Jungle Room II

Some University Things

It's coming up to the end of semester and I am so busy trying to finalise all of my assessments! Anyway, here are the three pieces I made for my drawing assessment:

Even Lovers Drown, Ink and Pencil,
Keep Warm, Pencil
Plant Life, Gouache and Fineliner

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!

Suitcase Rummage, Woodland Christmas Tags and Forest Cat

Hello everyone! I'm going to selling a bunch of stuff at the suitcase rummage this sunday for real cheap (under $25) including:
- original artworks (the ones pictured here)
- prints
- my new zine
- cards
- brooches
- necklaces
- Lavander cats

It's at Reddacliffe Place (at the top of Queen Street mall) and goes from 12pm - 4pm. If you live in Brisbane you should come along and say hello (or buy some stuff ha ha)

I've also designed a couple of christmas tags (which I've been wanting to do since last year but never got around to doing until now) which are available as a printable pdf in my shop if you wanted to buy them.

As you can see in my new paintings I've recently started working with a new bolder/earthier colour pallet. I quite like how they turned out (especially the girl with the sketch book) Also, this paintings are much smaller than I'm used to, only A5! I quite like working in this smaller size though.

Oh! Also I'm now on instagram and twitter (both are @gracetaylor art) if you would like to follow me :)

Self Portrait

I drew this self-portrait for the home page of my website, which I am currently in the process of building for a university assessment. I'm pretty happy with it even though it doesn't 100% look like me.

New Originals

I've added the originals from my 'drawing a day' project to my etsy store. you should pop over and have a look :)

Day Seven

Day Seven of my drawing a day project: A bear in a black dress. I've recently started using coloured pencils again and I'm enjoying it. I love using watercolours but it's good to have a change I think.

Day Six

Day Six: A cat in onesie pyjamas (a sort of tribute to my day of rain, sickness and not getting out of bed)

Winter Recipes

I drew two of my favourite winter recipes (pumpkin and potato soup and chicken pie!) I love winter and I can’t wait for it to get cold so I can wear jumpers and cook warm yummy food!

Mountain Man

I drew this for an art swap I did with my friend Angie Garland and I quite like how it turned out. I'd like to do more pictures with pencil it's such a good medium!