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sketching

looking for trouble

if you're in or near nottingham, make your way to the malt cross on 2 july for this lovely little show that amy organised. happy to be sharing wall space with some very talented ladies. i'll post my pieces (all new) once the exhibition has opened.

new ways of living (ii)

another piece from 'new ways of living' for the looking for trouble exhibition in nottingham.

titled keys, phone, wallet, the objects pictured are three items (cup, knife, compass) that would prove useful towards survival in the great outdoors, but come further down the line in terms of things that are considered necessary for every day life.

hello bedroom

lately this blog has mostly been about drawing & galavanting around (both good things!), so here's a post about something different; home.

as previously mentioned, we've had a bit of an unplanned but much needed spring clean recently. as a result, our dwellings are clutter-free in a way they've never been before. lots of things were thrown out or donated to charity shops, our total number of art school portfolios lying around went from five to one (finally! so much recycling!) & we bought some new furniture. our bedroom is pretty much "finished" (apart from the fact that the contents of our wardrobe/drawers are currently piled up on the dining room table), so i thought i'd capture it during yesterday's fine spring afternoon.

i've long been meaning to adhere to the william morris quote 'have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful' &, for once, i feel like we're kind of there.

summer sale!

havin' a little summer sale over in my shop until friday. hoping that the coupon code name might coax the sun out from wherever it's hiding. enter HELLOSUMMER at checkout & get 15% off, hurrah.

botanic

after a slight break from drawing, i started inking this morning with a bit of a shaky hand. turns out this was in my favour however, & i took the opportunity to loosen up a bit. we visited glasgow's botanic gardens yesterday & now i just want to draw a whole lot of plants.

in other news, my website got a bit of an update last week. there are a couple of new things still to be added already, but this'll do for now.

cape

it feels like it's been a little while since i've drawn something i've liked. a few days ago i had an image of a girl wearing a yellow poncho/cape in my head, so today i brought her to life. there's a twin piece to this that i'll show at some point, but this one is my favourite.

trying to worry less about looking like i'm being productive/what others think/money. focussing on enjoying experimenting/making a mess/taking my time. that said, you can generally find evidence of said mess making here & some suggestion of messes made here.

moving

my boyfriend & i like the little city we live in. we have a cosy flat, live close to lots of friends & know of cafés, local shops & creative events that make you feel part of a community. however, lately we've been yearning for a small adventure of sorts, a change of scenery. despite all the great things that make this little city worth staying in, we've decided to pack up & move.

perhaps a little dramatic seeing as we're only heading a couple of hours west, but come mid-september we're waving goodbye to dundee & heading over to glasgow. whilst i'll still be working my day-job here for the foreseeable future, alan has a new job which gives us the opportunity to shake things up a bit. a new flat, a new place to explore & new people to meet. unlike alan, i've not done much moving about, so i'm excited about cleaning out what we don't need, putting things in boxes & having a blank canvas to make our own.

west coast tips appreciated!