Here's one about a fellow Aussie - Elisa Mazzone is a talented art director, illustrator and an avid fan of all things beautiful. Now based in London, she creates gorgeous visual landscapes and keepsakes, weaving mediums together with allegorical needle and thread. She explores the female form through her choice of colours, shapes and flowing lines. Purposely unfinished, the illustrations have an . . .
A Good Start to 2017
This week has been a good one to say the least. It started with an Amazing Race-style event that ended in a completely unexpected proposal by my boyfriend of 10 years. Then the HelloGiggles team let me know that an article I wrote has been published on their website. I've been going on their website since I discovered New Girl and started fangirling over Zooey Deschanel, so I . . .
My Halloween Favourites
Halloween is probably my favourite time of year. It used to be Christmas - now it's a close tie. That's because in Australia, we don't wear funny outfits and roam the streets. Come on. Dress ups, parties, creepy artwork found across Instagram - what's there not to love. Here's me. Here's a collection of wonderful Halloween posts I found while scouring across my Explore feed. From . . .
Reflections on Art
Brainpickings asked artist extraordinaire Wendy MacNaughton to illustrate Susan Sontag’s reflections on art and the results are truly wonderful. The quotes used were carefully culled by Brainpickings from more than 1,000 pages of diary entries from both the same volume and the one preceding it, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963. Here they are... All aesthetic judgment is really . . .
The Shoe Girl
Here's my latest hitRECORD challenge entry - The Shoe Girl. Based on a line from this poem, I created my little girl. "Sally who only just turned two, pulls a rabbit from her shoe." Magic Town - REmix, CMather She is confused. On one hand, she's (literally) holding a bunny she has just miraculously pulled out of her shoe. A trick she's learnt since a she was a year and a half. On the . . .
Watercoloured Words
I came across June Digan during my Instagram stalking a couple of months back and so it was a nice surprise to spot her work on Design You Trust. She's a Manila-based graphic designer and artist who picked up watercolour painting as a “daily therapeutic activity after work” - we all need some of that every now and then. How else would adult colouring books become so extremely popular? The . . .
Red Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. RED Featuring: Aniella | Natasha Wilson | Adé Hogue | Flyghte | Jean Jullien | Lady Boss Ri | Wild Whimsy Woolies | Present & Correct | Madewell . . .
Green Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. GREEN Featuring: Lancia Trendvisions | Anna Mo | Gretchen Röehrs | Alonsa Guevara | Ja Soon Kim | Paula Bonet | Adam Hale | Unknown | Mark Handy . . .
Penny Drawings
How would you like to put the Wild West in your pocket? San Diego-based artist Sam Larson makes that possible with his tiny illustrations that depict scenes inspired by the American West, no bigger than a penny. Larson’s illustrations feature cowboys, mountain ranges, forest scenes, wildlife, and more - posted on his Instagram feed every night. How does one even draw that in that . . .