Jorge González

Buenos Aires artist and illustrator Jorge González is a diverse and talented illustrator. This sketch is from a series called "Memorias del subsuelo" Memories from underground, it has a fantastic understated intimacy and domesticity. Jorge's skill is in capturing humanity in it's energy, compassion, love and misery.

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I took to my sketchbook this holiday in poems and paintings. Collecting myself in its pages along with collections of holiday treasure; like golden apple sea snail shells and pearlescent mussel shells.
No electricity can be an amazing thing. Time stretches and so do your thoughts.

Limpets like bird eggs, speckled shells, magic safe havens.

Don't cut your worms.

I don't know why yesterday this picture came from my mind and hand, but I wanted to expose this myth as the nonsense it is.
The myth is that if you cut a worm in half you get two worms, here is the myth explained using a worm and boy; it doesn't work with either!

Deadlines . . .

I have a long list and here I am at the top in a bad way . . . I have deadlines!

Kaneko Shinichi II

Kaneko Shinichi's wonderful dream like sketches, for more line magic today. Kaneko Shinichi is a sculptor who also works in embroidery. 

There was an old lady

I am still working on sketches, limericks and nonsense rhymes about Scottish place names. Though these seem to be moving more in the direction of people and strange pets. 
This old lady, as you can see is walking a giant ladybird I have just started rendering it in textiles. 

It is a busy, busy week work has lots of deadlines including the submission of my students Higher Art portfolios. A busy week socially as well, last night for he first time, since I graduated I attended the ECA fashion show which was fantastic, I will be writing about it on my Thread, Fashion and Costume blog.

Claire Loder

Claire Loder posted this gem of a portrait today, at first glance I fell in love,  I thought the lips were goldfish. It is one of Claire's development ideas for 'lippy' you can see more here.

Love Potion or message

Above, On Calico ready to stitch.

Sketches, above and below

Love potion, message in a bottle, shipwrecked pirate...