Holly With Portrait Group

This is yet another of my quick sketches of the Portrait group sketching.

 

Another Page From My Travel Journal Zine - My Grandfather I Never Met

 I used watercolour on this one. I'm quite pleased with the result. My Zine festival zine is quite a mix with m passing through the tiny 'town' of Powelltown being part of my trip. It was a homage to my father's family. My paternal grandfather was a tough cookie. Once he was chopping firewood and cut his leg with the axe. He just kept cutting wood and when he entered the house his wife removed his gumboot, which was full of blood.

My newest Zine - The Journey, Zine Daze, Healesville

 My latest zine is a bit of a departure as it is a kind of stream of consciousness about a trip I toll to a zine day.

 Here are the first three pages. Yes, it is a true story although the 'Muse' did not wear an ancient Greek helmet...

I am selling the zine so if you want to know what else happened you will have to buy one from me!

Portrait Group, Holly

 Today, at the portrait group I did this cartoon picture of our model, Holly.

Sekhmet

 The ancient Egyptian lion goddess by request...

Stevie Nicks & Songs

 Here are the answers to an earlier post quiz.

The Romanovs

 I have been intrigued by some old photos of the Tsar and family prior to and during WW1 and the Russian Civil War and Revolution. I have been rendering some of these into gel pen and coloured pencil.

Shopping With females

 

Sandringham Beach, Late Afternoon

 

                                   I drew this, on the beach, with gel pen and coloured pencils

Mystery Songs and 70s Singer

 Okay, this is something new for me. You have to come up with the answers from the clues in the picture.

Three songs are referred to, all by the same 70s singer. One of the clues is from a common mishearing of a lyric!

A tribute to Uncle Des Darvell.

I was at my cousin, Kerrie's place, yesterday morning, when I noticed a framed paint flecked photo of her dad, my uncle. I decided to draw a copy in my sketchbook. I used gel pen and colored pencils.

  Here are the scans, one in  black and white and one in color.  I have been doing quite a few colored pencil illustrations in my current sketchbook and will upload more over the next few days.

   Des would have loved this but unfortunately he is no longer here to see it. (As an adult he told me to call him just Des, rather than Uncle Des). I am thinking of doing a series on my uncles and aunties because they were so good to me and very interesting.