Jen-collins - Jen Collins · Blog

remember that lil project i mentioned? well, here it is;, a project in which i illustrate my instagram feed, then post the drawings on instagram.

today's girl face is girl face #50! i don't know how long i'll end up doing the project for but fifty feels like some sort of milestone. above is one from just over a week ago - i have my favourites & she's one of them.

what i wore today

s'fun to do one of these every once in a while.

spring clean

things that april has taught me so far:

clutter is detrimental to your bank balance

clothes moths are rude & do not wait for an invite into your home

my mother was right all along; hoovering is important

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.

i'm in the middle of editing some photos i took of my screen-printing process - it's kind of difficult to be the one doing the printing whilst using the camera! anyway, the above is one of the better images i got. it's just as well i was only using black ink, as i am the worst at deciding on colours to use; ALL OF THEM is often a bad decision in hindsight.

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.

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!

animals that i did not meet #1

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.