Jasmine in my mum's sun hat.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is my daughter in my mum's sun hat.

What do you think? Are my portraits improving? Do you enjoy seeing my drawings? Will my creating a drawing a day change my life or that of another? I have four kids and a baby here today, should I have used the time I spent on this to wash our bedding? Day 244, I must have spent at least 100 hours on this, is that wise?

Negative lilies

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's are lilies crested by filling in the negative space. I like the team "negative space" it simply means the space around the object, the spaces between the subjects but it sounds darker!

I have no idea why I chose to do only the negative space, so let me know if you work it out! :)

Chameleon.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a chamaeleon, thank you mum for the subject.

Pen sketch of the château

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Here is the château Allure du Lac, for the last time think (it's sort of wistful and sad to draw it from my office in middle class suburban England when two days ago I drew it in blazing sunlight with a soundtrack of sleepy crickets and red squirrels rummaging for good things to eat.

French pet shop

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

I took this picture in a French pet shop, and drew from it, in my diary, on a train so it might be a bit wobbly.

Yesterday we got five trains including a double decker, from Angers to East Grinstead and I was so tired I fell asleep without sharing this.

Pots on the ground behind the château

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is a collection of pots behind the château.

Château Allure du Lac, hiding.

I'm creating a drawing a day for a year, just for the art of it.

Today's is the château Allure du Lac.

My mum says "The château hides, that's it's thing" she should know, she's been here a month painting.

I've included some photographs of the château.