Edinburgh from the crags.

It's not true what they say "that the best thing to come out of Edinburgh is the last train to Glasgow!" Edinburgh is wonderful! It's just Glasgow is even more so! :)

I may have gotten a little carried away with the mixed media:
Pen, watercolour, watersoluable pencils, inktense pencils, inktense pastels and tipex!!!

This one is dedicated to my niece Katie, happy birthday!

Elephant drawing number 30

The latest work in my crazy plan to create a drawing every day for 2016!

I love animals, I have been drawing animals alli my life and it never gets old!

Calligraphy horse. Drawing number 29.

Technically calligraphy means beautiful writing, so really this is just a horse drawn with a calligraphy pen. Easy and quick to do, but I did spend most of my childhood practicing with calligraphy pens!

Kangaroo, butterfly, leopard, The Domo and cat!

On my mission to create a drawing every day for 2016, I have caught up! I didn't quite start on the first day of 2016. I now have a drawing for every day so far!

Why art on a luggage label? It's more of a why not?

Also I have included some stages for the kangaroo drawing. My daughter was with me when I took the photo I worked from. We were both amazed how close he let us get!

Manor house.

Create a drawing a day. Drawing 27. Manor house in the Sussex forests.

Canadian Bear!

Thank you so much for all the lovely feedback on Facebook and Instagram. It's so good to share my project.

Graphic Panda! 25.

Here is a black and white panda bear with a brush felt tip. Very simplified. 25th Jan but I'm still playing catch up after not starting straight after new year so not quite drawing number 25.

Boat and reflection.

Here is a boat and its reflection also a peek at my studio (living room table)!

My daughter is joining in!

I have a blog for art projects with my kids but now she is joining in with a drawing a day! Where to post it? Here is the kids project blog:

  http://artistmummy.blogspot.co.uk

I think on this occasion I will put my daughter's art here.

My daughter's art.

From Dragons to Dragonflies.

A drawing a day, why am I doing it?

I'm a planner, I have my whole year, and indeed my whole life worked out on paper (I often have to alter the small stuff but the big stuff stays) yet I decided to do the drawing a day idea on impulse! I'm finding out WHILE I am doing it WHY I am doing it!

It's not for commercial gain, I haven't worked out how to make it pay out money, but it does seem to be paying off.

• It makes me draw and then I feel good.
• It puts something solely for me in my day of nappies, a lot of laundry, and school runs.
• Many of my friends seem to be following the results with enjoyment.
• If I really keep it up all year my drawing is bound to improve.
• I was inspired by Dominic Roberts doing it and some other artists I know have been inspired by me.
• It adds a little to the general level of light in the world, something on your computer that is not bad news. X

Thank you, Kirsteen

You may have noticed I didn't start this on the first of January, so I'm catching up so here are four drawings!

21 butterfly

Chameleon 20th Jan

Dolphin art!

Quite a simple drawing today as I have had to bounce the baby the whole time I did it!

I am loving the "drawing a day" dicapline as I would not have sat down to draw with splitting head, house a mess and baby still up except that I said I would do this! Then I do it and I feel better, creative, alive, useful!

Jasmine

An attempt to catch something of my daughter's etherial beauty and cheeky smile.

Cat. Felt tip on paper.

A Drawing A Day 16th Jan 2016

Squirrel

Lion and changes to the seahorse.

Playing catch up! Seahorse.

Some others I have done this year - I am not going to cheat!

A Drawing A Day For 2016

A friend of mine (Dominic Roberts) came up with the inspired idea of doing a drawing a day for 2016!
I have a six month old and a seven year old, a freelance textile design business and another business in the pipeline but I am up for it too! Here they are. As It's the 15th I have some catching up to do too!