Anna Campbell

It’s been a hot dry summer, and it probably wasn’t the best time to plant new things in the garden. We had some bad energy neighbours move out from across the road so it was time to cut back our protective thick conifer hedges that hid us well (but also nearly reached power lines) and…

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…

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. My last drawing was purple so I’ve already started a ‘feminine’ colour palette (probably terrible choice of description). Pinks and purples are sometimes tricky to work with for me.…

I started this drawing in September and seriously misjudged how long it would take to finish. I didn’t factor in holidays or that I’d forget to pack my collage gear. Oops! As a nice piece of fate, where we are staying has two bountiful lemon trees so I had the real thing to draw from,…

With a mass of new flowers growing on the plant outside, I didn’t feel too bad about making a handful of these calendulas sit in a vase to become the newest drawing matter. I’m not sure yet if they might have some ‘halo’ effects put on tomorrow, but incase I ruin the original drawing I…

I’m growing calendula in my garden at the moment, it’s throwing out some beautiful flowers. The colour is just amazing, you can’t help but feel happy when you look at them. It’s exactly what you need to see in Winter. My garden isn’t huge or fancy. In fact it looks like a mishmash of ideas,…