Kingfisher

Over summer, a family of kingfishers appeared at the park near to my parents house. One evening we took a walk to see if we could catch a glimpse at them. And we did see them! They are gorgeous birds with the prettiest blue wings. When we got back from the park, I started this drawing straight away. I have been playing around with glowy brushes on my drawing program and I think they really made this drawing pop. I also had loads of fun making the background. I hadn't drawn a bird since I finished my uni work where I drew so many birds, I felt like I needed a break from digital birds but I enjoyed this drawing a lot so I will probably do even more in the future. 

 

Left handed comic

As a left handed person, I have always had people tell me that they wish they were also left handed. This is something I've always found strange as the world is designed for right handed people so why would anyone want to be a lefties? But I guess most people want to be a little different. I wanted to make a little comic to illustrate this almost too common interaction. I really enjoyed making this comic and want to make more soon... just need ideas for one....

 

Degree show

https://radar.hud.ac.uk/directory/art-and-communication/illustration/2021/charlotte-whiteing/

In the summer, I finished my university course in illustration. This is the link to my page on the online degree show. Its a shame I didn't get to have a proper in person degree show but its nice that this online degree show lasts a long time. On the website, you can see a selection of illustrations i did for my final major project of Mr Badger's endangered expedition and there is also a link to a little portfolio of work I made. I am really proud of my final major project where I created a lift the flip book for children. As someone who didn't do well at school, I managed to excel at university and get top marks and for the first time ever in my life I felt like I am actually smart and that makes me for happy. 

 

Diwali

An illustration to celebrate diwali aka the festival of light. I enjoyed drawing this as I got to look into more traditional Indian clothing to draw for the characters. As it is the festival of light, I played around with glowy brushes on sketchbook to make it everything shiny and glowy.

 

Lydia at the tiki bar

Lydia is an original character designed by francesca Damkar aka @fadartworkpage over on Instagram. Fran hosted a draw this in your style and this is my entry. I took Lydia and put her on the beach. She is leaning on a tiki bar with a pina colada. Her fan is in front of her face so she looks mysterious her admirers. The sun is just setting over the ocean and its very peaceful. 

I really enjoy joining in with draw this in your style challenges as it lets me draw outfits and characters i wouldn't normally think of. I like to place other peoples characters in situations as it helps me work on settings and scenes. 

Doing draw this in your styles also helps bring other people who wouldn't normally see my work to my feed and see my style and work which is good as the Instagram algorithm can be difficult but if I can join in with these challenges for fun and it helps my growth, that is always a positive. 

felix and bolt the Huddersfield Station cats

This is a watercolour painting of the most famous names in Huddersfield. Its felix the cat and bolt the cat. They live at the train station and everyone loves them. I've painted them on the train station platform as a train is pulling in. The train station as iconic blue painted doors and big windows and is made of stone.  The front of the station is also beautiful. Its very pretty with tall pillars.