New Paints And Coloured Backgrounds

Hello!
It's been a while. I can only apologise ; )
I recently bought some acrylic paints. I've not really used them since my uni/college days.
Pens, and collage took over once I left.

It's so nice to put colour on colour again. It's hard with just pen.
So here is my first dabbling back into painting.
Staying true to my floral/plant/abstract marks.
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New - Floral Doodle Greeting Cards

Hello and happy wednesday to you.

The sun is making a rare and most welcome appearance here.
I must say it's long overdue. Spring is finally showing it's face.

So to beckon it on even more I'm introducing my new Floral Doodle greeting card series.
At present there is 4, but there will be more coming very soon.

They go a treat with my existing floral doodle prints ( Oh Joy! is a fan and we all know she's got good taste ;)
If you decided you didn't want to send them to anyone, they'd even look great framed on your wall!

All can be found over at my Etsy shop.
Have a super day.
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A January Bloom

It feels like an age since I've been able to draw.
So it's so nice to get some time today to create a floral doodle.

After a block of teaching seeing so many creatives producing interesting and inspiring ideas, I'm ready again to get playing.

Heres to a productive few weeks ahead.

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A Floral Doodle Pattern For Thursday!

Hello and Happy Thursday!
In between commissions I've been able to fit in some patten making and doodling.
This flower filled garden came about today.

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New Florals For Summer

Ah hello!

What a glorious summer we have been graced with.
Best one yet for years by a long shot.

A good excuse to create some new florals, which will very soon be in my Etsy shop.

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Canines In A Floral Garden

I'm a big fan of florals and canines, if you hadn't noticed!
So what better to combine the two things, using a more floral doodle type of garden.

These guys are very happy lapping up the sunshine and enjoying some quiet time.

I've just added them to my Etsy shop.
So if you know someone who's a pug, whippet, or dachshund fan, and likes a bit of kitschness it might be for them. Or if you fancy brightening up your walls then it might be for you : ) x

Canines Amongst The Floral Doodle Garden

Hello!

Can't believe we're in June. My birthday month ; )

Been doodle floral gardens and sneaking a few canines in the mix.

Here they are.

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Floral Doodles and Poodles

Hello there,

This week it's been lovely to take some time to draw and get some much needed jobs done.
A few sketches and doodles have happened.
Heres a few : ) x

Land Of Nod Art Institute As Curated By Oh Joy! (featured Me)

I am so delighted to be able to share this news.

Last year I was contacted by The Land Of Nod in regards to their LON Art Institute.
They were working with Oh Joy! who was designing a new collection for them and curating the Art Institute Gallery, and one of my prints was selected (bottom left)!!

To say I was thrilled might be an understatement. I've been a fan of both for a while.

Last year two of my prints were featured in the Oh Joy! Studio makeover as designed by Emily Henderson, as if that wasn't enough I then get contacted by LON.

It's always a great confidence boost to get work selected by companies and artists you already admire.
So this felt like a double whammy!

Thanks to both LON and Oh Joy! for always providing great inspiration and joyous work.

To celebrate this feature, I've created some new Floral Doodle's and spring prints to my Etsy shop, as well as a few canines ; )

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Oh Joy! Collection For LON

Floral Doodle Print For LON Art Institute

New Prints

New Products In My Etsy Shop

Bonjour!

I'm almost done updating my website.
It was in desperate need, but now it's nearly done! (virtual high-fiving myself)

As well as getting my act together on that front, I've also added some new products to my Etsy shop.
There's some new floral prints, some grumpy canines and a new set of Floral Doodle postcards.
Pop over and take a peek : ) x

Yesterdays Floral Doodle

Yes, I said one a day, so this is yesterdays.
The light was too poor last night to get a nice photo.
Really enjoying the machine, the colours and making it up as I go along!

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New Embroidered Floral Doodle

Well, I was totally meant to be doing my website update today.
Instead I drew a pug in a headscarf and did another Floral Doodle!
I've got quite a few on the go now, and they're building up to be a nice little collection.
I've just got to plan what I'm going to do with them ; )

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New Floral Doodles To Beckon Spring

In a bid to beckon spring on that little bit quicker, I've added some new Floral Doodle prints over at my Etsy shop.
I'm a big fan of colour and pattern and reckon that you can never have enough of either.
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Floral Doodles To Inspire Embroidery

I'm working on some new Floral Doodles, that will go on to inspire more embroidery.
The plan, is to have a range of new prints and embroidery pieces for April.
Here's a few of this mornings offerings : ) x x

More Embroidered Doodles

Oh bonjour!
The urge to dive back on the machine happened today so before getting stuck into commission, here's a new floral doodle.
Enjoying the different mediums x x x

Embroidered Floral Doodle

Well after too long a break I decided to fire up the machine again.
It's such a joyous thing, I forget about its wonder.
So decided to try out a Floral Doodle in stitch.

I see new work on the horizon : D x x x

Floral Fancy

Hello there,
Hope you're having a fabulous week so far.

Mines been good and knocking that glass of wine with dinner on the head for the past 11 days, I'm feeling pretty chipper! Next I might try giving up meat for a month.
Some changes ahead, nothing major, but curious to see how I feel.

As my lovely mother says, "your health is your wealth". I totally agree.

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New Year Floral Doodle

Ah, we're here in 2014!
My first drawing of the new year is a Floral Doodle.

Have a lovely Thursday. Suns shining here x x x

Blooming Marvellous!

I cannot tell you how much I've been enjoying the Lilla Rogers MATS course.
The amount of work I've been producing has been fantastic and I'm developing my ideas more and more.
Just sad that next week will be the end of the course.
Still one more week to enjoy and push myself.

This week was Wall Art, and I was given the colours red and orange to play with.
Below are my two pieces. The second is my final assignment piece. I've already had an order for one as a print! Nice x x x

More Florals For Monday

A fantastic blog by  Sarah-Jane Down The Lane inspired this latest Floral Doodle.
The floral creations on the above post are so gorgeous and all picked from Sarah-Janes garden.
So nice and always full of fabulous photographs x