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Post-Beltane open meeting scribble time!

Happy Imbolc to all who celebrate it :-) Spent today with some friends designing seed packets for planting various flowers, vegetables, you name it… although this will inevitably house more Washi tape in my case!

Beltane season is almost upon us again… at last!

Palm Pals tribute time!

Pen on paper drawing of a Bull Banksia candle.

This Banksia nut was found in southern Western Australia, one of the many varieties of Banksia found in Australia.

The forest nearby is full of baby banksias growing in poor gravelly/sandy soil which they do better in. The little one was growing on the edge of a gravel road.

Banksia grandis is a banksia that is of medium height with large candles. The eyes contain seeds that come out with fire.

The Prickly Hakea is an interesting plant that grows in southwestern Western Australia.

Banksia grandis is a large species of banksia found in the southwest region of Western Australia. It grows quite commonly in nearby forest.

This little pine cone was missing one side and looks like it’s been eaten, revealing a repeating pattern in the centre of the cone.

There are only a few lovely large pine trees near my home in the Southwest of Western Australia. This little sprig was found on a walk where there was only the one pine tree in amongst the other trees.

Drawing of a banksia nut from the nearby forest in the Southwest of Western Australia.

Testing out new processes printing leaves using block printing ink.

A experimental combination of abstract, geometric lines with organic shapes of gum leaves. Pen, watercolour and masking fluid.

New sketchbook time! Introducing “Instant New Dolls” :-)

All the plushies! All the Washi tape!

*Important breakthrough in the global art realm.

I mean, of course it’s Beltane flavoured!

Happy Beltane!

Essential pre-Beltane activities!

Drawing with sharpie of a tree leaf from the garden.

A quick drawing of a plant in the garden.

New sketchbook time! Introducing “Instant Everythings” :-)

“The politics of the world frustrate me. I control my frustration when I write, but it explodes when I perform.” A quote from a Benjamin Zephaniah documentary I caught not long ago on BBC iPlayer’s been resonating with me as of late. Granted, I tend to keep politics light here (if anything) but I stand by what I’ve just said regardless.

Changes afoot, perhaps?

Pondering life as always...

Rest assured, Shadow was smiling on the inside!