April 13, 2021Published by avrilejean at April 13, 2021Categories avril e jeanavril jeandrawingillustrationlearningpen and inkpencilA Horse a Day – Month 1I took Struthless's art advice to draw the same thing every day for a year...this is week one
April 2, 2021Published by avrilejean at April 2, 2021Categories avril jeancoloured pencildrawingpen and inkpencilI still exist in corporeal and virtual formIt's been months but I'm back!
October 26, 2020Published by avrilejean at October 26, 2020Categories craftdrawingpencilPolymer claysewing and embroideryEvery day is exactly the sameOne of my friends pointed out that in a hard lockdown, “every hobby feels like a chore”. So yeah, that’s why I’ve been not posting much […]
September 9, 2020Published by avrilejean at September 9, 2020Categories avril e jeanavril jeandrawingpencilLots of drawings in LockdownA number of pencil/ink portraits of people that were in vintage knitting patterns from the 1940s, 50s, 60s.
August 6, 2020Published by avrilejean at August 6, 2020Categories devopsdrawingpencilsoftware developmentNew drawing paper, and completing my first year as a software developerMost of my drawings I’ve published recently, I was doing on paper bought at Daiso in the CBD, but of course I’ve not been in the […]
June 21, 2020Published by avrilejean at June 21, 2020Categories drawingpencilOfficial comforts organisationsDuring the wars there was apparently an Official Comforts Fund, which was a way of getting clothing, food, entertainment, to the troops. There is a little […]
May 26, 2020Published by avrilejean at May 26, 2020Categories drawingpen and inkpencilportraitKeep your pencils sharpUsing old kitting patterns as reference material to draw from
May 22, 2020Published by avrilejean at May 22, 2020Categories Australian Landscapeavril e jeanavril jeanbeachbeach paintingcoloured pencildrawinglandscapepaintingpen and inkpencilwatercolourColourful stuffI did a bunch more paintings of my trip to Cairns that I actually literally forgot about. I was shuffling through my unsorted pile of completed […]
May 21, 2020Published by avrilejean at May 21, 2020Categories avril e jeandrawingOld photographspen and inkpencilportraitMonochrome knitwearI have always liked to draw faces, but the faces I draw without references tend to be very samey samey after a while. Oh look a […]