Jessie Lilac Blog

 My youngest graduated last week with a first class honours degree in Social Pedagogy. I'm a proud mama and here's a little watercolour I did of her in my art journal when we got back. It was an extremely hot day but the setting next to the river Thames was perfect for taking photos.  I like to draw different hairstyles, this one is done in Tombow pens. This hairstyle was more challenging because of the detail but it's all a learning curve drawing something new. I loved how the cat came out even though she's missing a tail! I'm always a bit fazed by drawing animals because I've very rarely ever drawn them from life but I enjoyed painting this one. Cats are my favourite animal so that helps. 😉 💖 I think I must have been channelling Frida for this one! I like using my pentel black brush pen, it makes lovely sweeping swirly lines. It actually ran out of ink so I took it apart and refilled it with ordinary black ink from a bottle. That m...

So much has happened this year and we're only just into March. I've been looking back at my daily sketchbook paintings and in retrospect I can see how my emotions are reflected in the pictures.These are all drawn and painted intuitively so at the time of making I had no conscious thoughts about what I was going to draw. I'll write underneath each picture my feelings today of how I see them. Starting at the beginning of the year, just after christmas and my birthday... had a great time with family still basking in the love tired reclusive very sad and worried heavily worried numb worried trying to feel as though everything's ok burden of worry buying new house plants delicate tasks out of reach and difficult feeling floaty, free everything beginning to grow in the garden calm and accepting organising Feeling physically weak mindless bunny drawing to av...