painting cups

Spending my friday night painting polystyrene cups (it really is third year) to sample my thermo inks the quickest and best way. I figured if I put inks onto cups which I then fill with hot water I can test the colour change easily ... so, here's a few testers.. i'm learning a lot!

when I grow up..

Finally figured an understandable theme for my drawings :) having noticed in a tutorial i like to give my characters add-ons for personality like a crown or a big bow, my fellow decorative artists suggested it's like when a child imagines what they'd like to be and look like when they grow up. With this is mind I've been e-mailing my bum off to as many primary schools as possible asking for the help of a few young creatives to give me first hand research and find out what the younguns of today want to be when they grow up.

I put together a little questionnaire, here's one my nephew zach filled in for me... i really love it. big thanks to my ma, step pa and rest of the balls for helping !! I'm gonna develop my drawings directly from this research. A good handful of schools have said they'd help, maybe i'll help in the making of a few new artistees!

babiekins

Babiekins Magazine has helped my drawings along this week..

and colour is becoming very important, once spelt right. I've decided to use thermochromic inks which change colour as warmed up and cooled down... idea: products to teach palettes?

i bloody love marimekko

Alot of new drawing going on in my life right now, also some new Marimekko for my wishlist..!!! SWOON!

p.s. i'll be having a blog revamp soon too