Misty Mountains Shower

Last week I finished another illustration within my person project travel series, capturing a rugged shower scene from a campsite in Misty Mountains, Kunghur.

Although as a lone illustration, it’s not the most stand-out piece, it now makes the 7th completed illustration with the collection, and when placed all together, it feels like the grand ideas in my head are starting to assemble! And despite still having plenty more I want to create to fill the gaps, I’ve made a new page on my website collating what I have so far, an also bringing together a couple older illustrations from a trip to Brazil that I feel didn’t get their opportunity to shine. Check it out here!

New prints and a BIG SALE to make room for more

I recently added two new print designs to my shop and market stock selection, two of my illustrations from my on going travel collection capturing moments of storytelling from exploring Australia and Bali for 7 weeks.

I choose to release these two because, despite it being a personal project capturing my own memories, I felt the scenes amongst these illustrations, were very relatable, and hopefully more desirable as a print! And after having them available to the public for a short while, I’ve received plenty of reassurance that this is the case!

I have really loved sharing my new prints with everyone at my recent market stalls, adding what felt like to me, some much needed variety to my set up, as I’ve personally grown a little bored my own products! I had a few people comment on how amazing my colour palettes were, which is my favourite kind of compliment because colour has always been incredibly important to me, so I’m super glad that my efforts have paid off and this is translated to my audience!

This is however, the last market set up photo you’ll see from me for a while as I’m taking a break off markets during the spring/summer to return in September with a few new products and a little refresh of my display. I have a fair few commitments during the next few months meaning I can’t attend many markets, and I feel this is a perfect excuse to spruce up my market set up, and focus on other areas of my creative work.

Until I restart markets in September, I’m running a huge sale on my website to try and reduce some of the excess stock I have printed, so please check it out and help me with my spring clean! 🧼

Travel Illustrations

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I’ve recently finally been able to get on top of the mountain of admin on my to-do list and subsequently given myself more time and energy to invest into drawing for personal projects, so here are 2 illustrations as part of my series capturing moments from our travels around Australia & Bali!

The Peach Farm, was one of the first campsites that we stayed at whilst travelling in our lil rented van, driving up from Sydney to Cairns. As somebody completely obsessed with animals, it was also probably my favourite of all the campsites we stayed on. So I decided to draw this image capturing the best part of the day, feeding time! 🐑🐐🦆🐓🦚🚜

I actually finished this one months ago, but as this was during an episode of bad mental health, I was being unnecessarily critical. It wasn’t until I took a good chunk of time off and completed a different drawing in the series, (Lazy River) that I was able to remind myself that not every drawing has to be my favourite! This other drawing however, is a new favourite! Despite it taking far longer than I’d like it to, it also feels particularly fitting for the illustration, that it was done with a lazier, more relaxed approach! 🧘🏻‍♀️

This Lazy river illustration was inspired mostly by a trip to Waterbom waterpark in Bali, but the main aim was just to capture the exquisite, care-free feeling that comes with floating on a rubber ring amongst luscious greenery, an unmatched experience 🌞✨🍃🌴🌱

With this travel illustration series the main aim was to encapsulate storytelling of my experience, (which so far I feel it does very well) rather than create picture perfect prints. But as I’ve stepped back into the market scene, I’ve been craving new additions to my sellable products, mostly because I’m finding markets to be quite repetitive and I’m bored of talking about the same products that I’ve had for years. Thankfully, I feel this Lazy River illustration not only fits into the storytelling of my personal project, capturing my travels, but also works very well as a print, which I hope will be popular amongst many people who enjoy a lazy river! This can now be purchase online through my shop, or in person at up-coming market stalls!