The top 9, according to my Instagram followers, from my #100daysflowersandplants project.
Showing posts with label 100 day project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 100 day project. Show all posts
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Sunday 28 August 2016
Journey's End
Well, I made it... Illustration 100/100 - Cacti ! The last illustration from my second project: #100daysflowersandplants.
In the last four months, I have been working on not one, but two projects from the #100dayproject. Why two? Purely because I couldn't decide between: #100daysfoodanddrink or #100daysflowersandplants. It's been an interesting challenge, running the two, alongside other work and during which, I have seen my style develop. Plus, I now have 200 illustrations for other projects!
As for journey's end? ... I doubt it...
Saturday 27 August 2016
Monday 22 August 2016
Nutritional Green
Interesting fact—seaweed is classed as a superfood, because it is filled with vitamins, nutrients and antioxidants and can also aid weight loss. Consumed in moderation it can be eaten: raw, cooked, powdered and in supplements.
Friday 12 August 2016
Marine Design
Seaweed—the underwater garden, providing food, medicine and marine life refuge.
These and more flowers and plants can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysflowersandplants
Wednesday 10 August 2016
Airborne Offspring
Isn't it wonderful watching the changing of the seasons? Although I have a preference for the seasons which build up to a heady glory, as opposed to the end of year decline, there is something magical about the process and it's repetition.
Autumn is long busy before we name it so, with the subtle turning of the leaves, ripening of fruit and dispersal of seeds. Sitting in the garden, I watch the wind blow tiny butterfly-shaped seed pods everywhere. There is a light sprinkling covering the ground, a guarantee of the survival of that particular plant for next year, with the exception of those that land in my coffee!
These and more flowers and plants can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysflowersandplants
Friday 5 August 2016
Foody Top Nine
Thursday 4 August 2016
Finish Line
Three months of daily drawings, resulting in 100 completed illustrations. Quite a challenge and one I recommend. It helps with perseverance, personal style development, observation and colour play, plus there's a great online community to interact with and be inspired by.
For a selection from the series take a peek on my Instagram
Tuesday 2 August 2016
Summer Breeze
There's nothing better than the beach to relieve tension and clear the mind—wind in your hair, the sound of the waves, golden sand between your wriggling toes–an icecream in hand to complete the picture.
Sunday 24 July 2016
British Bikkies
Jammy Dodgers
Chocolate filled Bourbon biscuits
Iced Gems
British biscuits remembered from childhood. In the summers we would often swim at my brother's elementary school, the Dragon. On the cycle ride back home, ravenous with hunger, we would stop off at a local supermarket and buy bags of iced gems. A bag full of delightful little biscuits, each with a crisp biscuit base, about the size of a euro coin that was topped off with hard, brightly coloured, piped icing shape.
This and more foody illustrations can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink
Friday 22 July 2016
Wonder Flower
Isn't it wonderful how flowers can make you feel?
A select series of flowers and plants can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysflowersandplants
Wednesday 20 July 2016
Lovely Lavender
Lavender—pretty, has a great scent and bees love it.
These and a selection of flowers and plants can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysflowersandplants
Monday 18 July 2016
Honest Policy
On school lunch breaks, we were always sent outside, whatever the weather, to get some 'fresh air'.
In the winter, it was bitterly cold. The wind would whistle up our blue-grey tweed skirts and knees would redden, barely visible above long grey socks, pulled up as far as they would go.
A cat and mouse game ensued, between us and the teachers as we tried to get out of the cold and find a warm place inside. A group of six of us, would hide in the music rooms, until we were discovered and ejected outside again. Eventually, detentions would be issued, for the following Monday, by unsympathetic teachers, with an over inflated sense of importance.
Detention was an hour and on one occasion involved writing an essay: Honesty is the best policy. I enjoyed writing the essay, because it gave me the opportunity to admonish the staff, who in my opinion, had treated us unfairly.
I neither heard, nor do I care what they thought of the piece, or whether they even read it. Suffice to say, their lack of empathy only fuelled the rebel in me; the next time it was cold, we headed straight for the music rooms once more.
More of my illustrative work can be seen on my Instagram
Detention was an hour and on one occasion involved writing an essay: Honesty is the best policy. I enjoyed writing the essay, because it gave me the opportunity to admonish the staff, who in my opinion, had treated us unfairly.
I neither heard, nor do I care what they thought of the piece, or whether they even read it. Suffice to say, their lack of empathy only fuelled the rebel in me; the next time it was cold, we headed straight for the music rooms once more.
More of my illustrative work can be seen on my Instagram
Sunday 17 July 2016
Flower Language
All the colourful sketches and watercolours of Zinnia I was making, were for a journal cover entitled The Language of Flowers.
The final assignment, after an inspiring, five month long, bootcamp given by Lilla Rogers of MATS
These and more flowers and plants can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysflowersandplants
Thursday 14 July 2016
Cast of Thousands
After a flower's petals have dropped, the left over seed cases and plant pods, filled with a few or with thousands of seeds, continue to make a garden interesting.
These and more flowers and plants can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysflowersandplants
Wednesday 13 July 2016
Vesper Shake
3 ounces Gordon’s gin
1 ounce vodka
1/2 ounce Kina Lillet
Green olives or twist of lemon peel
To make a Vesper, shake the gin, vodka and Kina Lillet with ice n a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a green olive ir twist of lemon.
This and more foody illustrations can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink
Tuesday 12 July 2016
Victorian Tea
Victoria sponge—an inadmissible recipe in cookery lessons from my school days. The cake, also known as Victoria sandwich, was named after Queen Victoria, who was said to be partial to a slice or two with her tea. For the classic recipe: here
This and more foody illustrations can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink
Saturday 9 July 2016
Mini Zinnia
Friday 8 July 2016
Floral Fantasy
Wednesday 6 July 2016
Chocolate Trio
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