Jessie Lilac Blog

I've had a very busy weekend with family and travelling so I'm sorry that my giveaway announcement is a little later than promised! Thankyou for all your lovely comments telling me which print you'd like to win. I'd love to send you all the print of your choice but there has to be one winner, and the name picked out of the hat is: Donna Maria Lynn  Well done Donna! As you can see I've been having more fun in my sketchbook with my new Tombow pens and Distress Crayons. The nibs of the crayons are quite thick, like a lipstick but I find they come into their own when used as a background. When they're dry, I like to draw with a black pen on top. The Tombow pens work very well on top of the background too. We had a long journey to make on Sunday so we decided to stop at Glastonbury for a break on the way home. It's been quite an action packed few days. My youngest son was flying back to Spain, my eldest son got engaged and we accepted an...

I've been having more sketchbook fun playing with my new Distress Crayons. The pages above I've only used the crayons by themselves without any gesso on the page beforehand. The picture of the face has a little bit of water to make them blend together. The left hand page shows a light colouring of 3 colours. Here you can see I've blended the colours of the background with some water and when it was dry I've drawn on top using Posca pens.  Again, on this picture I've added a few details with Posca pens on top of the Distress Crayons.  Now the new year is here and I'm back in the studio, I'd like to give away one of my prints as a thankyou for following me. ♥ All that you need to do is to tell me which print you'd like in the comments either here or on my Facebook page . It's that easy! I'll put all your names in a hat at the end of next week and announce the winner. You can see all my prints if you click here . I hope ...

Hello, a very happy new year to you! 2016 was quite a year for many people and that includes me! I've moved house and then spent every day for many months working on it. I've also said a sad goodbye to 3 of my baby chicks as they went their separate ways seeking their fortunes. 2017 heralds a brand new start for me, I haven't posted here for ages as there just wasn't any time to do artwork let alone write a blogpost. It's good to be back in the bloggesphere even though I am aware that there might not actually be anyone out there reading this any more.😉 If you're out there, thankyou for visiting!   ♡  ♡  ♡ So would you like to see my newly spruced up website? Click here for the link if you'd like to visit the site and see it in all its glory. ;)  I was given some lovely gifts for my birthday and christmas. One of them was a set of  Distress Crayons. The page above from my sketchbook was first covered in a layer of gesso to give it some textu...