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Yet more Washi tape has been acquired!

Colored Pencil work

MC squared is a colored pencil work also. Kohinoor Woodless colored pencils which are oil based.

T is a colored pencil work. A bit based on the Covid concerns.

N5 is a colored pencil work.

I drew this girl on a napkin at lunch and liked her enough I had to give her a home.

Inspired by a recent experience I had during a trip to the bank, and just reflection on “masks” we wear in general I suppose.

As far as things that I can’t seem to shake off are concerned, it’s this fact that a place like Edinburgh where I live is akin to a village where everyone (artist folk in particular) seems to know everyone, and the patterns or quirks that emerge from this said thought process. In most collectives I’m a part of and/or are associated with, there’s what seems like an endless sense of crossover and overlap with fellow artists etc for lack of better words, which is lovely as it is insane... you know? All in all though, even if it drives me mad it does so in a strangely positive way and I’ve learned to live with that. So yeah, make of that what you will. :-)

Making postcards from junk mail. so Inception of me.

Random ink blotch monster recreation (see second photo) #1. These guys wound up looking like a couple of Mr. Burns-like creatures.

My favorite way to eliminate the often paralyzing fear of "ruining" "good" paper is to just paint on any and all junk mail that comes into my house. Higher end catalogs are great for this, they don't use slick, thin paper (and even that gets used in collage or as a desk cover for other projects) and they're already bound for you. Just add marks! Carry it with you. Scan the pages you like. Cut it up later for making other art. It's "just" junk mail, so there is literally no pressure. I have HUNDREDS of these type of things and I run across them all the time, forgotten, in some old backpack or purse or drawer and it's a treasure to look through them again, and add new marks, paints and words.

These are birthday creatures created in a lab to help celebrate. They come with a confetti aura and built in party horns. They are optimized for maximum fun, but frighten very easily.

A remark someone at the fire spinning club I go on Monday evenings during chat I had with them last night got me doodling again!

'tis all but a dream here...

A different kind of mouse than I normally make. I am taking a year long class w Danielle Donaldson and we work on a different animal each week.

Something warm coloured for the incoming spring. Also befitting of the feelings a lot of folks in my life (and myself included) seem to be feeling right now! Much cobweb detangling figuratively speaking this month past, that much is true...

Doodle time strikes again!

A daze in the life.

When your girlfriend knows about your Washi tape obsession, and gifts you accordingly come Valentine's Day... Also, film logo inspiration!

And that concludes another sketchbook! New one incoming...

Before social hijinks earlier last night, more ideas needed to explode onto paper...

Collage time! What else is new, eh?

Rainy days = a perfect excuse for a shedload of coffee and drawing to indulge in. :) Occurs to me I did one with the title “Laurel Weaver” close to four years ago. Not much else connects the two beyond the title or does it? I don’t know... Whatever the case, I fancied recycling and revisiting this idea somehow. Enjoy!

Reading about the Winter Olympics a few weeks ago inspired this piece. There are roughly 8 layers on here to build up the color.