Coastal Designs

This year is already slipping by so fast. As my two boys get older, in some ways their demands are greater than when they were small. School projects and weekend activities seem to take over your life.

However, I have penciled in 5 or 6 Summer Art fairs as well as the Guernsey Arts Festival so the creative wheel must keep turning! Here's a peek at some new designs I'm working on for a set of new coastal inspired cards. Right, back to working on the rest!

Collage Seagull

I created this seagull illustration yesterday using the collage papers from a couple of weeks ago. It was actually great to get away from the computer for a change with pleasing results too. I may explore this method further in the future...

 

I really like Mark Hearld's illustrations below. He creates layers on acetate then lays them on top of each other to get the finished piece. A bit like real-life Photoshop, which I can see would give you greater flexibility to make changes and try different things out.

they're just like you and me

I've been doodling a few more seagulls lately (my seagull cards are proving quite popular) as there seem to be a lot more around on my walk to school in the mornings. Perhaps it's just the good weather that means we walk rather than take the car and in turn we (or that could just be I) get to see a lot more of the world around us. Whatever the reason, I love those pesky seagulls and try to imagine what they're thinking...