July 2009

Charles Dana Gibson 7

Charles Dana Gibson

More faces. The Dover Design Sample arrived in my inbox this morning and these girls stood out to me, as I have been painting so many faces recently. They are by American illustrator Charles Dana...

Fuzzy 11

Fuzzy

Little fuzzy – more doodling on wood… these little blanks I bought from Winterwood and I drew on them with my indian ink drawing pen. The ink bled a little but not enough to...

Museum 12

Museum

Museum trip – 10am. Children move fast in low light – See how fast my nephew moves? Here he is with his favourite item of the day – fossilised dinosaur poo. At least the...

Wood painting 13

Wood painting

Working on kokeshi dolls – turned by my awesome Uncle. About to sand out the nose on the front one and try something a little less clunky. School’s back today so it’s back to...

Bread! 14

Bread!

For the first time in – I can’t even remember – years? I got up this morning and felt like making bread. I used to make bread a lot – around the time Lily...

Homemade: The Handmade Recipe Book 1

Homemade: The Handmade Recipe Book

Hello! It’s been quiet around here, I know. It’s the school holidays, and along with another round of Wintery colds my  blogging, writing, crafting, drawing etc etc (those Marshmallow Bunnies are coming along slowly)...

Cloudy today, but happy anyway 15

Cloudy today, but happy anyway

See if you can resist this letterpress print! (No-Spend-Year, why do you taunt me so? Surely books and art are basic necessities… yes?) It’s a wee thing, but how sweet it is, by the...