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3rd may: tumult

pencil and gouache on book page

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I know - long time, no see! I have a major project on the boil (not art related in any way but creative nonetheless) and I needed a bit of a break from drawing and some me time. Thanks to the kind souls who enquired about my whereabouts. I'll hopefully be back here soon.

like sleep

15th january: withdrawal

pencil on hardback book cover

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notes: like sleep.

snow days

i've never known such dark days and haven't been able to take any pics of anything for weeks now. we had one glorious sunny snowy day earlier this week but now it's back to grey days. stay warm wherever you are!

brevity

2nd january: brevity

gouache and typewriting on salvaged notebook page

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notes: another piece from the christmas and new year period. i found this bundle of almost yellow ochre school book paper - which i think i've had stashed away since i was in high school (it had some lesson notes in it which i discarded to use this as a poetry (ha!) notebook, the poetry was discarded and paper kept for a rainy day - it has the most wonderful soft yet grainy texture to it and is a joy to work on with gouache, the brush just glides over the surface. 

something i keep coming back to is trying to move my motifs out to the edges of the paper instead of having them hovering in the middle but it was nice to have a shape floating in the middle there to bring the shapes at the periphery together. using my typewriter here again, it's such a great mark making tool and i enjoy incorporating language in terms of symbols or letters into a piece.

have a wonderful weekend :)

new for the new year

1st january - fluctuate

gouache and typewriting on salvaged notebook page

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notes: i've spent some time over the christmas and new year period working on some new pieces. there wasn't much else to do really as the dreary weather kept me inside for most of the time! i've been trying to mix things up a bit to see where it takes me, and with this piece i dug out my typewriter to see what it could add...

happy new year to you all!

21st december - zenith

gouache, charcoal & burning on salvaged notebook page

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warm

staying in the warm and dry today to work on some drawings - it's not nice outside! i've had lots of hot tea and fresh warm crusty bread to keep my spirits up on such a dark day. i'll be curling up by the fire later for some reading and getting stuck into my sewing pile (just mending, nothing exciting).

thanks to all of you who have visited this space over the past year and for your comments, have a good one! x