silly rascal

Summer has come

Drawings and tea

Some new drawings of mine. 

The first one was done at the Art Macabre event Sketchy Séance. I love these events.

Second is done to celebrate turkeys. I watched a very sweet video of a turkey being stroked and wanted to make something to celebrate these brilliant birds (especially at this Thanksgiving/Christmas time of year when so many die).

Me enjoying some Tea!

Lunchtime talks with Wendy

My friend Sarah and I filmed a short sketch I'd written on the weekend. Here are some stills (a sneek peek if you will) of this piece!! My make-up is meant to be rather wild, Wendy is the type who is a little overenthusiastic with lipstick and blusher. Ive been there before.

It can be viewed here

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5OiM1r9aV4&t=179s 

2018

For New Years I went to a party with the theme of '2017'. I only found out it had a costume theme the day before so kept my eye out for empty boxes to transform. I was in luck... and found a 'bear factory' box shaped perfectly like the top of Big Ben. I decided to go as Big Ben because his repair work had been quite a feature of 2017. Jack (always one to choose a villain for fancy dress) went as Charles Manson. 

One of the first books I read this year was 'The Hearing Trumpet' by Lenora Carrington. 

I chose the book from the library as the authors name seemed very familiar. It wasn't until googling Lenora I realized it was her paintings that I knew so well (below).

 I was glad to see the same surreal atmosphere of Lenora's paintings echoed in 'The Hearing trumpet' from the cover illustration and synopsis (back cover). Her life was extraordinary, I'm surprised/embarrassed I never knew about her before.

 It made a delightful read!! Very visual, imaginative and bizarre. I zoomed through it in 2 days. 

“Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won a helicopter in a crossword puzzle competition? There is not much hope though I am afraid, as they never give such practical prizes.”  

The Hearing Trumpet

Dan's artwork

A collection of my artwork that most defines my style

Comedy Show!

I'm very excited to be working on two woman show with my comedy partner Kayleigh. We will be debuting the show at the Brighton Fringe festival in 2018!

Here are some of the photos from our fun photo shoot with my talented friend Sam.

 When Sam asked what we wanted for the poster I did some very quick doodles of the layout (below)

 Before we had our photoshoot this was the drawing I'd done (below) but as a poster it's much more fun to have our faces on it and  theres always a slight concern an illustrated poster looks like a kids show.

Edinburgh Fringe 2017

It seems to be my style this year to post things months after they've actually occurred. I don't know where my time is spent. I'd like to say reading... but I have only read 23 books in 2017 so far (I know this because I set myself a book challenge each year). This post is my overdue Edinburgh Fringe highlights, the shows I saw and loved. Even though many months have passed I still remember some of these shows with great excitement- especially Ruben Kaye's (his was incredibly memorable!). 

 

My annual trip to the baked potato shop (all vegetarian and vegan!) to fuel for flyering. The avocado mix is is my favourite! The portions are huge.

Interesting artwork in the air bnb we stayed in. I really liked the painting and there was a matching ceramic beside it. Below is me drawing chalk lines on the floor, demonstrating my fine skills of calligraphy on bumpy terrain. My drawings to the left appeared on the advertising board we had for the show. They generated alot of attention which is always pleasing!!

JAPAN Harajuku

Day 2: AM
In the morning we headed to Harajuku!! This colourful street had a resemblance to Camden (10 years ago) with its bustling streets and small pathways leading to further stalls selling colourful clothes, bows, toys ect. We went to the cat café MoCHA where we had unlimited iced coffees whilst mingling with the regal cats of Harajuku. 

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We spent about 40 minutes in a shop called B-Side Label 原宿店 that sells stickers. I got several, among them my favourite (bottom left) a naked Japanese man. When I asked what the writing translated too, the girl giggled "No Body Shame"