Well I have been doing some more pondering on the direction of this blog and of the drawing/writing/illustrating side of things. But firstly a few New Years Resolutions: 1) All the ideas I had during PiBoIdMo I will have at least rough drafts of by the end of 2010. Gulp – that is like 30 […]
Well Christmas came and went and New Year is round the corner and I am briming with new ideas – I have been thinking about the sort of direction I want to take this blog in as well as the writing and drawing and I think I am going to mention all sorts of illustration […]
Part of my idea for the cards is to make hand made covers, I love card making which I sometimes write about on Salaric Art and Craft. However, I have come to the realisation that I am not actually going to get this project done in time for this Christmas 🙁 But I think I […]
My plan for the illustrations is too scan them, tidy them up a bit, add text and then print them as cards for my family. I’ve been reading them to my little girl whislt flicking through my hand drawn pictures. On or two of them I’m thinking of printing for Christmas cards anyway – this […]
Some of these are a bit rough and I’m not completely happy with them – this one however I like though being me I cen give you a list of things that are wrong with it – my husband thought it was going to be a Christmas Card design which I’ve taken as an encouraging […]
Well I’ve been working on the pictures for the Little Book of Festive Poetry – here are one or two of them – they are rough and in felt tip but they are what people will be getting this year once I’ve scanned them etc… Obviously I need to sort out things like the spacing […]
I just thought I should say THANKYOU to Tara and all the guest bloggers on her blog who have helped those taking part in Picture Book Idea Month (PiBoIdMo). Firstly thanks for the idea of a thirty day challenge, secondly thankyou for all the encouragement and resources you have all dug up for us 🙂 […]
Well I had 30 ideas pretty much from the beginning and have been working on fleshing out and writing some of them. I have completed the poems for the Little Book of Festive Poetry – some of them are a bit rough – not as nicely rhymey as I would like but they are something […]
Ok so yes this is probably cheating 🙂 On the first day of Christmas my Jean Bean said to me There’s a cat in the Christmas tree On the second day of Christmas my Jean Bean said to me Two eaten pies, and there’s a cat in the Christmas tress On third day of christmas […]
In our house there are four cats Four cats in our house That do jump and leap about At Christmas time the time of Christmas these cats do have a fantastic time Leaping up into the tree The tree they leap into it seems is all baubles and glittery things For them to try To […]