A relaxing project, building layers of watercolours and doing a digital ikebana – arranging them into wreaths – and sticking in tiny tiny birds.
Category Archives: drawing
Silver Lining
This product is part of the #makeforgood collection, a project powered by Australian Etsy sellers and in support of Plan International’s Because I Am A Girl campaign. 30% of the sale price of this product will be donated to Plan’s Because I Am A Girl Campaign. It’s $30 USD, and a limited run of 30 copies! In my Etsy shop now: http://www.jessesmess.etsy.com
All funds raised will go towards supporting projects that help promote the equal rights of all children, helping lift girls around the world – and their entire communities – out of poverty. To learn more about this project go to etsy.me/makeforgood.
Happy New Year
We’ve returned from our travels, bags unpacked, house slightly dishevelled as I try and rearrange as I always do when seeing it with fresh eyes. Coffee walks this morning and happy to be back in the studio – ahhhh Melbourne. And my new business cards waiting on the doorstep. Happy New Years, friends!
Oh Hello!
I recently was featured in a collection of custom portrait artists on the cute blog Oh Hello, Friend! Great to see what others are doing, some very sweet work….
Oh My Love
Oh my love for the first time in my life
My eyes are wide open
Oh my love for the first time in my life
My eyes can see
I see the wind
Oh, I see the trees
Everything is clear in my heart
I see the clouds
Oh, I see the sky
Everything is clear in our world
Oh my love for the first time in my life
My mind is wide open
Oh my lover for the first time in my life
My mind can feel
I feel the sorrow
Oh, I feel dreams
Everything is clear in my heart
I feel life
Oh, I feel love
Everything is clear in our world
– John Lennon
Illustration Friday – Whisper
I’ve been experimenting with textures an illustrator – fun and interesting results. Here’s an interpretation of whisper on a beautiful quiet rainy day in Melbourne.
Blue Clouds
Plates
For Christmas, I was lucky to receive a batch of new art materials – inspiring for new drawings! One pressie was these porcelain pens – called Porcelaine 150. You draw on your plate/cup/ceramic something, bake and there you have it! A permanent illustration to eat off :). Excuse the bad pic but here were my first experiments…
Zazzle
I’ve been busy loading drawings to Zazzle – an American website which allows you to create your own shirts, mugs, stationery etc for cheap and sell it or make lovely lovely pressies. Unfortunately shipping to Australia is quite expensive, but in the meantime I’m plugging away on creating a range of kid friendly stuff for sale (or perhaps for one big shipment for my daughter next year!).
Illustration Friday – Safari
Playing with digital illustration, quite different to my norm! I think that’s why I love Illo Friday – you can mess about and experiment with your usual style, with a random topic, and share with friendly internet folk.
Jesses Mess 