This time I’ve been gathering links for at least six weeks. It’s been the summer holidays and I have a young child so my time has been very occupied. Here are some of the things I found in spare moments or just before the holidays started and then didn’t get round to posting sooner. Beautiful Pictures Breaking waves...
The Paper Jam Comics Collective will be making comics at Jesmond Library this Saturday. Pop along and join in! Make a mini comic, join a drawing game! If you think you can’t draw you are doubly encouraged to join in.
On 25th July I’m teaming up with Discover Jesmond 1888 and Heritage History Her for an event in St. George’s Church, Jesmond. Jesmond? Want to make your mark in history? Come to St George’s Church Hall on Saturday 25th July to make a community heritage zine with me and Discover Jesmond 1888. Share your story of...
This is actually only one of two sketchbooks I filled during April and May. The other one has a lot more pages so may take a little longer to scan in. I then have two full sketchbooks for June and July so far, I’ve started another and it’s only just over half way through the month. I’m also working on a large...
A collection of links found around the web. This time we have three sections, inspiration to do things – things that have inspired me to do something, visual niceness – things that I enjoyed looking at, and creative play – things that remind us that we’re human. Inspiration to Do Things Make Believe by Robin Rendle,...
Back in February the Paper Jam Comics Collective launched Growing up… and that. I thought it was about time I shared the comic I made for it. This comic is about how being a grown up means taking responsibility for something but it doesn’t have to mean doing it on your own. You’re always part of a community, you...
Good links I have collected recently. Metro Pretzel M is for… Metro (Calvert typeface and the Nexus Tyne and Wear public transport visual identity), this blog is a lovely treasure trove of transport facts. This particular post focuses on Margaret Calvert’s type design for the Metro and how concepts from it were...
This post was inspired by Juhis’ IndieWeb Carnival theme for May, A love letter. This is a love letter to creative spaces, community centres, libraries and anywhere that is welcoming to the big table full of slightly chaotic artists who might make a mess of their carpet from time to time. When I was a teenager one...
My garden is full of happy bees. No such thing as a weed.
So my sketchbook was almost exclusively sketchnotes during January. But what did I do in next? 30/30 Pretty weird to hold a 30 day challenge in a 28 day month, but that’s what happened in February. I’ve already shared some of the pieces I contributed to 30/30, flight, Derwentwater, but I decided to use the time...
Back in January (I know it’s May now, I’ve been in a doing rather than documenting kind of mood for the last few months – I honestly thought I’d already made this blog post) I joined in with World Sketchnote Week. I really enjoyed getting into sketching my thoughts and ideas, noting down interesting details and...
I have a lot of cardboard, I enjoyed making this ripped piece into art. I used a combination of different paint markers for this. I bought some super cheap ones from a discount shop so that I wouldn’t worry about destroying the nibs. I need to do more.