drawing – sparking the flash

Things Accountants Say

October 3, 2018Posted in Diary, Non-fiction, People, Tiny StuffTagged accountants, cartoon, CFO, comics, drawing, expenses, humor, humour, People, sistersLeave a comment

Sisters can be scary. Mine is probably scarier than most. She is an accountant. This means she is enraged by things I wouldn’t normally think about. This cartoon is a good example.

Shrimps Take to the Skies

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017Posted in Animals, Celebration, Tiny StuffTagged art, birthday, boots, Celebration, drawing, flying, holiday, illustration, plane, shrimp, sydney, tinystuffLeave a comment

i.e. my sister and I went to Sydney for the weekend in celebration of her birthday.

Birthday Shrimp

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017Posted in Animals, Celebration, Diary, Drawings, Greeting Cards, Tiny Stuff, watercolourTagged 30th birthday, art, birthday, cake, drawing, drawing on the right side of the brain, illustration, ocean, party, prawn, sea, sea horse, shrimp, Tiny Stuff, watercolourLeave a comment

Birthday card for my little sister. I call her shrimpy because she is small and shrimp-like.

Growing Up

July 24, 2017Posted in People, Tiny StuffTagged adventures, couples, drawing, families, holidays, illustration, Italy, kids, learning, observations, People, photoshop, tinystuff, Torre del Mangia, travel, wishingLeave a comment

Resigned

July 17, 2017July 17, 2017Posted in Animals, Drawings, Tiny StuffTagged cat, cats, dog, dogs, drawing, grumpy, illustration, ink, mistrust, pets, puppy, relationships, suspicion, tinystuffLeave a comment

Sunclouds & Cloudshine

June 26, 2017June 26, 2017Posted in Drawings, Tiny StuffTagged atmosphere, clouds, day, drawing, illustration, light, lumocolor, nature, reflections, solar, staedtler, sun, sunshine, tinystuffLeave a comment

Auntie’s 50th Birthday Card

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017Posted in Animals, Celebration, Greeting Cards, painting, Tiny Stuff, watercolourTagged art, auntie, aunty, birthday, card, dogs, drawing, greeting card, illustration, koh-i-noor, neef, painting, puppies, watercolourLeave a comment

WHERE IDEAS ALIGHT. A HAVEN FOR SHORT STORIES, SKETCHES AND OTHER TINY STUFF.

Self-Raising Flower

May 29, 2017Posted in Drawings, Greeting Cards, painting, People, The Creative Process, Tiny StuffTagged art, botany, brisbaneart, colour pencil, creative process, creativity, doodle, drawing, fairies, garden, graphite, growth, illustration, ink, inspiration, motivation, nature, photoshop, plants, play, staedtler, Tombow, triplus, typo, watercolourLeave a comment

WHERE IDEAS ALIGHT. A HAVEN FOR SHORT STORIES, SKETCHES AND OTHER TINY STUFF.

This idea came from a typo on my grocery list. Then I decided to play with it in different media; an artistic frenzy, if you will.

From left to right, top to bottom: ink, Prismacolor, Staedtler Triplus, watercolour, Photoshop, Staedtler Triplus/Tombow.

Out and About

May 15, 2017May 15, 2017Posted in Animals, Drawings, Non-fiction, painting, People, The Creative Process, watercolourTagged art, beer, Brisbane, brisbaneart, cafe, dentist, dialogue, dogs, drawing, illustration, journal, Lynda Barry, observations, qag, qag cafe, queensland art gallery, syllabus, tinystuff, watercolor, watercolourLeave a comment

What I’ve been seeing; what I’ve been hearing.

A Day

May 8, 2017Posted in Drawings, Non-fiction, painting, People, Tiny Stuff, watercolourTagged cartoon, comic, drawing, illustration, journal, Lynda Barry, Non-fiction, non-photo blue pencil, observations, panel, play, syllabus, tinystuff, watercolor, watercolourLeave a comment

Another Lynda Barry ‘Syllabus’ inspired cartoon: a record of one day.

(Obviously I am not very good at shaving.)

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