I no longer have a garden, just some decking with a table and chairs – I love being able to sit outside without having a lawn to mow or weeds to pull…
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Author: Lou Longworth
Finding a Drawing Style
I can usually recognise the artwork of my favourite artists and illustrators immediately – I guess similar to bands whose songs you can recognise even if you’ve never heard them before, each artist has a signature drawing style. It’s what makes them different from everyone else. What I’m interested in is how they developed this style in the first place.
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Music Festival Illustrations
Going to music festivals is one of my very favourite things to do in the whole wide world – I love camping and I love music so it’s heaven for me to combine the two… I had a great time at Standon Calling this past weekend and was feeling the post-festival blues yesterday so decided to spend my day doing some music festival illustrations to cheer me up.
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Can Anyone Learn to Draw?
I often hear people say “Oh I can’t draw” or “I wish I could draw”. While I do believe that a few people have a greater amount of natural talent than is normal, I doubt very much that there is anyone who couldn’t learn to draw to a very competent level.
I think that the main difference between people who ‘can’ draw and those who say they can’t is whether they actually like drawing or not! Like any skill, drawing takes practice and if you don’t enjoy it you won’t spend enough time doing it to get good at it. Continue reading Can Anyone Learn to Draw?
Barbecue Themed Illustrations
I was born in South Africa, and so barbecuing was always a big part of our family life (we called it a “braai” over there). My Dad has also moved to the UK but even the weather over here has never dampened his enthusiasm for a good barbecue – he’s been known to braai in the snow!
I made him a braai themed Father’s Day card and it was so well received I decided to create a ‘Happy Birthday Dad‘ card for my Etsy shop along the same lines. Continue reading Barbecue Themed Illustrations
