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Inktober 2021 – Day 3

Challenges, Digital, inktober

Day 3 of Inktober 2021 šŸ¶
As many of you may know, my family have always loved Bearded Collies. So in celebration of all things fluffy, here’s a bearded collie in a witch’s hat.
This is another remake of an Inktober entry back in 2018.

Christmas 2020

Chatty, Step-by-Step, watercolour

That came round fast didnā€™t it?

I had bigger plans, as ever, to post more and complete more projects. But overall I think Iā€™ve done well this year. I finished the Beardies in Need Christmas cards (I swear I will post about each one soon), finished some pieces in lockdown and even had a stall at a craft fair. It could be worse.

I have one more day at work and then out of office is going on. I think everyone really needs a break this year.

So, letā€™s ignore the Tier 4 stuff and the fact that so many of us canā€™t see friends and family. Instead, Iā€™m going to think about what I can have this Christmas.

One thing is, I hope, plenty of time to just do nothing. Maybe Mario kart, maybe a board game, maybe just ditto watching the with a glass of wine and a fire.

Today after work I finished a long overdue Christmas card. Itā€™s going to my parentā€™s grandparents and includes their two favourite kinds of dogs. Itā€™s been a while since I did a good old fashioned step-by-step post.

As always, starting with the pencil drawing.
I hadnā€™t done any blurred backgrounds in a while (you know that Nigella Lawson effect? So it was fun to try something a bit different.
Finally I added in the white highlights and filled in the text.

If I donā€™t post again before, I hope that you have wonderful break. Itā€™s been a tough year but, weā€™ll make it through.

Stay safe everyone.

July 2020 Projects

Chatty, Drawing, pen, watercolour

I thought, ā€œoh I really must post before July endsā€ only to see a Hello August! post on my Instagram feed.

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12 Days of Beardies: Day 1

Drawing, pen

I haven’t posted anything this month because I’ve been SO CLOSE to finishing a big project.

But I’m looking at it and, I know, I won’t get it finished this weekend.

So instead here’s the first drawing in a series I’m going to be working on.

day 1

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Hanging Keys

Chatty, Step-by-Step

Well, quite a lot has happened hasn’t it? Lockdown, pandemic, global crisis…quite a lot really.

My partner and I left London before the lockdown as we were self-isolating and finding it far too difficult to both work from home in our tiny flat. We’re at my parent’s home in Suffolk with my brother and his girlfriend. We miss our little flat and our world together, but I’ve been so grateful to have a garden and outside space.

Truth be told, I’m finding the transition difficult. I worry about work and have been generally feeling quite anxious, which is resulting in over-working and finding it hard to set clear boundaries in the day-to-day.

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