Watercolour Sketch: " These Used to Be Green Tomatoes"

Image: "These Used to Be Green Tomatoes"
Line and wash Sketch by Clare Walker

Hello there, and hope life is treating you well.

Am posting this to reassure you that all's well, and nothing bad has happened, despite radio silence from here for a couple of weeks.

What's been happening?

In fact, quite the reverse, as we've been away on holiday, to Exmoor. There was even some sun (and a random herd of wild goats)...

Wild Goats at Valley of Rocks, Exmoor.
(Taking it from the car seemed like
the best way to leave them undisturbed).

Sketches to follow (probably when there's less to draw, illustrate and talk about around these parts). 

In the meantime, despite the lovely holiday, this week, for some reason, in the week of clothes-washing and re-kiltering that always seems to follow a break of any length, I've been fascinated by...My mother-in-law's tomatoes. 

Why tomatoes, for goodness sake?

Green-house grown and as different from their supermarket counterparts as they could possibly be, these beauties  have ripened up better than I could have imagined, to a range of fascinating colours that complements their higgeldy-piggeldy shapes and sizes.

Though I'm going to have to disappoint both her and myself on the chutney front (she was right: I'd need six times more for that :-)) they'll be lovely to cook with at the weekend.

In other news...

Though have not been back long, can tell you that the autumn berries from the previous post have made it into a printable background in my Craftsuprint shop, and a project I'd love to tell you about (and will soon) but can't yet.

In the meantime, here's smaller and lower-res peek at the berries in action:

Grab this bright Autumn Berry Background
at full resolution in my Craftsuprint shop

And with that, I'd better leave you, and get on with that mysterious new project...

As ever, thanks so much for being here, and for reading down this far.

More soon.
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A Watercolour Sketch: Glowing Autumn Berries

Hello there, and I hope all's well in your corner of the world.

Here, the very first kiss of autumn's oranges and gold have appeared. Amongst the still-very-green eaves, as if from nowhere... Berries are suddenly...everywhere...

And so, even though, I confess, have been spending a lot of time this week visiting places and just soaking them up, rather than drawing, there was chance to capture those first glowing berries, inspired by some I saw on our visit to Camley St Natural Park:

Glowing Autumn Berries: An Initial Sketch

Watch this space to see what they'll become. (Update on September 12th 2024: See them in action in this post)

And, as have deliberately gathered inspiration this year to keep things bright during the winter, expect some ongoing flowers this year, as well.

More soon.

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New Hot Pink Daisies: Bring Your Inner Maximalist Out to Play...

Hot Pink Daisy Floral Modern Maximalist Pattern Fabric
by BoundingSquirrel

Hello there

Hope you're thriving in your corner of the world. And even if not, then in today's post might just contain something that helps...in the form of this ultra-bright daisy design.

And yes,  it was digital colouring and brightening in the ever-trusty Krita digital painting app, that brought out a properly bright, vibrant and...yes, I'm going to declare it a "maximalist" :-) pattern design. Yes, the pink is veeeery bright. But it's fun, isn't it?

It turns out that things look even more fun on a yummy assortment of Redbubble items, from bags to pouches and clocks to notebooks:

Some items from the "Hot Pink Daisy" Collection
 by Clare Walker,
on Redbubble.

And, if you're a papercrafter or cardmaker, you can also find this as a digital download background paper in this design in my Craftsuprint shop.

Finally, at the time of writing this (updated 23rd August 2024) it looks like all the shops have sales, with various discounts available for different lengths of time. So if you fancy a peek at some gorgeously bright items whilst you bag a bargain, this might be a great time to buy.

Hope this all helps one way or another.

Thanks so much for being here, and for reading down this far.

More soon.

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