I can’t believe our 4 week sketchbook project has come to an end. Time has flown by since we have been under pressure to produce one drawing a day for a whole month, but it has been a really enjoyable experience. I now have a whole sketchbook full of new imagery to use as surface […]
Following on from my trip to New Designers, I mentioned that myself and Megan Ashwell Designs were going to be challenging ourselves with a new project (if you missed that post, you can view it here). Our plan for the project is to chose a theme to work with, and produce at least one drawing […]
Continued from Part 2: 8. What is your favourite medium to work with? I use all kinds of different medium as I love layering and overlapping drawings in different materials to create abstract surface designs. My favourite medium would be oil pastels; I like the smooth feel when in contact with the page. 9. Where […]
Continued from Sketchbook Peeks Part 1: 5. How do you feel with the prospect of starting a new sketchbook with lots of lovely blank pages? It does excite me starting a new sketchbook, because there is that thrill of what exciting new designs and ideas are going to fill the pages. But it can also […]
A couple of months ago I answered some questions about my sketchbooks which formed part of an interview, to be published on a blog. Unfortunately the person publishing the interview is no longer part of that blogging community so I thought I’d post a series of the questions I answered on my own blog. The […]
Not only are pineapples one of my favourite fruits, the surface of a pineapple is one of my favourite textural patterns (apart from tree bark, obviously!) I love the repetition of the spiky pattern that sprirals around the chunky form. I went through a stage of producing different surface design ideas based on the pineapple, […]
