Category: Ink & Collage
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Gentle Hibiscus
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…
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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. 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.…
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September Lemons
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,…
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More Calendula
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…
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Calendula
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,…
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Hung Sunflowers
Back to ink dip pen and collage for what was a complex bunch of sunflowers to draw. The ‘hung bunch’ is still something that interests me, and even if it means the drawing is a bit more compacted, I like it. There were a lot of lines and curves and contrast within this to keep…
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Blue Potato Bush
Procreate on my Ipad time again, this time it’s for a tree that’s in my garden. It has a pretty terrible name for such a beautiful plant. It’s flowering at the moment, hundreds of small purple flowers that look very nightshade-ish. I have no idea where the potato part of the name comes from. Hang…
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Pencil Pot
A really quick drawing, one thin watercolour layer plus ink pen. Very simple but exactly what I needed to do. This pot was handmade by my Mum many years ago, maybe 40 or so? It’s lasted this long, but incase anything happens to it, I’ll have a drawing capturing it usefulness and beauty! Okay maybe…
Anna Campbell 