court down to my show in Isington

I getting my sign made up for my show

I am going to get some bubble wrap and start to pack my drawing up . Dogs are booked in to stay at a local kennels . The trains are going to running fine, not like this weekend .

I have got to drop a A1 drawing and frame this Sunday for the Hyde Laurdary Show fro the 17 -27 October 2009,with mirror plates

Questions about the books I use and why?

When I was study my A level Fine Art my teacher said you will 100's of books that show you the end results, you want to find the the book that show you the start of the idea and whole process. I found this most useful and over the years.
I have got a lot of books over the years they are full of information and because of the books I had I never did have to use the University library. I got a good degree, so I happy with my own library.
I got Nightmare Before Christmas by Frank Thopson. From the Forbidden Planet today I also like to to buy Journal when artist are talking about their art work and how they plan to move their art forward. The Comics Journal No. 299 Aug 2009.
I like street art so I got Vna . Some people call it Graffiti I think of as street art, on the back cover their is an advert for edding www.edding.co.uk Jimi Crayon edding 751,780 & 4000 paint & Deco Markers, with a lad wearing a Hoody drawing on to his trainer , I was drawing on my T shirt the other day so I will look at getting some of these pens. Street Art take on several form.

One week to go for show in London Islingtion

I did a drawing of my walking dog on to a WSA 'T' Shrit

this goes agaist the grain with me has it new 'T' shirt and not secondhand.

Drawing on WSA ' T 'shrits

I did these drawing today they may look good but they are not as good as a pen and ink drawing I really need to look at getting a sewing machine and embroidery my image on to 'T' Shrit

My Frist Solo Show Alresford Library Window

I have the window in Alresfold Library Window there is a cost of £10 a week + 25% of what I sell

Basingstoke is free just 25% of what we sell, So all place I show my work have different cost. Hyde Laundary is free. Need to work on my Artist statement for the shows. I have used this Private invite to max. use to show I am showing my work and look at what I have got out of this I am doing very well .

The walking dog is worth his weight in gold for me putting my work out into showing my work.

Showing at Basingstoke Library

I am show with another Artist Deborah Hall at Basingstoke Library 14- 24 Dec. 2009
we have also applied to do another show in Basingstoke The Willis Museum this will happen in 2011 all going well it will be in February.

When selling art work you have to do the date when people will spend money Christmas is a good time and so is Feb 14 .

Deborah has got a friend who is Editor of the Basingstoke local paper so she is going to a review of our work The title for our work is " Space". The Willis Museum show was help by Deborah friend working their. This is classic case of good networking.

We also went to the Basingstoke Shopping center to see if we can use part's of the shopping center as a place to show our art work. keep you up to date how that works out we should find out next week if we can use the spaces in the center

10 Day show at the Hyde Laundry

Just been formally invied to particpate in 10 Days at the Hyde Laundry in Winchester 17th October - 27th October

I am showing a A1 size drawing. The drawing I used my right foot. I used a fine felt tip pen to do the A1 size drawing. I will try a get a better photo fpr my website.

Private view image used

This is the image that is being used for the private view invite for the show the second one in

'C' Clamp sitting on a bean bag

This is 'C' Clamp after the degree show it was 5 M X 4 M X 2.8 M.

This photo show I like to work very hard and very big but I also like to do drawing and they are pole apart but they are just as usual and a very rare sight. I love using humour with my work. and this can be seen in my work and I love danger and the 'C' Clamp show this from one side you wounder why it not falling over. The sun came out and the sun really make the photo and made all the hard work well worth the weight.

I used this image for my postcard My drawing have come a long way from this drawing over the last few months. These drawing were in my note book all the time but like most thing no one really pointed them out how good they were. It was only why I was waiting for my work to be marked people could see my drawing as that is what I was doing all day long 200 drawing in 4 hours now I have got a big show up in London with my drawing in Ilsingtion.

Modeler of my cloth print and paintings

This was my first try at puting my drawing on to second cloth . Both these image are hidden and onky come out when the jackest is open and the hood when it rains.

I am very greatful for my friend for modeling the size 6 jacket. The dog is looking at a flower

The king Escape from the hampton court 1647

I went to a book shop and found an old print of King Charles 1 1647 the drawing has a dog in it and the people have floppy hats. A lot of my drawing look like this engavering and I will use it to make some more drawing.

It is one of the them prints that I had to have.

I have gone on to find one of the people in the engavering called: Baron Holles http://www.bitish-civil-wae.co.uk

My drawing are a fusion and elements of this type of etching.

The other name is the engaver "Angelis Pink" but I could find anything on the internet about Angelis Pink.

Isingston Show

This is the icing on the cake for me . My drawing being used as part of the advert for the one show that a lot of people want to get into. My drawing looks like snoopy pen and ink drawing .

