Kiss

A little piece I did for a christmas present. She loves giraffes, so what better secret santa gift than a picture of a baby giraffe.. drawn by me no less ;)  Thinking about adding some flat play grey into the background to lift them a bit.. will experiment. 

Millzy

So to spruce up our website, Paper Jukebox decided to all draw portraits of each other in our own styles to use as our thumbnails. Names were drawn, and then faces were drawn. The outcome was really great - we all surprised each other with our individual approaches to the task. I got the one and only Holly Mills, I hope I did her proud. 

Illustration collective of the week!

Paper Jukebox feature as illustration collective of the week! Go Paper Jukebox!

Take a look, here!

Mac Martians

I had the urge to draw something silly and fun.. whats sillier than a silly face! I wanted to loosen up my mark making and think less about what I was doing. A lot of the time I over think my pieces, which can sometimes lead to work being overly processed and losing its 'pizzazz'... 

Here's a quote I found a little while ago which encouraged me to just go for it once in a while: 

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Ray Bradbury

Harbour town 18th hole

For my mum's birthday card, I decided to pick up my watercolours after a good 5 years probably of them going untouched! It was nice to have a change from working in pencil and I was pleasantly surprised with the result.. The picture is of the 18th hole of the PGA course at Harbour town in South Carolina where we recently visited and where I played my first ever round of golf!! 

Happy birthday mummy evans :) 

....More portraiture

Portrait

Etching

Yesterday I rediscovered a couple of etchings I made when studying at Brighton on my foundation course. They have made me want to have another go but with my new style of working - not sure how well it would work but could be an interesting little experiment...
Only setback is the fact I don't have all the equipment Uni offered me... hmm where to look.

Yes... it's another mermaid...

...but I love them. They are so beautifully fluid and elegant - just the sort of thing I like to draw!

I promise, the next post will not be some sort of lady in some sort of water..

A little taster...

...of what's to come... I can't yet unleash the final piece onto my blog but keep your eyes peeled as it will be posted in the near future.