Inner West decorations

 A little fun idea I had for the launch of the exhibition was to create some decorations of some of the iconic buildings I had drawn. I contacted the fantastic Lyndsay over at Online Laser Cutting who etched my illustrations into colour transparent acrylic. 

I threaded twine through the top, so that you can dangle them from your windows or, well... anything. Now you can take a piece of the inner west with you where ever you go.

The Inner West decos are for sale at Sweets Workshop instore.

Best Inner West - An Exhibition of Local Landscapes

In a few weeks time I'll be opening a new exhibition of landscapes of Sydney's Inner West.

With a huge amount of inspiration in the local area, drawing scenes of Sydney's Inner West has become a little bit of an obsession. The show will feature some iconic landmarks and show off some of my favourite private commissions of people's homes.

'Best Inner West' opens over the weekend of the 11th and 12th of October and closes on the 3rd November. The official opening is at 2.00pm on Saturday 11th October at Sweets Workshop. The exhibition will also be open on Sunday 12th October as part of the festivities for Summer Hill's Neighbourhood Feast.   

I hope to see some friendly faces over the opening weekend, thanks to everyone for your support. You can join the Facebook event here

 

A Line – Zip of Sewing Bits & Bobs - Alphabet Poster

I have wanted to create a fun alphabet poster for a while and had the idea to draw one based on the contents of a sewing box, full of sewing projects. Ok, so it’s a true story, my sewing box, full of sewing projects that I haven’t managed to get to.I scribbled down some rough ideas, reworking some of the weaker ones. I then began sketching the letters and their graphics on my water colour paper, working to a loose grid so that they would all fit in. Hazahhh! It fits and I quickly get inking using a couple of different pen thicknesses.Adding the watercolour  was the fun part, keeping to a bright but limited amount of colour for consistency. After water colouring I scanned the pieces and added a cream fabric texture and sent to print.When the posters came back, I was really happy with the colour and quality. They are now for sale at Sweets Workshop, online and instore. Finger crossed, I’m hoping to get to some more Alphabet posters in the future.

Ashfield House Illustration with Vintage Cars

I was very excited to draw this place. For 1, It was a Bungalow. 2, It had cool automobiles and 3, It had a beautiful large magnolia tree. Lots of fun working on this one, I'm really happy with the composition and I think the crumpled paper texture really made the large tree on the left.