Back to the drawing board...

I always have good intentions of keeping my blog up to date and posting on a regular basis but it just doesn't seem to last. Oops! I've just installed it on my phone to see if it reminds me to update more often. :)

I've been drawing a lot lately and love it, been good to get back into it so if I keep it up I hope to post more of my doodles on here. I've especially been enjoying and inspired by zentangles but mixing it in with my own art.

This is a close up of a work in progress doodle I started last night, hope to finish it soon. :)

Custom Amigurumi Hamsters

Made to Order Custom Amigurumi Hamsters

I was busy over the weekend crocheting a little group of hamsters as I wanted to give a few examples of how they look to offer custom orders. :)  They make me smile and look cute hanging out together.

So yeah if you're interested and you want your little hamster made up as one of my amigurumi sculptures then check out my etsy shop for a bit more information. :)  Each one comes with it's own ACEO lovingly drawn by me too.

Poppet the Amigurumi Hamster

Poppet the Amigurumi Hamster

Meet Poppet.  I finished crocheting her last night after tweaking an old pattern of mine to make something new. :)  She's a cute little Hamster looking for a new home. She admits to having a bit of a sweet tooth which can make her a little hyper but she hopes you won't hold that against her.

Poppet can be adopted from my etsy shop here. :)

Look what the rain made me do!

Even in the Darkness We Still Go Searching for the Light

It's been such a dark, gloomy and rainy day today.  Really dark.  It felt like I shouldn't be awake and should be tucked up in bed.

Well anyway I thought it could be a good time to paint and I was in the mood so I put on some Muse and painted this little watercolour.  It's a vampire as I love vampire things and it's seeking the moonlight in its dark world.  A dark painting for a dark day. :)

It's all about the bears!

Woodland Bears watercolour

It seems to be all about the bears for me at the moment.  I've been painting this watercolour. Back to my outlines again although I haven't ruled out trying without them again. :)  I enjoyed painting this as I love woodland scenery and toadstalls and became quite fond of the baby bear's expression looking up at me as I was painting. :)

I'm also currently crocheting a bear so will post a picture of that once I have finished it too.

Very bad watercolour alert!

Love Blobites

I thought I'd try something a little different with my latest painting project and take away my black outlines and try and paint without them.  Oh my god, I found it tricky, it was weird and like I couldn't paint.  Meep!  I finished it but I have to say I didn't enjoy it as I just wasn't pleased with the result but I thought I'd post it as you have to see the bad as well as the good to improve, right? :)

By the way this is a painting of my little Amigurumi Love Blobites that I crochet sometimes, I thought they'd be an easy thing to start with but they weren't. :P  I'm not sure painting without the black outlines is really me, I might try something else though and see how I get on, or put the lines back. :)

The Hunger Games watercolour

Katniss Everdeen

Some more inspirational fun yesterday afternoon painting the lovely Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games.  She was quite challenging for me but I enjoyed it and had fun.  I love The Hunger Games and was so gripped on the books, I couldn't put them down - love the film too. :)

"What ya drawing, mommy?"

Me and my cat Hiro need to have a talk about space issues methinks.  This was me starting out sketching Katniss yesterday and well, it's a little off putting being observed so closely when you're trying to draw! :)