Mysterious clouds

Since I made these collage clouds the other day I've started to notice a whole lot of patterned clouds around my neighbourhood and in town. They're sneaking onto lamp posts, poles and crossings...I wonder who has been prettying up these things with mysterious clouds?

My creative space: collage

I've had Jeannie Baker's wonderful picture book Millicent out of the library (how could I resist with that name?) and it has inspired me to do some collage. I was lucky enough to see one of her dioramas at a children's book illustration exhibition I went to in Melbourne last year - it was one of the illustrations from The Hidden Forest.

I had a whole lot of old magazines sitting around so I chopped them up and made these funny ladies, with some ink drawing and watercolour to finish them off. They're stuck onto watercolour paper backgrounds.





It's been a bit like playing paper dolls...today they even tried on each other's clothes!
I've now got a collage envelope in my art supplies chest of drawers and plans to make a whole lot more collages!

How about you, what have you been making? For more creative spaces head on over to the "our creative spaces" blog.

Happy Thursday!

Feather shirt

I needed a quick fix creative project the other day so I whipped out my silk screen and printed this feather on an old t shirt from the op shop:

I'll have to remember not to wear it with my feather print skirt...the next thing I'm hoping to do with this feather print is print it all over a piece of grey wool crepe that I have, then make that into a skirt or a dress. The logistics of printing a big piece of fabric in a small space are a bit tricky...maybe some outdoor printing is in order!

Flowers and murals

Some colourful sights on Valentine's day:

I bought Mr. Millicent Crow some giant dahlias but unfortunately they didn't survive the walk home. Here's a great comic about Valentine's gift anxiety.
I liked this cheeky little pigeon sneaking into this mural!

My creative space

After a previous disaster making a feather skirt (I made the stupid tired mistake of cutting the feather I had printed in half when shortening the skirt) I decided it was time to get back on the horse. I got an old skirt with an asymmetrical hem from the op shop, chopped it shorter and screen printed a feather on it. It has been getting lots of wear and is soon to be joined by a feather printed top...although I hopefully won't wear them together!

And speaking of blue and white, look at the beautiful mackerel sky from the other day!

To see lots of other creative spaces take a gander at the "our creative spaces" blog; hope you're having a good Thursday!

Market sketching

I had a stall at the Silo Park market today and I brought my sketchbook along. Here's some of my market doodling:


The girl in this one is cut out of another sketchbook page that I didn't like and collaged over the top. She's meant to be a self portrait, although I have never owned a greenish Peter Pan collar blouse...

My creative space: shells

I've acquired a bit of a shell collection - the small ones are perfect for carrying in your handbag for a bit of drawing practice on the run - and I thought I'd paint some of them for my new zine. They're watercolour on watercolour paper and were definitely a challenge to draw!

I think I'm going to paint two more collections for my zine - commemorative teaspoons and...hmm...any ideas for the other one?

To see more creative spaces head on over to the "our creative spaces" blog.

Happy Thursday!