This advert has help me to get two more show in Basingstoke, One show will be two weeks before Christmas and a show later on in the new year at Basingstock Museum.

I now people do have some question to ask about my drawing and I am going to try and cover as much as I can in a : Quick Crit.

Q How do you approach your drawing(s) ?

A For example, my drawings are free and this can clearly be seen.

My main rule with my drawings is : I Do Not Use A Rubber I have Treudy Friend to thank Treudy wrote a book called " A Trouble- shooting handbook Drawing problem and Solutions page 7 Erasing this is a must read book if you want to be as free as I am with my drawing.

Q How long does it take to do a drawing.

A It take me about two minutes and I can do 200 drawings in 4 hours: A4 size, A1 size I do 25 in hour.

Q Do you think about your drawings while you are doing them ?

A I do not have time to think about my drawings that is what make them such fun to do.

Q How do you see your work moving forward ?

A Recylcing is what I love to do with my art work and when you are drawing using paper and ink you cannot do to much of what I believe in "Recylcing ". So I see my art work come in of the page and moving on to cloths and accessories I have started to play around with some cloth these can be seen on the website. I would like to do use shoes as a from of print making I will have ago over the next few weeks and see how it goes. I feel as I have got a Sculpture Degree I want to make my drawing more 3-D.

Q When the best time for you two work ?

A I always seem to start my work at 16:00.

Q Were the best place for you do your work?

A I do my best drawing when I am on train.

Q Do you just use your right hand for drawing ?

A In the main I do my best best drawing right handed but for fun I do you my left hand and my right and left feet for drawing I call this a party trick . I draw a table lamp with a shade with a button for an off/ on switch and do put tarsal on the lamp shade as well.

Q How did your drawing come about ?

A When I started my degree I did some Christmas cards and I did some of my drawings on some cards I got from another student and it was only because another wanted one I did for her and she said " Your drawing are not possible to fake" that this lay the starting blocks for my drawing they have always been around for a number of years I used to do a " Z " after my name and I got feed up with it as it look boring and as I had started to study art I thought I could do better and as you can see my art work is now on show at Islingston show .

Q You seem to like working in the public ?

A I find drawing in public is the best way to move my art work forward and I think this can be seen in the the drawing.

Q What price have you had to pay for your art work?

Over the years I have many knock backs but I have always known what I have wanted to do and it was to get a degree I made a pack with myself over 27 years ago to get a degree , it just turned out I was very good at doing art. I find this out when I passed my A/S and got an A (a) meaning I was in the top 5% of the A grade. Never had an 'O' level just 13 CSE none at 'O' Level, so it was a big shock to find I got an 'A' grade at A level so all the way though Uni. I new were my art was so I was never bothered about what the Tutors had to say about my work I new I had done my best and that what counted. My plan is to show them what they missed I like talking about my work and I do tell a lot of story's but that just the way I am. Uni do not like story's so story's is what price you have to give up at uni, but now I am in the big world I can talk as much as I want and this website is a very good place to start.

The biggest price was the end of my married to my husband for 19 years. The mistake I did I should of made it that we should of lived together. So if you are in a marriage or partnership stay together. Other student said it was normal for the husband to go by the second year they don't like it when the woman is getting brighter. I just now it does make your art work mean a lot more to you and you care about how your art work works in public. Some people would say it a trade off.

Q How do you see yourself in five time ?

A I would like to have done some show oversea New York would be a good place and Germany as these are the place were contemporary art is shown the way I like

lady blouse

I like the idea of putting the image of a dog on the a lady's blouse that has flowers on it.

Size 6 jacket Drawing

I got this jacket at the weekend some one had just dump it after a local Car Boot

it has a button missing and it a very small size 6

This is a drawing of a dog and a flower.

My other rule I do not do easy drawing they are awkward to draw I never use a rubber and I get the most enjoyable drawing I love pushing the boundary and I feel my art is benifit from this I have found some of my idea work very well others are area I need to look at.

Painting and printing my drawing on to cloths

This is a drawing using Dylon 3D Puff painting black and Textil Marabu

I did put a transfers on first but with the green jacket you could see the image but not as I would like so I coloured in the image using the Dylon for the outline and the Textil for the filler white.

The software I used for the Transfers is Greenstreet Art & Crafts studio T-Shirt

I find my art work is pushing me a long to a way I feel the art will be going.

My first rule all the cloth I use must be second hand cloths that are ok but to make them stand out turn them into a art works some of the images cannot be seen and other can but you now what you are looking.

and you will see them.

Over the last few weeks I have working on my show that I am doing in London

The Islington contemporary Art Design 2009 Fair 9-11 Oct 2009

Friday 13:00- 19:00 Sat-Sun: 12-1800

Photography, Illustration, Printmaking and Graphics

I am really happy as this drawing is being used on the private Invites I put a scane copy of the invite on the internet over the next few days .