Colouring in

Colouring in is terrifying to me.
Colouring with layers of tissue paper, or fabric or thread I can handle, but paints, pens and pencils? No way!
All my drawings so far have been in black/grey pencil or pen. If I'm to progress with my drawing though, I really need to get to grips with colour, so over the past couple of days I've forced myself to colour things in.
I'm starting with some nice colouring pencils, to ease myself into it. Paint is the next step I suppose, but that is too much for the moment.
So I've gone from this -

to this - 

I've got a long way to go before I'm confident in using colour, but I'm on my way there.

What happens in tech...

I've spent the past few days in technical and dress rehearsals for 'The Conquering Hero' at Orange Tree Theatre. 

This means very long days, far too much tea and cake, and a lot of sitting around punctuated by flurries of manic activity.

So I've been doing a lot of doodling....

Valentine's Cards

Hand drawn Valentine's cards are now available here in $ and here in £. I've made them by drawing the design on tracing paper which is then folded around the card like a book's dust jacket. Each card is hand drawn and so each one is an individual piece of art. This is the first time I've ever made greetings cards, and I'm really pleased with them!