Wales to visit my family. Its so much warmer up there and there was lots of wildlife (including this cute koala). It was really nice to be around nature and my cat and dog.

- It's been really cold in Melbourne and I've been enjoying warm porridge for breakfast. My favourite way to have it is with honey mixed in and stewed apples, currants and cinnamon on top.

- I've had lots of time to draw in my sketchbook. It's good to use a sketchbook because theres no pressure to have a finished perfected artwork.

- I made my self a shopping bag out of lovely yellow fabric.

- It was cold and horrible and rainy today so I made some cupcakes.

- I made myself some new brooches to decorate my backpack.

- Being home made me miss having nature around me so I bought some new house plants. These are the latest additions. My favourite is the lavender because it reminds me of home.

- I saw Broken Circle Breakdown at the cinema and it was really good. It was so so sad but the music was amazing. My favourite song was this one.

- I've been making art for myself and other people, which I will post here soon.

-I've been enjoying The Bletchley Circle, on iview.

- This song is really lovely. It's a bit country but its nice to think of the beauty in Australian nature when theres so much ugliness happening in politics right now.

Sunday Sketches (Another City, Another Workspace)

It's been way to long since I last updated this blog, but I have a pretty good reason! I just moved all the way from Brisbane to Melbourne! (for those of you not familiar with Australian cities that's nearly half way across the country) A big move is always so stressful and time consuming but it seems worth it now that I'm settled, plus Melbourne is a really good city for creative people (like myself) and I'm about to start studying for an illustration degree, which is super exciting! Anyway, I thought It might be nice if I gave you a little glimpse of my workspace and apartment. I'm not 100% unpacked and moved in yet so I'll show you some more pictures when I am.

As well as all of this, I'm also about to be a part of another music/art show in Brisbane in early march (I thought I'd give you a little sneak peek of the stuff I've been working on for this, which you can see in the bottom picture) It's called "exhale" it's a fund raiser for International Women's Day (with all of the proceeds going to Zig Zag young women's resource centre) and will feature lots of talented female artists, photographers and musicians. 

It's happening on the 8th of March at Bleeding Heart. Tickets are $10 (or $15 at the door) and you can find info and tickets here. If you're in the area I really hope you can make it, it'll be really good!