Managed to forget to take screenshots as I worked through the second part of this image and now its all done. Oops! Failed abysmally there. Decided to go for a dusky evening in the French capital and I think I quite like it. Doesnt quite live up to the real thing though (got a bad case of wanderlust right now...craving a holiday!).
If you are anywhere near London between now and December please please please venture to Primrose Hill to visit 'The Museum of Everything'. I visited last week and it is surely the most exciting and inspiring gallery I have been to in a very long time. A beautiful, awkward and often heartbreaking selection of work by artists working on the outskirts of society is displayed the museum's rabbit warren building (an old dairy) in a way that celebrates rather than exploits the notion of 'outsider art'. The image above is from Nek Chand's collection of figures constructed out of broken ceramics and fabric bears near Chandigarh and below from (my favourite) Alexandre P Lobanov; a deaf mute from Russia whose work features endless portraits of himself as a hero of the Russian Revolution.
I'm doing an exhibition at Leeds College of Art next March (ages away I know) and this is the very first drawing I've done for it. Will post more along the way I'm sure.
Jez got a lovely Horizon Perfekt camera which we took to try out at the beautiful beach at Alnmouth. Here I am looking windswept in panorama. You can see a couple more of his nice long photos on his flickr. 
Every now and again I pop by the Lizzie Fortunato site to eye up what I would buy if I had a tonne of money. Ideally I'd buy everything but on this visit I think I'd happily plump for this beautiful statement bib necklace.
Absolutely besotted with this image by Melissa Castrillon based on the story of Sarah Henley who, in 1855, attempted to kill herself by jumping from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol. As she fell the large skirt of her dress blew up like a parachute and she glided safely the 225ft to land. I have always loved this story and this image is the perfect treatment for it. I love that nude pink too! 
Today is my Mum's birthday and as part of her present I made her a 24 page children's book (that rhymed). This seemed like an amazing idea at the start but was actually a bit of a huge undertaking (24 pages...silly me!). Anyway she seems pretty happy with it so I thought I'd share a couple of the illustrations. Its about my Mum and her sister when they were young.
This is Thisbe. She's beautiful. Only not in this drawing. She's a bit wonky here. Oops!
I am actively excited for the Anthropologie store that is opening in London next month. I have a long standing anthroplogie crush which is only exacerbated by the fact that I can't buy anything from their site as the customs/tax/whatever is so extortionate. Everything is so pretty and girly and luxurious which is about a thousand miles from my current state sat on the sofa in a hoodie and my boyfriends pyjama bottoms (so much comfier than my own) sporting the ugliest slippers ever (fact. there was a poll and everything). Anyway when it opens I'll be seeking out these things for sure...love love love the colour of that skirt (with mustard tights...yes please!)
I really love all of these pieces by Australian Jeweller/Silversmith David Neale. The flower brooch above especially. Those colours make me swoon! And how sweet is that wee stag? Lovely stuff.
Another What I Wore Today drawing. Today I was feeling girly and summery (its september! Edinburgh is a bit slow on the sunshine uptake!).
