A lot of my work is figurative, especially the illustration, but it has been a long time since I have been challenged to create portraits. I count the onsite sketches I have done over the years as useful exercises in
Cattitude
I’m a dog person. Our family always had dogs, all kinds of dogs. The boring ones that were the canine version of Kim Kardashian (popped out babies – needed loads of attention) and the completely barking mad ones. The husky
Drawing from experience
When I was in high school, I lusted after and received for my birthday…a book. At the time it cost a small fortune and my parents’ eyes probably watered at the price. But it was a book and in our
Go figure!
Arriving on that first day at art college, we all thought we were the bees knees. We’d sat our entrance exams and been accepted, which pretty much made us believe that we were the cream of the arty fart
The eyes have it
I have long been fascinated by the strange colours that have emerged in my children’s eyes. They have a blue-eyed father and a weirdly changing grey/green/blue-eyed mother (so I’ve been told, I have no idea as I cannot see
Tripping out – part 2
Another victim for my holiday drawing was my daughter. Her chosen pasttime while being subjected to the torture of the pencil was to paint her fingernails, which is why I didn’t even bother drawing her hands. The wind had picked
Tripping out – part 1
This Christmas, we were on a road trip with my sister and her family. The long hours of driving through the rolling grasslands of the Free State and the arid beauty of the Karoo made me wish that I was
Trainfaces
My portrait sketch from the “On the Train” post – was recently featured in a post on Trainfaces. This blog is dedicated to showing the work of people who do not tweet, twitter, post or blurp on their morning commutes.
The sisterhood of the travelling sketchbook?
I mentioned in a previous post that I attempting to draw every day. Easier said than done on some days when my work and home commitments have me running around like a headless chicken. One of those commitments was a
Illustrating a children's book
Serendipity played a huge part in my getting the contract to illustrate Fiona Ingram’s début book The Secret of the Sacred Scarab. Fiona had visions of a website to go with the book that she was writing. Having visited about