Cut, fold, stick...

During a recent trip to the TATE, I found some beautiful little card animals to stick and make by Illustrator Alice Melvin. They are so delightful, I am going to make them up and find somewhere special for all the animals to live in my home. Her website is also full of lovely things, so have a peep on the link above. On another note, I hope the weather gets warmer soon, all the baby birds will be chilly!

 The above book is a book about moving house, and to reflect the chaos the book opens in all kinds of different directions in a concertina form. I really liked the playfulness of it, and how lovely the illustrations are, plus WOW! colour.

yellow bird, blue, stop eating all the bread...

I recently returned to drawing birds, sound surprising? Though flicking through some old sketchbooks recently I stumbled on some old birds- I had forgotten how much I liked them, so thought id share them. I like to draw quickly when working from them, otherwise I feel that the lines become too solid. sometimes I feel I overthink them, and draw them to death...poor birds, they become heavy and static.

He kept it in his mouth, it was after all, magic...

Today we visited a little animal/nature reserve in Mosley (of all places- who knew!) Even though the weather was excruciatingly cold, it was lots of fun. I have a newly discovered favourite animal-otters! ah- how lovely they are with their cheeky little teeth, and their chunky tails. Their eyes like little jewels, sometimes twinkly with mischief and sometimes gently closed peacefully. I liked them TEN! I took a few photos, but they move quickly! One of them had a little pebble, that would be kept in its mouth or clacked against other pebbles- I liked this a lot, It must have been a magic pebble I decided, maybe given to him by the eldest otter of the land, or found on an adventure in a deeply deep river... here are some drawings I made of the cheeky little otters...

I left my sketchbook at work! So I made this one super-quick out of some graph paper, and my sewing machine!

...like the messy Kingfisher Bird

 

I like the sunshine in my life today, and I like these prints by Banquet Atelier & workshop: OH! What beautiful colours, My favourite is the burrowing animals! little dotty hideaways hidden beneath our feet... Magic!

I found these on a lovely blog I read, you can also read it here: Automatism