Showing posts with label tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tree. Show all posts

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Early Bird no.1 & Late Autumn House




Determined to get some headway today, I managed to come up with three possible designs for prints. The Early Bird no. 1 has had a final touch-up and I came up with two lovely colours to try out at the printer tomorrow: what I'll call "dunkin' egg yellow" and "soft green". I'm really happy with them, and I hope they reproduce well. 

I also whipped up a simple little ditty called Late Autumn House. The illustration started with the tree in the forefront. I saw a similar tree at Howletts last week that has stuck in my head ever since... with one tiny little yellow leaf holding on for dear life at the end of each branch.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Howletts autumn walk


Alrighty, I'm back. The absence was due to getting older (I'm now a whopping 40!) and a trip overseas to visit family. Dan bought me a new iphone for my birthday which is probably going to transform (somewhat) my presence online (which is kind of why I've wanted one in the first place). Case in point: today we took a trip to Howletts where I had (and took) the opportunity to play around with Hipstamatic, an app I'm sure is old news to many, but VERY new to me. Just LOOK at that majestic old tree and fall foliage above! 
 the handsome honey badger on his trot
 more luscious fall foliage
 NEW little red river hogs! We had no idea they had arrived and they are already losing their spots! 
the lynx showing off and being prissy all in the same stance

the humble (and always lovely) capybara