Whimsical Drawings…

I’ve always been passionate about drawing. Since I was a little girl and would sit for hours working on a drawing. As I grew up fears crept in and I ended up putting it aside for many years. Once I started up painting in 2008 I got back to drawing and haven’t looked back since.

Just lately, I’ve been doing a lot more sketching for ‘The Journal Project’ and sketching at Church too. So I decided to start offering my drawings in my shop for you, a whimsical treat to adorn your walls which is something different from my paintings

This was so much fun to work on and very calming.

‘Autumn Leaves’

Pencil on Moleskine Paper

Available at Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/listing/82162208/landscape-original-pencil-drawing-autumn

If you love to draw too, why don’t you join us?

xxx

Sketching

I’ve always been passionate about drawing, it’s something that has brought me much joy and while I’m in the process of drawing something, everything else around me is silenced and I feel at peace. Losing your self in a drawing is wonderful.

Just lately I’ve been trying to make drawing a bigger part of my life and I’m really loving it.

At the weekend I was feeling particularly anxious on a car ride and whilst waiting for Hubby I decided to get out a piece of paper from my bag and a pen and just drew. It didn’t matter what it was, or if it was any good I just drew because I wanted to and instantly the anxiety left me. There’s something about refocusing your energy into something positive that drives the fear away. So I intend to make this a habit, to help keep me calm when I feel vulnerable and also just to enjoy more of this wonderful gift I’ve been given by God.

I started up ‘The Journal Project’ recently and it’s been such a great thing to get people drawing again and making drawing a bigger part of their lives. The simplicity of taking paper and a pencil just makes it so much easier to begin.

I hope you’ll join us and share your sketches.

xxx

The Journal Project–Come Join Us!

 

It’s here, it’s here!! I am so excited about this project, I do hope you’ll join me!

How to take part:

Take 1 sketchbook, 1 pencil and 1 eraser and draw for at least 5 mins per day, whilst waiting, watching tv, sitting outside, whenever you can find 5mins or more to sketch, doodle or write.

1 Rule:

It must be positive! Only draw things that are good, positive and loving, no dark art or adult content please. Drawing good things will make you feel fantastic even if you had been having a bad day till then. Conjure up good memories and draw from that place.

The aim:

To get people who have a passion for drawing back to it, in a simple way just taking a small amount of time daily, building up a sketchbook of happy doodles to make you smile.
For project ideas or just for yourself this project will help you to enrich your life, use the gift inside of you and feed that passion of wanting to draw.

Join us on Flickr where you can post your sketches: http://www.flickr.com/groups/journalproject

Have fun! Feel free to grab our button on the left and tell your friends about us.

xxx

Back from holiday..

We’ve just got back from a lovely week away in East Sussex. If you follow me on Facebook you will probably have seen all my pics, I didn’t take many but the ones I did take came out great.

We stayed at a holiday park pine lodge in a walled garden with the most fantastic view. The shot above was taken as the sun was setting one evening and you can see the rays coming through the clouds, spectacular! I’m fascinated with sky incase you didn’t know ;)

We had some days at the beach…

Bexhill–on-Sea

Went to Rye one day and went into this interesting open studio where we talked for ages with the artist who had a parrot that ate chips and a cute King Charles Spaniel who was very friendly. The smell of paints filled the air and his desk was covered in paint tubes and mess – love it, took me back to memories of art college. So inspiring to talk with him and gain some insight from a fellow artist. I would highly recommend walking into strange looking open studios that look like they are closed from the outside and bazaar on the inside, you may just find it interesting!

We also played Pooh Sticks at Pooh Corner in Hartfield, where A.A Milne was inspired to write all his fantastic Pooh Bear stories.

Me and my brother Simon.

Saw more fantastic sunsets…

and generally had a fantastic time! So nice to come home relaxed and refreshed, now I feel ready to dive into art again and life!

I got two beautiful new sketchbooks in Rye that I’ve already started using and I actually found some Fabriano paper so I can make Teesha Moore’s journal tutorial, I was so excited to find this paper I nearly started jumping up and down in the shop lol, I didn’t though but I did come out the shop with a huge grin on my face and a little spring in my step, yay!

Happy Creating..

xxx