I was sneaking in a bit of drawing yesterday after Tommy's party, when Rosie asked for me to draw her one of the characters, leopard boy with the big hair. I drew a feint outline and Rosie produced this amazing drawing with coloured biros, I love it so much, I may ask if I can use the bird cage and swinging character in my drawing!
So my darling boy is 11 today. This has been a crazy year but even so it feels like it has gone in a flash, I had barely absorbed the significance of double figures, and whoosh he's speed walking towards teenage years, secondary school and ultimately out from under mummy's heavily feathered and all protective wing, I am anxious but excited as well, I love getting to know the person he is becoming, what a joy it is to talk to your growing child, to have understanding and co-operation (at least some of the time)
So I wrapped presents, baked the cake, blew up balloons, tidied up, got my camera ready, took a picture of the birthday table then completely forgot to photograph the birthday boy or party!!!
Cake was made with courgettes, rice flour and no butter, it turned out much better than I expected, and the kids loved it! Recipe in red velvet & chocolate heartache by Harry Eastwood.
The Wolf is Slain. August 2009
Another drawing, pencil on paper. I am wondering where I am going with these, out of necessity I have been using coloured pencils, graphite pencils, A4/A3 paper and a few ink pens, these are the things the children and I have to hand, they are small, transportable and not too messy. This obviously limits what I can do, it's very 'un- art school' the drawings are small, domestic, illustrative, pedestrian even, all materials bought from WH Smiths bargain table and shared with the kids. But despite all this I kind of like them, there is something I want to keep from them. I remember drawing like this as a child/ teenager before I was taught to 'loosen up' use sweeps of charcoal, don't be confined by the conventions of paper size, create large imposing pieces of work, all good but somehow I am still drawn back to this way of working and running with it's limitations, for instance sticking to the A4/A3 paper size 'consciously naive' maybe (I've just read I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith) and love that expression. But still something to work with I think. And of course I enjoy jumping from 2D to 3D, bringing the two together is my challenge at the moment, characters emerge that are suited to soft sculpture/ doll making but how it all flows as a body of work I am not sure yet.
Any way here are some details and the beginnings of a new drawing.
Born in 1968, Glasgow school of Art, painting, Mother of three, Maker of everything.
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