Zealand Maximus Black

My friends dog..who I have never met :( but he's so cute I thought I would draw him and give it as a present for her.

I really want my own dog ...there would be soooo many more dog drawings!





digital painting done in Photoshop

owl

The other day, I got a package sent to work.
I was ecstatic!... who isn't when they receive a package through post..even if you had been something you were expecting.... in this case, I wasn't expecting anything, so you will understand my ecstaticness :)

anyways, it was from a good friend of mine Rousha, who I used to work with







it was such a cute little note book, and she had stuck a post-it note to the front..






she is a very, very talented lady who I had collaborated with in the past,
she wanted me to draw inside the note book... so i did







and then ended up creating one of the characters from my drawings

:)






it's meant to be an owl, but it looks like monster
I crochet'd his body and then used material and felt and buttons to make his face.

let me know what you think!

Abi x

Miss Pretty Thing's Birthday!

So today is the wonderful birthday of Michelle from Pretty Things blog, she is a very good friend of mine and we met whilst working together in Soho way back in 2008

For her birthday as I haven't got much money I thought I would be creative,
I saw this amazing tutorial on how to make these awesome bracelets on HonestlyWTF website and gave it a go! I was in Brighton this weekend for a birthday party so attempted to make these in the car on the way down, made it that little bit more exciting and fiddly. But, I think they came out well and am definitely going to try making more in the future.

I found this little jar in Velvet and thought buttons would look perfect sitting inside, and Michelle would be the girl who would appreciate it them the most. So that I did, she seemed to like!

also drew this card to go with the homemade presents

let me know what you think!

Watercolour pencils for these guys

Saw these on sale and just tried them out, think I can get some good results if I carry on..

Still not too sure if I'm meant to dip the pencil in water, or use the pencil first and then use a paintbrush? Or like put water and then add colour??

Any advise would be appreciated :)

Thanks!!
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clouds

I've had a very fun packed 10 days off work recently. In this time I have:


+ discovered 3 parks near my house (yay for having a bike in London!)
+ watched a Royal Wedding and became completely besotted
+ made a Victoria Sponge Cake ...and also some fairy cakes.. and soup
+ celebrated a birthday with BBQ
+ gave someone a bouncy ball (it was meant to be given in March!)
+ took numerous photographs
+ said hello to the fishes and sharks and turtles at London Aquarium
+found a new favourite place in London - Church Street (this will have its on blog entry soon!)
+ discovered Museum of London and checked out their photography gallery.
+ made bunting
+hung out with the best friends in the world
+ broke a jug
+found a better jug

All these can be justified with photos- but for now, here's a doodle I done today.
it's that feeling of being back at work and your head just not quite managing it just yet...

anyone else get that?

lovebirds

My friend Paula has recently got engaged (I just realised this is another wedding post)
and asked me to do a picture of her and her fiance for their wedding invitations

let me know what you think

Doodles from sketchbook

Couple more from my sketch book. Enjoy x
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