Kitchen art

Yes, I still work on the fruit now and again.

In frames...

My Gocco

I heard about the Gocco through a friend of mine and was immediately taken. It is a Japanese toy screen printer intended for children but has fast become an adult obsession. You can read more about it here. Unfortunately they are no longer made and haven't been since 2008 but can still be found and so can their parts and fittings. I found one on a New Zealand 'e-bay' and bought it immediately but only plucked up the courage to use it last week.  I made a screen print of my owl ink drawing. I made 85 of them and have listed them as a limited edition screen print in my Etsy shop here. I love the look of the Gocco print. No two prints are alike and there are these tiny imperfections that give the print its unique charm.
I also found this lovely textured paper that came in various pastel colors that has made each print even more unique. Here are some of the pics of the prints drying on my makeshift wash line and the final, dried, signed and numbered print.

Whimsical owl

I suppose you have guessed that I love owls. I created this one using watercolor and ink, but in a different style to the fruit in earlier posts.

Bull terrier ink drawing

I bought a new ink pen and what better way to 'wear it in' than to draw my favorite dog in the whole world! A bull terrier. I have been blessed to have had 3 bull terriers in my life: Angie, Rothchild and Tyler. I will never forget how much joy they all brought to my life. This is available in my print shop Here. Hope you like it...

Owl ink drawing

I saw a picture of the most beautiful baby owl, so of course, I had a 'must draw that' moment! I have not wanted to do cross hatch again since the 30 day fruit drawing challenge so I used a simple line drawing style that comes a little more naturally to me than cross hatch. I have put it in my print shop on Etsy here but didn't want to sell it in the digital shop.  For those who have been 'watching', I used the same ink pen as I did in the fruit and veg alphabet, which is now almost completely done!