Sometimes

Sometimes I take a break and do something for fun, just for me. For practice, or something. Or at least that's my excuse. This is that sort of something.
Michelle Keegan, or Tina from Coronation Street, is actually the only reason I watch the show. Her story lines are completely gripping and my heart at the moment is breaking for her. Tina, obviously, not Michelle.
Anyways, here's some crazy fan-girl art I threw together this morning, because if I don't do 'fun things' every so often, I begin to HATE everything I draw.

It's better this way, I'm sure you'll agree...even if it is a bit creepy.

Art Giveaway!!

Final Eleel?

I should have mentioned that yesterday was only a rough draft. Or it was when I looked at it again this morning.
I love the way drawings, writing, films, poems, food, building, gardens...everything evolves...or most things do at least. And I always get a kick when I see a "work in progress" and the sketch/pencil/final outline/colour/coloured over/coloured again stages.
I'm happy with this now...but who knows what tomorrow will bring!

E's and L's

There is a bit of a story to this...that won't be fully explained until I find the original drawing (which up until this morning was in plain sight, but now has gone totally missing)...
When I was at college, sharing a studio with two other girls, boredom or insanity got to one of the girls and she decided to combine all our names into one, and do like, a little studio logo type thing :)
I found it when I was moving into my new studio, and thought...hey, this could use a touch of updating.
So here it is, in all it's newness and glory. I'm meeting up with the girls at the end of the month and just can't wait. It's going to be so. much. fun.
I hope they like it !
>^.^<

Doodlers Anonymous

Most of my work is done using photoshop, where I feel I have ultimate control and unlimited possibilities. Sometimes it's nice to go old school, be looser and not so controlling with every single pixel. This is a piece I was messing around with a few weeks ago and finally finished for the purpose of submitting to the new DoodlersAnonymous challenge. I've been answering their challenges for the last couple of years and it gives me such a kick to see my work next to other artists'.

The brief was to doodle your ride...I wish this is what I cruised around in, a stylised three-eyed, tree growing rocky mountain sheep! Anyways, ta-dah! And when voting starts in a day's time, vote ShelkyBean :D

Little Green

I am so please to announce that this drawing was accepted for The Little Green gallery's 2nd year 'birthday' exhibition, kicking off tomorrow for one week only in Dublin. It's entitled Elephant Dream and is one of the first drawings I have produced this year.

The gallery looks cute as a button and it's such an honor to have a piece going up on their walls, I'm tickled pink!

Studio

The light today and yesterday has been fab, we are totally spoiled with the lovely blue of the sky, heaven.

A tentative attempt with oils on glass. I like the glow o.O

Detail from a new drawing. 

The organised chaos of my table.