Website Updates and introducing Playing cards
Eggs in one Basket ... I'm sure that most of you have heard the saying about not putting all your eggs in one basket?... or the one proclaiming that it…
Design Update: Logo, Book cover & Branding
This post is a design update, showing the latest projects I've been working on. It has been quite a busy and exciting time, especially as these projects have all been…
An interview with Annette by Rachel Howden
Rachel, a Graphic Design student approached me a while back asking if she could interview me as part of a video assignment in her final year of studies. I hadn't…
… and the Winner is
Birthday Treasure Hunt The Birthday treasure hunt was a real treat for me, and I hope all of you who took part enjoyed it as well. I had so much…
Happy Birthday Treasure Hunt
The Creative Pencil is turning 4 years today I was thinking, what better way to celebrate this exciting birthday than to have a treasure hunt! This can be in the…
Sketchbook update March 2014
One should try one's best to not throw the baby out with the bathwater... however, at times attention may be temporarily diverted for a split second, where it suddenly seems…
Illustrated pre-Christmas Wrap
It has been a busy busy time lately, which unfortunately has led to a terrible decline in posts. To remedy this slightly, here's a little wrap of what's been happening…
Ebb and Flow exhibition
Our exhibition opened on Saturday at The Studio Gallery in Gosford - with artworks by: Diane Eklund-Abolins, Helen Mortimer, Amanda Donohue and myself. After months of working intensely on finishing…
Tarot Journey coming to an end
Visual vs Vocabulary Periods of intense creative work tend to conflict with my ability to 'write about' the process. When I was at art school teachers would often want to see…
Drawing the Tarot – Four Knights to the Rescue
If you have followed my Tarot journey from the start (congratulations are in order!), you may know that this project initially began with a symbolic self-portrait-like interpretation of the 22…
Drawing the Tarot – Meet the Pages
A Page is seen as a youthful messenger; a voice speaking for the suit to which he or she belongs. In the drawings (pen & ink), I used key symbols…
A Day of Swords
The 9 and 10 of swords bring me to the end of the minor arcana on my tarot card journey. I find the symbolic nature of swords fascinating, even though…
Tarot – Pentacles & Rods
Today has been another day of painting tarot cards ... :) During winter, my workshop is at least 10 degrees colder than the rest of the house (when I'm in the…
Tarot minor arcana – Cups 9 & 10
These two cards bring me to the end of the minor arcana in the suite of cups. Following these will be the four voices of the Royal cards, which I…
Number 8 in the Tarot – or where to from here?
It is intriguing how often the card I am busy drawing and painting ends up mirroring real life (emotional state or event). Perhaps it is to be expected, considering the…
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