Today a box of: The Roaring 20s - Colouring Book was delivered. This is my third book, publishing under the name of Alison Day Designs. Having worked on it for several months, alongside numerous other projects and courses I've been taking, it's a pleasure to see it completed.
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Decade Delivered
Monday 21 August 2017
Languid Florals
Languid Florals by Alison Day
Well, week two of the Home Decor course is complete and uploaded. Substrate: fabric, with a theme of florals. I've always wanted a chaise longue and covered with my own fabric design would be fabulous... Oh and that Ottoman will go nicely with it too.
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Sunday 13 August 2017
Magic Wings
Magic Wings by Alison Day
Yesterday, ahead of deadline, I uploaded my completed Home Decor assignment for week one of a five week course. Designed for the substrate: metal, with a theme of birds.
A serial student I am, but this means yet another piece for the portfolio and I'm in creative heaven!
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Thursday 3 August 2017
Colouring Clarissa
At last it's finished! —My 1920s bootcamp, cover assignment has become a colouring book, filled with 34 original illustrations. Purchase HERE
Wednesday 26 July 2017
Bootcamp Five
The round up of five months of creative, bootcamp assignments. What do think?
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Monday 24 July 2017
Global Goodies
'Holly, can you do that later? I need some help with the deliveries!' said Botticelli.
Holly wasn't listening, she wanted to fly too—if only...
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Saturday 22 July 2017
Currant Fare
The blackcurrants certainly did need picking, but it doesn't end at that. The plant then has to be cut back right back, leaving the new branches for the next season. In the moment, I thought why not—take the time? Repetitive, mantra-like, as I plucked the tiny, purple, vitamin C bombs from the branches, I found myself thinking about how, I inevitably was destroying the habitat of some bug or other. I could feel the reproach, from an enormous grey spider, swinging from the remnants of her web and of the bright green grasshoppers, pinging all over the place. A plastic-looking earwig looked quite pissed off, or maybe it's just their demeanor. All had to relocate, with one consolation, I left the berries that fell for any passing takers. Immediately, a big fat slug, smelling the berries, advanced, amazingly fast for a slug, out of the poppies, to claim and gorge itself on a berry bigger than its head.
My prize, the berries you see in the photo above, weighing in at a grand 340 g. As I sit on the garden bench relaxing, I wonder what will be next on the harvest agenda, before the leaves start to fall: tomatoes, grapes, blackberries...
Currently, I'm writing an E-Course. It's for anyone wishing to take time for themselves creatively, develop their knowledge, as well as meet others of a like mind. Regardless your artistic experience or creative level—so that includes you!
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Wednesday 19 July 2017
Summer Giveaway
UPDATE: prize draw closed - a winner has been drawn !
SUMMER GIVEAWAY!
My Gertrude Jekyll quote notebooks arrived today from my Society6 shop. I think they've turned out beautifully. So, in honour of that and because it's Summer, I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway.
Want to win ONE? - Hop over to my Instagram and find the giveaway post and follow what it says to be added to the draw.
You have until - Friday 21 July then I will draw ONE lucky winner (at random) and send ONE notebook off to that lucky person anywhere in the world!
Friday 14 July 2017
Floral Unity
The name Mandala comes from the Sanskrit meaning 'circle'. Easy to make and a meditative action. The balance of elements within the circle are a symbol of harmony and unity. Mandalas are used by many cultures the world over, for pre-meditative, intention setting. It is also seen as a tool for the psychic journey and represents cosmic as well as psychic order.
What do you think of my creation?
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Tuesday 4 July 2017
Eternal Flame
Revealing the Inner Artist through Creativity, Knowledge & Personal Development
In the last few months, I've been writing a Creative E-Course for adults, whatever their artistic experience or creative level. It's for anyone who would like to get in touch with their artistic muse, or carve out a little time for themselves.
Although I'm not at the stage to reveal all yet, more details will be revealed as I progress. I will say however—it promises to be good!
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Saturday 24 June 2017
Dreaming Spires
I've been wanting to create an illustrative map of my hometown, Oxford, for quite a while now. After a little research I came across plenty of interesting things to draw. With a total of 38 colleges on offer (13 appear on my selected slice of Oxford's city centre), Oxford is filled with an varied richness of: restaurants, shops and enough pubs for a jolly good pub crawl.
