Thursday 5 January 2012

Mia Christopher...



I LOVE Mia Christopher's work so much I wanted to blog about it! It's so colourful and interesting and I like the difference between the simplicity in her work and the more detailed pieces she creates. But take a look for yourself and see what I mean!!!




House of Illustration Competition...

The current competition with the House of Illustration is to illustrate 3 stories and the book jacket for the book, The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter for the Folio Society. Here are my entries...


The Bloody Chamber


The Company of Wolves


Puss in Boots


Book Binding idea

Frosty spiderweb...

Cluedo...

Last semester we had a drawing project where we had to find an object to represent each of the characters from the boardgame Cluedo. We had to arrange our objects to create a set up which we then drew. I started off quite timid because I find drawing large set ups pretty challenging. But then Tony my tutor came along with indian ink and some large brushes and encouraged me to GO BIG! Something clicked and I started producing large expressive drawings and had great fun. So much fun in fact that I knocked over a pot of indian ink all over the carpet...oops! I finally faced my fear of tone and tried out a new way of working which I love!













The "stain"


Happy Birthday Granny...


It was my Granny's birthday in December so I made a little card with some watercolour paint and I also sent her some of her favourite homemade ginger biscuits for a tasty birthday treat!

Monday 2 January 2012

Log Cabin Cake...


My lovely friend Jen turns 22 on the 6th of January and it's become quite a tradition that she comes to my house on Christmas Eve Eve for lunch as a "pre-birthday" celebration. As I can't always spend the day with Jen on her birthday, I like to make her a special cake and this year was no exception! Last year saw the creation of a cheeky cat but my architectural cake skills have advanced since then so this year's challenge was a chocolate log cabin! Complete with tiled roof and our family christmas decorations. I think we were both pretty chuffed with the results!!!