Illustration Friday: Multiple

Yay! I got to take part this week and do something new. Here it is, the best kind of multiple choice....

luggage tag, collage, acrylic and ink

Illustration Friday: Open

This is a special Illustration Friday because there will be an exhibition of 25 pieces from this week's entries. Here is some info that I got from the Illustration Friday blog page:

"Open, a bookstore and art gallery in Long Beach, California is sponsoring this week’s topic, “open“, and in a show opening November 3rd — in less than a month — they will display 25 IF entries. Which 25? That’s up to you, the loverly IF community! You get to vote on your favorites to decide which ones go up on the walls".

If you would like to participate and vote for your five favourites, just click here:
Illustration friday gallery show

Here's my entry:

Every Saturday morning come rain or shine, little Alphonse would be there, waiting for the Fromagerie to open.


cardboard tag, acrylic, ink and collage

Illustration Friday: Wedding

She married the class clown...

Luggage tag, collage, acrylic and ink

Illustration Friday: Alphabets

Q is for Queen Bee....

tag, collage, acrylic and ink

Illustration Friday: Citrus

Introducing Citron the clown and his wonderful balancing act...

Home made luggage tag, collage, acrylic and pencil

Illustration Friday: Polar

Luggage tag, collage, acrylic and pencil

Illustration Friday: Fortune

Little Ollie said his last farewells, and set off to make his fortune....

Luggage tag, collage, acrylic and ink

And at the risk of sounding odd, I often find when I am drawing and listening to music, that the lyrics echo what I am working on at the time. For example, I was just cutting out little Ollie's trousers while Arcade Fire sang a line about going to San Francisco. It happens to me more times than I can count. Maybe I subconsciously pick the songs that fit but it certainly keeps my work entertaining.

Illustration Friday: Snap

With Mole's poor eyesight, he wasn't as fast as Squirrel. But he had such fun playing with his friend and looked forward to the day when he would finally be the one to shout: "Snap!"

Luggage tag, collage, watercolour and ink

Illustration Friday: Wired

Die-cut label, collage, acrylic and ink

Illustration Friday: Hide

Oh dear, I do hope that they are hiding in the brick house.....

Luggage tag, collage, acrylic and pencil

I can't seem to get enough of wolves these days :)

Illustration Friday: Communication

It's all in the eyes....
luggage tag, collage, acrylic and pencil

Illustration Friday: Gravity

Pigs could fly!........if it wasn't for pesky old gravity.......

luggage tag, collage, acrylic and pencil

Illustration Friday: Red

I had a lot of fun painting this one.

Luggage tag, acrylic and ink

Illustration Friday - Super Hero

Oh Illustration Friday - How I have missed you! I am hoping to get back into the swing of things and take part more regularly.

So here is the first one from me for the new year - I give you Super Baby...

Luggage tag, collage, acrylic, pencil and ink

Happy New year everyone!

Illustration Friday: Quiet

Nothing better than some peace and quiet and a good book to stick your nose into....I had wanted to put in some funny book titles like War of the Worms, Taming of the Shrew and of course, the Farmer's Almanac. I couldn't fit them onto those teeny tiny spines with my ham fisted handwriting!

postcard, acrylic and ink

Illustration Friday: Safe

I wanted to give this one a feeling of airiness which gets a bit fiddly as the tag is 5" by 2 1/2". I don't know why these illustrations always end up so teeny tiny but I have fun doing them.

Daisy D's die-cut tag, acrylic and ink

Illustration Friday: Run

Run, rabbit, run!

luggage tag, acrylic, ink and pencil

Illustration Friday: Match

luggage tag, acrylic, ink and a bit of collage

Illustration Friday: Play

To bee, or not to bee: that is the question: whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and sparrows of outrageous fortune...

luggage tag, ink and watercolour and a teensy bit of collage

Illustration Friday: Capture

A handy way to capture fairies; they can never resist a pretty frock.

Luggage tag, collage, acrylic, pen and ink

Note: no fairies were harmed in the making of this illustration