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Cheltenham Illustration Awards - Tales of the Uncanny - Free Exhibition 9th March - 25th March Open 9am-5pm every day Elwes Gallery, Park Campus, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH

Very exciting news to share, I was shortlisted for the Cheltenham Illustration Awards so will be featured in this exhibition!! Starts today, check it out if you can get to Cheltenham ✨🖼️

Thank you!!

Thank youuuu I'm very excited!!

Cheltenham Illustration Awards - Tales of the Uncanny - Free Exhibition 9th March - 25th March Open 9am-5pm every day Elwes Gallery, Park Campus, Cheltenham, GL50 2RH

Very exciting news to share, I was shortlisted for the Cheltenham Illustration Awards so will be featured in this exhibition!! Starts today, check it out if you can get to Cheltenham ✨🖼️

Thank you 🥰 I'm having fun playing with colours!

Landscape study sketchbook page; field of green grass, pink, yellow and purple flowers, and distant pureple hills

Landscape study sketchbook page; green hills and mountains lit up by the sunset in shades of orange and pink

Landscape study sketchbook page; dense arrangement of dark green leaves on the forest floor

Landscape study sketchbook page; grass seed heads in pink and purple against a blue sky

The sun helped me photograph some sketchbook studies yesterday 🌞
#sketchbook #traditionalart #markers #acrylicpainting

Lovely!

First butterfly of the year in our garden, brimstone. And the first bees and ladybirds have been appearing too 🐝🦋🐞💚

Thanks!!

Thank you!!

Thank you!! These are great, the backgrounds really pull things together in a very satisfying way!

THANK YOUUU 🥰

I've felt similar about picking up different creative disciplines, it all kinds feeds into each other... I would love to see more of your art and 3D stuff in the future also!!

Thank you so much!! I definitely plan to share in the future!

Illustration of the aurora borealis, in vibrant colours against a starry winter night sky, with dark silhouettes of trees in the foreground.

Artwork showing willow saplings, white flowers and seed heads blowing in the breeze, in front of a wooded area. Two white butterflies fly among the vegetation.

A cyanotype print of a jellyfish surrounded by sea anemones.

Illustration of a white, snow-covered tree in a winter landscape, with a line of more snowy trees visible in the distance against blue hills. The sky is a soft gradient of pink, green and blue.

In the spirit of my last posts - tomorrow is my birthday and what I'd like to ask for is for you to share something you've made with me!
Here's some of my own art to start things off, but it doesn't have to be like that. Crafts, photos, music, writing... all counts... but it has to be from YOU

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Whoa this is really cool

Thank you, I am enjoying it!! I love your drawings of buildings 💙

They're beautiful, I love the Tamamizu one especially!

That piece is lovely!! So is the tiny painting, I've been thinking of doing things like that myself... Small things are just appealing... Also love the toploader haha, great idea

Illustration of the aurora borealis, in vibrant colours against a starry winter night sky, with dark silhouettes of trees in the foreground.

Artwork showing willow saplings, white flowers and seed heads blowing in the breeze, in front of a wooded area. Two white butterflies fly among the vegetation.

A cyanotype print of a jellyfish surrounded by sea anemones.

Illustration of a white, snow-covered tree in a winter landscape, with a line of more snowy trees visible in the distance against blue hills. The sky is a soft gradient of pink, green and blue.

In the spirit of my last posts - tomorrow is my birthday and what I'd like to ask for is for you to share something you've made with me!
Here's some of my own art to start things off, but it doesn't have to be like that. Crafts, photos, music, writing... all counts... but it has to be from YOU

I used to think it was too late for me to pick up making music. I felt like I had missed the boat by not sticking with it when I was younger, but that's not true at all, and as someone who has always been passionate about it I can't tell you how much it means to finally have the means to make it

Of course I am very much used to the process of making art, but these are new things that I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to do, so the fact that it's actually happening now is just the best feeling.

I've been spending my spare time doing ceramics and music production over the last few months and learning how to make things in new ways is just so endlessly rewarding. It's hard work but even as a beginner, when you end up with tangible things that you learned how to make yourself, it's amazing.

Illustration of two sets of flowering snowdrops on a pale green background

Snowdrops 🌱

When I first learned to design patterns I was struggling a lot but that year was when things really began to turn around for me. Pattern design has contributed massively to my development as an artist and I'm really looking forward to designing more this year!

The first pattern design I created, simple drawings of cherries and leaves on a light coloured background

My favourite pattern design: a dense, detailed forest in lush greens with a waterfall flowing through the centre

My first surface pattern design ➡️ my favourite!

My favourite here may be a few years old now, but it makes a perfect comparison because it was such a huge turning point for me. The cherry pattern was fun but it wasn't really "me". I didn't have a strong sense of the kind of art I wanted to make.

I've also been learning how to use music production software in my spare time which is a similar experience... I wish I had done so years ago but it took a long time for me to be in the right place for it so I can't be too hard on myself there. What's important is that I'm doing it now!!

I've wanted to rebuild my portfolio site for ages as it's never been exactly how I wanted, but it's quite the task since I'm basically re-doing it from scratch - but I'm finally making headway with it and it feels good to be doing something challenging... need to keep expanding my brain 🧠