A smaller version of a familiar print is now in the shop! Priced at £12, measures 8.3″ x 8.7″ (A4) it’s ready for framing. It will arrived signed on the back and wrapped up safely in a hard back envelope. I’ve missed this print and it was one of my favourites so it’s made me really happy to see it return to the shelves. The Larger version, which many of you have been asking about over the months, will return one day but I can’t say when. As soon as I have enough space and the right machines to make it :)

I’ve also released a limited edition print in blue! This has a print run of only 25 and once they’re gone they’re gone. Available here!

brrrr, it’s not warm enough yet to wear just this!!

I bought this desk YEARS ago from a charity shop for the grand total of £3!! It’s been living in a friends basement and ever since, mainly because I could never find an easy way of getting it home via public transport and I kept forgetting about it. But as you can see I finally brought it home!! It has little legs you can screw on the bottom but for now they’re tucked away inside and I have just the top resting on my work table. It makes the table the perfect height for painting projects so I’ve nicknamed it my ‘paint station’ for now. In the past I’ve been using big books to lean on (as you can see in this older post) as an attempt to limit the back damage I keep accidentally inflicting on myself. Fingers crossed this beauty does the trick!

Below: The spring flowers are filtering their way into a lot of my doodles at the moment (but I think that was a bit obvious in the recent sketch book updates). Anyway, here are some of the beautiful flowers I’ve been enjoying and some examples of how I’ve been putting them in my pictures.

And here is a random illya picture:

I’m trying to keep up with number 6 on my list (my missions for 2011). I’ve spent 2 days doodling in a sketchbook and thought I’d pick out some of my favourites and share them with you. I’m a little bit addicted to that chevron pattern now…

Now I’ve started painting again I can’t seem to stop, which is a good thing seeing as I set myself a mission of painting 50 pictures this year. I finished this one today after starting the sketch last night. I’m loving just painting straight onto the recycled card. The colours pop out at you and these colours in particular are my current obsession.

The websites going to have a new face hopefully by the end of the day, which I’m really looking forward to. It’s always nice to invite a little change into your routines. Anyway, it’s time I got a wriggle on… Would love to hear what you think of the new doodles.

Fun times!