Xray pencil case

Schoolwork: drawing.
The last 'drawing' in my crime scene investigation file. All hand stitched. My tutor was right, I should have a stall at a craft fair because I am a nana.

paintingpaintingpainting

Oh my goodness.

Painting.

Is.

So. Much.

Fun!

50 paintings in 2 days.

now we need to choose 3 'verbs'.

mine are rinse (first right) roll (second) and blow (third.)

sounds like a hairdresser.

Pug.

It's a pug for Simon. =)
fineliner+white pencil.

Untitled (Lipstick)

Schoolwork: A performance/video piece for Time Based.

"It is an exploration of discomfort. It is about how uncomfortable it is to interact with someone who has smudged make up or lipstick on their teeth; about the discomfort of the participants when asked to create something usually accidental and avoided; about the uncomfortable relationship between a make up artist and the their subject, the vulnerability involved; and about my own discomfort regarding make up, and how clownish I feel when I wear it."

Grandpa

(sketch of my grandpa, charcoal and white pencil)

My goal right now, for schoolwork and my own work, is to get out of my creative comfort zone. To use media and techniques that I'm not used to, nor good at, nor that I even necessarily like. Make mistakes. Learn from them. Failure is great.

rainbow snowflakes, fireworks, or flowers?

Art and craft sessions with my cousins <3

CSI week 2

Schoolwork: Drawing.
My series of 3 drawings, for the second week of our CSI project. I've been taking inspiration from Susan Collis' macro-sculptures and Shaun Tan's illustrations. And I've made myself the criminal.

Pencil on paper; fineliner and watercolours on layered tracing paper; fineliner and pencil on paper and plastic.

Macaroons

I began playing around with collage in the holidays, after Megan gave me a foot-high stack of her old magazines. Which I promptly mutilated, completely. This little piece was done as a thank you - tailor-made as she's mad about photography, tea, and macaroons. Yumm.

Mini Savouries

Recently I've been doing drawings on the bakery's blackboard during my shifts, so I can almost convince myself I'm a paid artist... of sorts. I was so glad when they introduced these pies: the picture before this was the new sticky date pudding, which were much harder to make seemingly appetizing, as they look like sticky brown lumps.