That was a few months ago and then other projects took precedence and I lost my momentum. Fast forward to two weeks ago and what should come across my path, but a map making course given by Nate Padavick (They Draw and Travel) on Sketchbook Skool. Perfect, it was a no brainer. A week long course, with the potential of a completed map (for me, of Oxford) at the end of it. So, I dove in (add to a the other three courses I'm was already doing—I'll never learn!)
The course was inspiring and the instruction from concept to finished map, clear and easy to follow. I've uploaded my map to TDAT's website, with a feeling of achievement. If you'd like to see the whole map, you can here
You may also be interested to hear, as an artist, and in the light of environmental challenges, I'm currently writing a creative E-Course. Due to appear later in the year or early 2018.
In it, the problem is addressed through hands on creativity, along with sources, resources and an informed environmental awareness.
It's an E-Course for adults wishing to take time for themselves creatively as well as meet others of a like mind. Regardless of artistic experience or creative level—so that includes you!
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Friday 16 June 2017
Ocean's Bane
Is it me, or has the ocean of plastic we use in our daily lives increased exponentially over the last few years?
A regular shop at the supermarket and the scenario when I get home is always the same. Remove the plastic wrapping or container and throw it away. What could I do with it anyway? Even stranger and I am ashamed to say, some of the aforementioned items, before being put into the refrigerator, are then transferred into a box from the plastic box drawer—yes, we all have one!
Above are some examples of plastic wrapping from food stuffs I bought recently. It's hard to find anything in a supermarket without a plastic covering these days. Even a cucumber has a plastic wrapping—can someone tell me what that's all about?
Eventually, the empty packets, yes you guessed it, get thrown away in black plastic bags and buried in dumps for all eternity. Or their contents find their way out into the oceans, to float around like macabre algae, until they end up inside and killing marine life and birds.
Did you know most plastics will take anywhere from 450 to 1000 years to biodegrade? There are even some that won't biodegrade ever—so, what are we thinking?
Did you know most plastics will take anywhere from 450 to 1000 years to biodegrade? There are even some that won't biodegrade ever—so, what are we thinking?
Mild attempts to reduce the plastic bag flow are made by some supermarkets, with a money back incentive, to encourage you to reuse the bag on your next visit. Methinks this is merely lip service and a ploy to make you revisit their shop.
As remarkable as I think human achievements are and continue to be, when it comes to destroying the planet we seem to be experts in it and turn a blind eye to its ever increasing plight.
So, from now on, I've decided to change my shopping habits. I'm going to use the little shops and markets more often and go in search of food that isn't wrapped in plastic—who's with me?
You may also be interested to hear, as an artist, and in the light of environmental challenges, I'm currently writing a creative E-Course. Due to appear later in the year or early 2018. In it, the problem is addressed through hands on creativity, along with sources, resources and an informed environmental awareness.
It's an E-Course for adults wishing to take time for themselves creatively as well as meet others of a like mind. Regardless of artistic experience or creative level—so that includes you!
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Thank you for reading!
Thursday 25 May 2017
Jardin d'Amour
Sunday 7 May 2017
People we meet - Tabitha
Tabitha: Artist, tea lover and gnome mother.
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Wednesday 26 April 2017
Thursday 23 March 2017
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Monday 20 February 2017
People we Meet
Arial: Water nymph, loves to water ski and eat fish finger sandwiches
Mr Hedge: Retired horticulturist, confirmed bachelor and avid chess player
Waaaa! Baby: Just arrived, noisy, needs changing
Friday 27 January 2017
Tuning in
The last few days have been filled with challenges, both personal and work related. On the whole I'm fairly upbeat and tend to muddle through, but today, along with questioning what I really want in life—I hit a metaphorical wall.
The photos were taken in town at the local market in Groningen, Netherlands and based on a card drawn from a series to: Indulge your senses. My card's purpose changed from taste to view, I suspect to lighten my mood, I needed visual food, as opposed to actual food to satisfy my mental appetite.
Monday 23 January 2017
Taking Time
Photos taken on today's walk to the post office in Groningen, in the Northern Netherlands, with a smile on my face and a spring in my step.
With mobile camera in one hand and four large envelopes in the other, filled with recent illustrations, with a destination of a few selected publishers.
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