San Francisco pics

We got back from our fantastic 2 week break in California on Tuesday. I'm just about recovering from jet lag, but can't seem to adjust to the sudden drop in temperature...London feels so very cold, brr!

San Francisco was brilliant, a charming city full of diversity, culture and surprise. We walked a lot (up and down hills in the scorching sun and in the pouring rain), ate a lot (big portions of dim sum, Mexican, Japanese and American food) and saw a lot :D 

One of the places we visited was the brilliant Musée Mecanique on Fisherman's Wharf, a big warehouse full of antique arcade machines...oooh fun fun fun!

holiday :)

I'm off to San Francisco and LA for 2 weeks from today :)
Didn't get much sleep from late night faffing and packing and general excitement!!
See you soon!

tweet tweet

I've been painting lots of little birds to sell at my exhibition in Japan this November.
Here are some finished pieces, although I might still tweak tweak some of them.

my moo cards

I received my MOO mini cards and business cards today, yay!

I'm happy with the colours, and even happier to be able to tick one thing off my big list :D

lovely treats :)

I treated myself to a couple of lovely books by two of my favourite artists.

The first is by the amazingly talented and inspiring Camilla Engman, titled "Troppo tardi". I love her colour palette, compositions and sweet little characters. There's lots of little surprises on each page. So lovely to see her work in a children's book format :)

The second is by the equally talented and inspiring Carson Ellis. I love how she portrays people - their facial expressions, posture, movement...I find her compositions, use of colour, pattern, detail and white space endlessly inspiring. Every page is a treat!

I'm so happy to have these two beautiful additions to my ever-growing book collection :)

mini pics

A few more mini illustrations to turn into mini cards :)
...now time for bed...zzz

mini cards and birdy pics

Been a busy bee working on these mini-quick-pics for my exhibition in November. I'm away the second half of October, so I've got to do it all before I go!! 

I've been enjoying doing these little illustrations - some characters are familiar, but it's nice to put them together like this. They are going to be mini cards soon :)