Hello everyone,
My submission for the 'Spring/Sunshine' theme is a collection of very quick ink drawings that I made a few weeks ago. I had gone out for a walk one beautiful sunny Spring morning with Alice in the pram and Gracie on the lead. I took a pair of garden shears with me, and basically stole a heap of flowers from my neighbourhood which I cut and arranged into many little vases, and filled each room of the house with them. The daffodils are from our own garden, from bulbs planted by previous owners, and have been a lovely surprise each year!
The drawings I made were all done in less that 3 minutes. As you can see, I have the baby monitor with me on my desk, and as fate would have it, I had about 6 minutes of drawing before my little monkey woke up. I did a few drawings with Alice on my lap - she was trying to help me out, however, ink and babies do not mix very well! The drawings are most definitely not perfect or all that good, but sometimes, a quick drawing can be just lovely and fresh. I really like to draw with ink and also to draw quickly, so I don't mind the time pressure of a crying baby.
I had initially planned to make a lino out of one of these drawings, but I just didn't get around to it this month. I have the lino block ready to cut, so it might happen one day!
Gillian
Can you see the little hand trying to get in on the drawing fun?!
My favourite one, which I have transferred onto lino ready for cutting.
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