A beautiful day!

It's such a beautiful day in Melbourne. I am in my little studio in the back yard with the doors and windows open, enjoying the autumn breeze and listening to the birds. Here's what I have been working on today.

Jennifer Nelson

Last week I had a Skype meeting with the lovely Jennifer Nelson. She is an agent who represents some of the worlds most talented artists. She has started a new branch of her business where she offers advice to artists. You can find more information here at Advice for Artists. I would highly recommend a chat with Jennifer if you have any concerns about a contract or would simply like Jennifer to look through your portfolio and offer feedback.

During my chat with Jennifer, we discussed my portfolio and strategies for getting my work out their to a wider audience. Her feedback and advice was constructive and invaluable. I came away with a list of things 'to do', not only in my work but on social media platforms. I feel extremely motivated and positive about my next steps forward.

Thank you Jennifer Nelson.

One of Jennifer's recommendations was to work on more florals. Here is one I have just finished. I have a few more in the pipeline and look forward to finishing them. You will see more floral pieces from me soon.

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Floral Quotes

I did these floral quotes a while ago but I am a bit behind with updating my blog with my artwork, so here they are!

It's always a good time for Tea!

Here's a new collection I have been working on for my agents at Wild Apple. It's called Tea Time.

Howdy Partner!

I've been a busy little bee today, finishing some work for my agent Wild Apple including a few snowmen designs - check out my Wild Apple profile here. I also worked on my second assignment for Lilla Rogers MATS. This week it was a cowboy theme for the children's apparel market. I challenged myself this week with a very limited colour palette. I found this quite challenging as I usually like to work with lots of bright colours. I think it works though and suits the simplicity of the icons. I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Until next time.

MATS Part B - Penguins and Igloos.

I'm back on board for Lilla Roger's Make Art that Sells e-course, part B. I really enjoy her design briefs and love the community of artists in our class. This week we had to design a card for xmas, our subject matter being Penguins and Igloos. This is the final design I submitted. I used a combination of watercolour, pencil and digital for this piece. I wanted to use a bright, cheerful colour scheme and steer away from the traditional christmas colours. Since I enjoy working on kids illustrations, my aim was to have the card jump out and appeal to a young child if it was sitting on a shelf in a shop. I'm looking forward to the next assignment. Hopefully it's something just as fun as this weeks.