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Hello again

18 February 2011

Yes, it’s me, o best beloveds! Contrary to popular belief, I was not run over by a herd of marauding unicorns in early December. And that thing you heard about me and a one-eyed, lute-playing troubadour in Monaco? Totally untrue. The truth is something more like this: December: deathly ill with colds, flus and chest [...]

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Art Every Day Month: The wrap up

2 December 2010

Phew! Well, we (me and Mike) got through it this year. Huzzah! Things slowed down a bit towards the very end, but overall, I’m reasonably pleased with myself. Remember back at the beginning, that I said my focus was on process not product? I’ve had to remind myself that today when I looked back and [...]

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Art Every Day Month: Doodling, not posting

20 November 2010

Sorry for the hiatus, beloved readers. I have been doodling, not posting. Which is sorta the point of the exercise, but still… the readers! Will nobody think of the readers? So here is a post to keep you informed. Up-to-date. In the loop, so to speak. Because I’m always thinking of my beloved readers. Doodling [...]

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Art Every Day Month: Doodling as an exercise in imperfection

15 November 2010

I want to tell you all the ways in which I really dislike this latest doodle. But I’m not going to. Here it is after the first colour session: And the second: And the third: And now, Little Miss Perfectionist would like you to know all the things that are wrong with it. She wants [...]

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Art Every Day Month: One doodle down…

12 November 2010

… and a new one started. Because, yes, at last the first one is finished! Ta dah! Can I just say that I looove my Inktense pencils for this? I love that I can get strong, rich colour but also blended watercolour effects as well. And all with a medium that doesn’t feel the least [...]

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Art Every Day Month: Do, do, doodling along

8 November 2010

You’d have thought I’d be bored of this by now. But nope, still with the doodle. And the colouring in of same. Here it is after day 5: And here we are after day 6: And I’ll admit that at the end of that session, I pretty much figured it was done with. But then [...]

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Art Every Day Month: Noodling about doodling

5 November 2010

Yes, still doodling. And so far, still every day. Here we are after day 3: And again after day 4: (The plum and saffron flowers are for Léan because it was her birthday yesterday.) And yes, it’s still fun. Actually, it’s so much fun that I have a hard time remembering to scan between each session [...]

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Art Every Day Month: Groovy doodles, baby

3 November 2010

Yes, it’s true. Despite my abject failure last year at actually doing art every day during Art Every Day Month, I have gamely – or rashly – signed up for the challenge again this year. (In case you’re not familar with AEDM, it’s Leah Piken Kolidas‘s fun response to NaNoWriMo for visual artists. And it’s [...]

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So you want your own creative development plan, eh?

27 October 2010

I can see why you would. Because, hell, just coming up with mine has filled me with enthusiasm for what’s coming up and given me some impetus to get started in advance of the ‘official’ start date of 1 January 2011. But you’ve never done this before, and you’re nervous and kind of confused about [...]

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