Christmas cards - attempt no.1

It's that awful time of year again. I've got to come up with some ideas for Christmas cards. Here's what I've come up with so far - not quite suitable for the in-laws, I suspect...

 

I was kind of going for a  'Christmas brain' kind of theme, you know, good food and alcohol, the joy of family, the giving of gifts and general warm conviviality. Needless to say I couldn't summon the good will. I might have puked down my clothes.

Drawn - adulthood 21

As usual, I am not making this shit up.

Hunterian museum

It's the usual story around here: when at a loss, go to the Hunterian and draw dead things.

Well, OK, that's not all I've done. I've also been eating a lot, seeing friends, working hard and generally feeling exhausted. This change from autumn into winter has been hitting me harder every year. I just want to hibernate!

Hungry

We ate a lot at the weekend. We also did a lot of painting. It was all very, very good.

The dreaded cone

Something new, just for you.

Playing

I don't play enough in my work. I usually stick to the things I know and the things I find easy. I am determined to play more and to experiment with new ideas because I'm in danger of getting bored of myself. I was in the studio blowing bubbles with ink the other day and getting very messy. They came out looking like little planets.


I composed an 'about me' page yesterday for the Helfa Gelf open studios next month, and wrote some rather pretentious arty rubbish about what I want to work on in the future. It sounded rather far fetched (I think the word 'philosophy' was used), but it's true - I want to try something new, to explore the ideas that preoccupy me and not to just go with things in my comfort zone. Even though the fun stuff is enjoyable to make and I love making people laugh, I know that I can try other things too.

Apologies

for my absence. Work has taken over my life but an end is in sight soon. Give me another week or two, and I will be back. I hope.

lost the plot

again.

It's all a bit too much at the moment. I am a bit overwhelmed with stuff. Nothing bad, just stuff.

(Don't ask me why the fox is male. It just is)

malfunctioning

The husband is away for the week (and will be absent weekly until Christmas while he does a work placement in London) and I have resorted to the kind of terrible behaviour that only a single girl can do, namely eating too many biscuits in one sitting and otherwise undernourishing myself. I have overindulged in lentils this week.

self portrait in Flash on a Thursday afternoon

I keep thinking it's Friday today. I think this reflects my slightly frazzled mental state.

Drawn - First dates 06

One with my old friend, the Garlic Lover.

I'm away from my computer for a week or so whilst we do the big house move, so hopefully (if we can get our internet to work!), I'll see you back here soon! Have a good week, all.

Drawn - adulthood 20

It's Friday and I am faced with the prospect of working this weekend when I wanted to be painting the house with the husband. We move in a week today and there is a LOT to do. Eep!

Have a happy, sunny weekend, all!

life drawing

Been working on some web banner animation for the past couple of days, so it's been pretty dull here. I managed to go to life drawing for the first time in weeks on Tuesday, though. Eldyne again.

Some friends

Hello. Sorry it's been a rather quiet week here - I've been working and getting distracted by other things which I will tell you about next week. Here is a collection of badges that I painted just for fun - it's like a gallery of the creatures that live in my head! Maybe I will put some of these up for sale in my Etsy shop when I have a moment.

Have a marvellous weekend!

Drawn - First dates 05

You know, the boy with the overbearing mother. But he doesn't realise she's a psycho.
This was inspired by one of Jeannine's comments on an earlier drawing in this series - the family that's just a little bit too close.

puddled

This is a drawing of me last night. I'd say it was a fairly good representation, all in all. I'm a bit better now. A bit more pulled-together, as it were.

Have a lovely weekend!

Excuse me while I go and hide in a corner

I'm a gibbering wreck this week. As I'm typing now, my hands are shaking. They have been shaking all day and I feel like I'm on the edge of a nervous breakdown. I don't really want to talk about it here, but right now I just feel like I want the whole world to go away, and to crawl into a corner and slowly turn into a puddle of sweat and tears. Please excuse me for a few days whilst I have a mini meltdown. Meanwhile, thanks for visiting! (Don't worry, it's nothing major)

life drawing

Tom.

Hope you had a good weekend. Mine was pretty lazy. We didn't even go for a walk in the end (but we did make and eat a lot of pastry)!

lost the plot

Thank the lord it's Friday. I have had enough of this week, have you? Here's part of a little something I've been working on for my lovely agents at Jelly:


Hope you have exciting plans for the weekend. I have no idea what we will be doing. Pastry making and maybe a walk somewhere, I think!

life drawing

None of these portraits quite capture his likeness, but the central one is possibly the closest. He had an extraordinarily interesting head shape.