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Music Festival Illustrations

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?

Drawing of sketchbook, pencil and mugI 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?

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Why I love drawing

Whether it’s drawing stick figures or doing more complicated illustrations, the few times I seem to completely lose track of time are those when I’m busy with a pencil (or some type of drawing implement) in my hand. I even sometimes forget about lunch and anyone who knows me personally knows how much I love and constantly think about food! Continue reading Why I love drawing