Catfish

It's not often I watch a film that makes me laugh hysterically and wonder in disbelief...for Australia day we escaped to the cool air of the cinema in Newtown to watch Catfish (trailer below). If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend this film. It's a true life doco that follows Nev a talented NY photographer who is sent piles of paintings by an 8 year old artist. who becomes enthralled by his photographs. He gets to know the girl and her family, a romance starts to blossom between Nev & the older half sister...seems too good to be true? Nev's brother & friend are both film makers and decide to document their journey of discovery of his new found friendship with the "facebook family". I won't spoil the plot for you...but it has left me asking lots of questions...go see this film and let me know what you think.

I've yet to watch Blackswan but can't wait to see it, by the looks of the trailers and posters it is dark and captivating, I can see it inspiring some new drawings of mine.

The drawing posted at the start of this post is a work in progress of one of two commissions I have just completed for Smiggle Stationery. I can't wait to show you the completed pieces that are super colourful. The next few weeks will be spent on finishing off some vintage inspired posters filled with text. They are very different to my usual style of drawing but I think a nice change. These posters will complement the walls of a new coffee shop opening in England. Also up my sleeves are a series of illustrations of stereotypes for a magazine and finishing some website building/design projects...it's a good creative start to the year.

I've made a mental note to blog on a more regular basis as it seems to have slowed down in recent times. I wonder what the optimum number of blog posts are per week? If it's too many you may get bored & never return, if it's not enough you may get bored & never return :-) Hello to some new blog followers who I visited recently! Maybe I will post again tomorrow?

Goodbye for now!

Bright Birdies

I've had an interesting last couple of days learning about marketing - all the theories and psychology behind branding, it's also been nice to rattle my brain & try recall what I had learnt in my A-Level Business Studies. By the end of the course I will have a Diploma in Marketing :-)

Tomorrow at 10am Gary Pepper Vintage will be launching their new webstore and branding - I can't wait and you will also get to see some new artwork I have created for the store. So be sure to check it out here.

In other news, please donate to help support those affected by the disastrous floods in Queensland. I was just watching the news about a brother who saved his sister but the parents had died as they had been swept away by the flash flood surging through their kitchen. Very sad indeed.

The first of many

Happy New Year! This is my first of many drawings of the year - she's reminiscing about the year just gone whilst contemplating what this year will bring.

I've finally washed the sand & salt from my hair and I'm left with a nice criss-cross tan line on my back to remind me of the relaxing holiday I have just had.

Did you all have a relaxing break? It's a shame we have to go back to work tomorrow isn't it? I've started the year with some delicious Turkish Apple Tea from T2, long beach walks near my house and also a New Year's Resolution to get fit! We'll see how the latter goes...