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For the love of colour! : )

This is a drawing that Tane (8) did for me, and that I coloured by hand and in photoshop. They are (from left to right) Tane, Grace, Perrin and Mila, my lovely daughters. Grace has asked for this as a T shirt.

So, I got this new set of brush tip markers ... : ) A hand drawn doodle in red, aqua / turquoise, white and purple. To little Phoenix, one day I will tell you how I prayed for you and thought of you all day long while I was drawing this. May God bless you and keep you.

More doodles...

Had a lot of fun with this, messing around with colours and patterns (as usual.)

Navy blue, indigo and white painted patterns in a symmetrical arrangement.

Delicious, sweet, fresh AND good for you. :)

I wanted to make strawberry patterns, first with a simple photograph with the strawberries arranged in some semblance of a polka dot pattern and secondly, digitally using the strawberries to make a true repeat pattern. Just experimenting and playing with ideas. So this is the photo version, obviously.

Navy blue, indigo and white painted patterns in a symmetrical arrangement.

I spent a lovely afternoon yesterday, with a new pencil, clean paper, mellow music playing and flowers on the table in front of me that my six year old picked for me in the garden. This is what came of it. : )

A colorful holiday doodle squeezed in between crazy bouts of baking, endless loads of laundry and much merry-making, celebration & feasting. Happy Christmas, everyone!

I can sit and doodle all day, the hours just disappear. This is a hand drawn doodle of mine, with added butterflies. : )

I love folk art. : )

A hand drawn daisy doodle - at least when I draw them they do what I want, not so much when I try to photograph them. : )

: ) Little Levi, 8 and a half months old now (time flies, huh?) chewing on a box, as babies love to do ... Matchbox shot with: Camera Model Canon EOS 600D

Playing with patterns from a while back. I quite like this in black and white. :)

Vivid watercolor yellow lemons & bright orange ice pops on a black & charcoal grey background, with silvery leaves & colored pencil sketch outlines.

A simple pattern of honeycomb or hexagon marble, quartz and stone tiles in shades of pale pastel rose quartz, amethyst purple, peach white and grey.

Oh, I do love watercolors! I love how they bring their own quirks and whimsy to the party, how you can't always control them just how you'd like, but how they always end up charming you with their waywardness. : )

Camera Model Canon EOS 600D Shooting Mode Manual Exposure Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/100 Av( Aperture Value ) 5.6 ISO Speed 100 Lens EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II Focal Length 55.0 mm

A simple and playful exploration of colour and pattern.

Mixing my favourite patterns and doodles with some delicious colours that I happen to like. Like baking, only not as fattening...

A second colour variation.

Hand drawn sketches of little birds in flight with leaves and flowers in the background. Soft textured shades of teal blue & grey with black & white.

I'm really enjoying experimenting with watercolour & acrylic inks, using washes to explore texture & colour. The leaves were hand drawn with an ink pen, a kind of meditative, zentangle / doodle drawing - very relaxing to do.

This is for my sister-in-law, Alex, who gave me a bunch of these most beautiful pink roses, I smile every time I see them.

Abstract alcohol ink.

It has actually been raining in my garden all day - so lovely and so needed. This pattern was created from a single, hand drawn, ink doodle.

A happy boho doodle pattern created from hand drawn elements, in monochrome black and white.

I just want to play with colour and pattern for a while. (Of course, that is what I always do, but sometimes I feel I end up taking myself too seriously.... this is me, just enjoying pink. I think it is important to enjoy pink from time to time.) ☺

A bright, colorful, boho spring time pattern in soft pastels, black and white.

A second colorway of my pattern of nature inspired chalk doodles.

A bright, boho pattern in blush pink, magenta, deep indigo / navy blue and dark cream.

A happy boho doodle pattern created from hand drawn elements, in monochrome black and white.

... not when cats have wings. : ) Yesterday was a lazy Saturday with gloomy, rainy weather, so I sat and doodled and this is what I drew. Who knew there was a winged wildcat in my pencil just waiting to get out? The wings are transparent and will change colour according to the colour of the tee. Hand drawn with graphite pencil, coloured in Photoshop.

Thanks again to my lovely sister-in-law for the roses! : )