Aka how to make a quick and convenient bird costume for an inappropriately named Jungle themed birthday party. My darling friend Jojo was having a birthday party with the theme ‘Jungle Fever.’ Everyone thought that was a bit awkward, but we like Jojo so no one said anything. About a week later she sent us […]
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A few friends and I went off to the countryside for the weekend to dress up like a shooting themed episode of Downton Abbey, go on long walks, and drink in cozy pubs. It was a success. Here’s what we got up to, in watercolour and then watercolour and ink sketches. Salisbury Cathedral: The old […]
I just got back from a VERY enjoyable weekend in Salisbury. I’ll post a full description of it very soon, but in the meantime, here are a couple of preview sketches of what I saw. The fireplace in my new favourite pub ever, The Haunch of Venison: View of Salisbury Cathedral from across the River […]
I’m now back at work and making absolutely no friends at my new office. Mainly because I spend my lunch break doing things like this. It’s a compulsion and I can’t make it stop. Popping into Liberty’s to buy chocolates: Working from home on our MacBook Pros: The news that a job vacancy has come […]
Today’s @DesignMuseum #SketchBreak was a real challenge. The task? Draw a phone box – from memory. This is extra hard for us half-breed British people. Here’s what they actually look like: Here’s what I came up with- First I put down a layer of red watercolour- some were a bit more uniform than others: Then, […]
I’m not a big shark fan, but they cropped up a few times this week. I can only suppose that being back at work and being away from my pet goldfish has made me more attracted to other fish this week. Particularly sharks. Firstly, I found this gem on Twitter – @TheAverageShark It’s a shark’s […]
I’ve had a lot of free time on my hands the past 4 months. Unfortunately for Paul (who co-parents the goldfish in the flat) it means I’ve had a lot of free time to Photoshop pictures of our goldfish in improbable situations, and e-mail them to him while he’s trying to work. He might think […]
The Design Museum do a neat thing on Mondays- a lunchtime sketch break! Around noon they (or their guest ‘host’ for the day) post a sketch challenge that you can do in your lunch break, and then post the results using the hash tag #SketchBreak Today’s challenge was as follows: Here’s what I submitted- a […]
Here’s the final bits of the juicy paper fruits. Couldn’t actually decide which way I liked it best, so options are below: A little outline: A little more outline: Fully outlined: Cropped outside:
Here’s some close up details of the paper fruits arrangement: My new facebook cover photo:
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