My children in a pile of pillows.

I'm creating a drawing a day, to help, to try to beat back the dark a little. Can we beat back the dark with the likes of this? With the love of our children, and their love for each other? With art? With individual acts of tollerence? By example? Will the world they inherit be a little brighter than mine? Most days I believe it.

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Fern and my brothers spaceships

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is fern. I have also shared the spaceships my brother was drawing this evening. I'm influenced by many famous artists, Cezanne, Rodin, Klimt and Alastair Grey to name a few, but I have been and am much more influenced by the artists in my family. My mum, dad and big brother have been around me creating art my whole life, taking shape in front of my eyes - with every step of the presses on show. They have also always been willing to break it down for me if I still couldn't work out what they had done. Thank you all three. #drawingadayclub

Bird on a blossom branch

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a bird on a blossom branch.
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Mother and son

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a mother and son. #drawingadayclub

Flowers

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is flowers on brown paper.
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Leaf

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a leaf. I've tried to utalise the media interestingly.

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Lion

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a lion. #drawingadayclub

Swan

I'm creating a drawing a day, because designing textiles, raising two kids, home education, my own study, writing an art book and organising an artist's meet up, has not been keeping me busy!
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Today's is a swan.

Robin

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a robin I photographed at Wakehurst Place.
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Some kind of branchy, leafy, flowery thing! As my husband described it

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a branchy, leafy, flowery thing.
I have been at the V&A today, it's the world's biggest museum of design and decorative arts, which pretty much makes it MY museum! Love it!

This work is sort of an emotional response to the Japanese collection.

Bird and leaf print

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a print, made with foam board blocks of a bord and some leaves. #drawingadayclub

You can't keep a textile designer from playing with patterns and print now and then! You can see my blog about textile design here: http://enchantedtextiledesign.blogspot.co.uk

Feathers

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is feathers. If you are interested in how I did it I have included a photo of the little stamp I made.
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Bluejay

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a bluejay.
So are some other artists. Search for or click on the hashtag to see some.
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Yesterday's daffodils

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Yesterday I drew these and didn't share due to technical issues with my tablet and my laptop! Argh! Now I have a new tablet and my laptop is in the computer shop, so should be OK soon.

I have also included a better picture of my fish drawing as I had tech issues when I shared that. #drawingadayclub

Fish

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a fish. #drawingadayclub

Valentine

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is valentine's roses.
Happy valentine's day for tomorrow.
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A girl and her dragon

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a girl and her dragon. I love fantasy art. My daughter and I are addicted to "How to train your dragon". #drawingadayclub

Another owl!

So I thought to myself "I want to do this nice owl, but people must be getting sick of me drawing owls." Then I realised "My drawing a day, my project, I can do owels every day for a year if I like, and the worst they can do to me is unfollow the mad owl lady!"

Bird of paradise flower

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a bird of paradise flower.
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Kookaburras

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is two kookaburras. #drawingadayclub

Meerkat snuggle at Tilgate Nature Centre

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today we went to Tilgate Nature Centre and this family of meerkats was in such a snuggle you could hardly tell which was which, then the little one got too hot and pushed its way out the middle to lie on top for a bit! My daughter was enchanted!

Mixed media daffodils

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it. I could say something about daffodils but why would I? When it's been said by Wordsworth.

Wordsworth

 I wandered lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a Cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and Hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden Daffodils;
Beside the Lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:-
A Poet could not but be gay
In such a jocund company:
I gazed---and gazed---but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude,
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils.

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jocund

ˈdʒɒk(ə)nd,ˈdʒəʊk(ə)nd/

adjective

formal

1. cheerful and light-hearted.

   "a jocund wedding party

Lilly

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a lilly. #drawingadayclub

Tulips with pencil and nerd paint

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is tulips with pencil and nerd paints. Actually yesterday's as I missed a day. What are nerd paints? Paints made by games workshop for painting little miniature elves and such. They are made to very high specifications!
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Sorrento, Australia

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it. Today's is Sorrento Back beach (the surf beach side) if I win the lottery I'm going straight back here! #drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyonsartThis is Sorrento in the mornington peninsula, Melbourne. Near Jasmine's grand parents house. It has two beaches. A sheltered beach bay side, and a surf beach on the side of the sea. The town is full of surf shops and tamed windswept people who call their flip flops "thongs".

Comino, Malta

This is the island of Comino, off the coast of Malta. There are no shops or houses, just rocks and beach. You take a picnic and a boat drops you for the day. When I went I lost a sandal in the med, of the front of the boat. A big wave just sucked it right off my foot which was hanging off the side of the boat. but I didn't need it all day. #drawingadayclub

Abu Dhabi, escape British February!

This is Abu Dhabi. It's so so so hot you think your standing in the blast from a jet engine the whole day long! I got a real fright when a fish nibbled my foot! Those foot spas you get...I was not paid up or ready, and I nearly jumped clean out of two meters of water warmer than your last sauna! I'm thinking of doing a whole set of beaches I wish I was back at instead of in Britain in February! #drawingadayclub #kirsteenlyons #kirsteenlyonsart

Tulip

I'm creating a drawing a day, just for the art of it.
Today's is a tulip. #drawingadayclub