Leaf insect

I saw a collaborative project on Instagram by eve macmaster to illustrate a bug so I thought I'd join in and paint a leaf insect. On animal crossing I love leaf insects as they blend in to the item icons which I think is a cool little thing for the creators to do. I painted this insect im watercolours and used a dotty technique to give get the insects colouring right. I gave the painting a little shadow as it reminded me of all the butterflies I drew in my alevels for a project I did on patterns in nature that turned into a project on butterflies where I must have drawn about 100 butterflies in every different type of material going . It was a lot of fun but im glad I don't have to analysis every single piece of work I do anymore and I can create work I won't to create a bit more and in a style I want to create work in and not be focused to do cubism and for the billionth time. Anyway I really enjoyed creating this little painting as I hadn't done a realistic watercolor in a little while so this was good to do and get practice with it some more. 

Remember I am always open for watercolour pet portraits at a very reasonable price!!!

(The final collection of all the insects submitted in  a little entomology print) 

 

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to everyone celebrating this weekend. As a yearly Easter tradition, i make chocolate crispy cakes. 

Quick little recipe: 

1- boil kettle

2- put boiling water in a pan on the hob

3- put a glass bowl on top of pan

4- put a broken up bar of chocolate (your choice of chocolate) in the bowl

5- melt chocolate 

6- add rice crispies (or corn flakes or whatever  similar cereal you want) to the chocolate.

7- mix chocolate and cereal together to make sure all cereal is coated in chocolate ( add more cereal if needed or wanted )

8- spoon the chocolaty cereal into cupcake cases

9- add 2 to 3 mini eggs (or smarties/ m&ms if its not easter) on top

10- enjoy!!!

Its a very easy recipe but super duper tasty. 

 

Dog watercolour

Something a little bit different but something I want to do more of. This was a Christmas present for my partners family of their pet dog. She is a very sweet dog. I had never actually done a pet portrait of a dog before this as I'd only ever done cats before. However I think this turned out so well especially for a first time. I am always open to accepting commissions for pet portraits like this at only £40! If you are interested message me on any of my socials or email me and make sure you have a good photo that can be easy to draw from. Watercolours on Watercolour page is the median that the portrait will be drawn using if you want one. 

 

Taskmaster fanart- Aisling Bea

The new series of taskmaster is starting tonight and I'm very excited about that. This illustration is of the queen that is Aisling Bea in her snazzy green suit track suit. She is doing her watercolour cooler moment where she sat in a little best surrounded by ice fishing for chocolate. She looks so cute in that moment and I just had to draw it when I was doing one of my many many rewatches. Series 5 is one of the most iconic series for me as I love all 5 contestants and their dynamic. Taskmaster is my favourite show and I watch it all the time and never get bored of it. What show is like that for you? 

 

Valentine's

This drawing is my version of lucy dillamore 's draw this in your style for valentine's day this year.  The little bike riding bunny is super cute and off to deliver their gifts to their valentine's. I used watercolours, oil pastels, sharpie and digital. Using lots of medians is so much fun and means I got lots of different textures and colours. Joining in with draw this in your styles is great way to get me out of an art block and to try out different styles, media and play around experimenting to things.  

 

Back of business card

This goes with the previous post as this goes on the back of business card.

This card involves 3 common features of my work- puns and koalas and tea. I love all 3 things and I think this illustration tells the viewer a lot about who I am as an artist. The tea bag is also a Yorkshire tea tea bag tag so people have an idea that I am from Yorkshire as as a Yorkshire born person, I am very passionate about Yorkshire tea. 

 I like it when business cards have a fun design on the back as then I can put it on a pin board for inspiration. I love collecting illustrator business cards and how they show off their wonderful style and express themselves. When I went to thought bubble a few years back, I picked up loads of business cards and put my favourites on the back of my bedroom door for inspiration and followed loads of them on Instagram. I plan on going back to thought bubble hopefully maybe this year and maybe I could even have a stall one day. Have you ever been to thought bubble? 

 

New banner and business card

This piece is the start of my rebranding. I am starting to rebrand in a more professional way and make all my socials a little bit more streamline and matching. This piece is for my socials as a banner/ header and also as a business card. Koalas are a common theme in a lot of illustrations so my business card i felt like had to involve a cute little koala.  I drew a koala drawing on the wall in a child like way to show my illustration style is childlike. Very proud of this piece and am excited to finally making myself a more professional as a freelance illustrator right now.