by annrobertson | Mar 19, 2016 | Birds, Drawing, Illustration, Nature
Been exploring images of swallows over the last few weeks. They are eventually to go with Patty’s 3D swallows for Barnaby and will appear on banners. I am looking at features that enable people to know these are swallows such as red patch on throat, their shape...
by annrobertson | Feb 29, 2016 | colour, Inspiration, postcards
Have been colouring in this postcard for my mum. I have had a larger book for a while and had a go with felt tips; I found it a bit unsatisfying. I tried this one with some water soluble watercolour pencils and found them much more versatile. It was great fun to...
by annrobertson | Feb 7, 2016 | Inspiration, Sewing
Best in Show, knit your own cat Those of you who have seen these knitting books will recognise my ragdoll as a product of the excellent patterns. I made him for a friend for Xmas and although he looks a little like a knitted cat/rat hybrid I rather like him, and it...
by annrobertson | Dec 27, 2015 | Drawing
It was great to have another full day of life drawing. Great poses from the model and more people there this time which is fun as you get to see all different types of work. Takes a while to get warmed up, but the day and the time for longer poses means there is time...
by annrobertson | Dec 12, 2015 | Illustration, Lino Cut, Print
Had a friend over and she was my first student for a linocut day! This is the finished piece and a picture of the draft design with some finals. We had great fun, she was a good student, and its a successful piece of work. Tried out new water soluble inks which work...