Cut out conga

Some of those clever Twitter peeps are doing a #cut_out_conga and I was asked to join in.  Each participant adds a cut out and posts it along to a new illustrator.  The incredible Nikki Dyson posted them on to me.   It was a lot of fun to do as I very rarely paint anything so it was nice to dust off my watercolours.  We're talking serious dust, I've had the same set since high school.

Here's my cut out in progress.

sketch

outline.  I'm a coloured pencil girl.

painting

cut out

The gang altogether and posted on to Bethany Christou

Owl crazy

Like everyone else it seems I am also going owl crazy.  This is a lady I've been working on in my sketch book today.  She'll no doubt become a lovely mass of flat colour but for now she is a wonderful mess of watercolour pencil.  

This is her conductor.  

He remains nameless and is no doubt going to be replaced.  Never fear for he is not bothered 

because it is that wonderful time just as lunch approaches and he is thinking mostly about soup.

And these ruffians and are a few of my previous owl orchestra.  Aren't they wonderfully flat?  

They urge to me to ensure you their music is not.