Author: Ink Nature
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Still life, life still
This drawing reminds me that over time, we can choose to look back on the past with gratitude regardless of its faults. What went wrong in the past is just a pathway to new understanding and growth. The plants in this still life were from my old garden, I didn’t fully appreciate them while I…
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Portrait of Young Woman
This was drawn on Procreate, using stippling technique which my old ipad struggled with towards the end. It took a lot of patience to get it done, and that’s not because of all the dots but because of all the ipad crashes! Ha! It was drawn as a gift for a loved one who is…
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Hung Hydrangea & Roses
This ink and collage drawing is a hung bunch of flowers from my garden. It’s a subject that still appeals to me, there’s a concept I’ve been allowing to develop over time and it’s always reflected in botanical subject like flowers, stems, leaves etc. The fragility of life’s process, how we age and change, how…
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September Shell
This drawing was on rough Arches paper, which on reflection probably wasn’t such a wise choice! It was pretty brutal on my pens, and although it might’ve gone well with the texture of the shell subject I don’t think I’d pick rough again! There were no watercolour washes on this to begin with. Once it…
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Wisteria
This week I drew a flower that I saw growing over a broken fence, tangled in amongst nasturtiums and overgrown hedges. There were so many blooms or whatever they are called for Wisteria. I really need to learn a bit more about the tree. Or is it a plant? Wow, I don’t even know that!…
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Calm Chaos
This piece was made when I noticed the turning of the seasons. That first proper glimpse of the colder wet months. This tree has yellow blooms but I really couldn’t budge past pink hues again. The native birds love it, the bugs love it, we love it. Not sure what it’s called unfortunately… our garden…
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February Flowers
Today I finished a piece that has taken a really long time to complete. Life has been a bit hectic so it was a slow pace the whole way with this drawing. I might be making prints out of it soon but for now I’d just like to find a home for the original. There’s…
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Curse of Shadows
It’s been an exciting month, with the second book in the Amassia Series (by A.K. Wilder) coming out. The second book is titled Curse of Shadows. Exciting because I had the great opportunity to draw four additional chapter headers for this book to go with the original ones. Also because I am a huge fan…
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Camellia
It’s not often I draw or paint with pink, but I’m trying to not be so scared of soft colours that aren’t green, brown or grey. Pinks and purples are sometimes tricky to work with for me. I guess I gravitate more to the earthy gloomier colours. Haha! Anyway, here is Camellia. It grows in…
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