weather...

Just one the amazing murals my students made while learning about the weather in english...if only all rainbows looked like these!

patterns á la Órgiva

Brilliant hand-painted wall in Órgiva, it was actually a set of welded together caravans, classic! Really aesthetic I thought, with a touch of turquoise.

old?

Ok , another school run find! I got some weird looks from the builders at this building site, but I couldn't care less, they were about to plaster over these pillars. Brilliant colour palettes.

dates

Saw it on the school run, beautiful dates, ready to be dried up by this glorious winter sun. They cut them all down from the thousands of date palms here in Aguadulce but no one eats them!

Illustrator: Adrian Johnson

Ooh lovely post on stylesight.com blog, just wanted to share it, I think his stuff is brilliant, no shy colours and amazing boldness in form.

Over the years, Liverpool-born Adrian Johnson has developed a unique and strongly identifiable body of work. His trademark highly crafted graphic work is constantly evolving, always maintaining a healthy distance from current trends and passing fashions.

www.adrianjohnson.org.uk

The Sellable Sketch with Michelle Fifis.

Just finished a couple of weeks ago the best e-course ever! The Sellable Sketch with Michelle Fifis from the patternobserver.blogspot.com, was a 5 week intensive with pikaland.com. After doing her Essential Guide to Repeats I wanted to take it a step further, so I did! I learnt so much and got my confidence back after a long slump. I created my first repeated pattern design collection (this one for wrapping paper) and have another 6 on the way! I have realized looking back over sketchbooks from the past 4 years that I was made to make patterns! Another passion! So watch this space...

Banners: www.mloggers.com

Banners: www.mloggers.com

Had great fun creating these banners for www.mloggers.com, by the creator of www.deenport.com, add you blog to the list! (Note alternative colours on site!).

fresh

Spring in Órgiva, just a few of the wild flowers in my parents new garden. If only I had time to actually draw them...

Blog award!

Yipee! My first blog award, I am so chuffed, given to my by my dear friend Rabia Spiker at www.peromadremia.wordpress.com.

An award especially to show appreciation for small blogs (of 300 subscribers or less). I now get to nominate 3-5 other blogs for the same award! They are:

www.dunasdeoro.blogspot.com (guess who!)

www.charogonzalez.blogspot.com -Photography fun.

www.inesvilpi.blogspot.com Kids's illo's.

www.plumalinea.blogspot.com A friend's illo page.

www.rmlt-leticiafloresruggirello.blogspot.com

Itinerarte closing event at the Uni.

Expo. Original Múltiple June 2010

Expo. Original Múltiple June 2010

Linocuts for the expo. Original multiple in Rodalquilar June 2010.

Itinerarte 2010/2011

Interior Growth

My flight

Lift me Up
Series of Collage for ITINERARTE, Almería 2010/2011

Commission: In My Mind

Depression in Australia for Sally Barrett June 2010

Original Múltiple

Collective exhibition at the Hotel Naturaleza, Rodalquilar, Almería, May-July 2010/

Exposición en el Hotel Naturaleza, Rodalquilar, Almería, Mayo-Julio 2010

Good to Know *8 contribution.

Good to Know *6 contribution.

Magazine available from www.pikaland.com...the next issues looks interesting, all about copycats!

areArte alcazaba 2009, Almeria.

Arte con una A mayuscula! Pasamos un rato muy agrabable en ccmpania artista. El monumento historico de Almeria lleno de visitante el Domingo pasado para disfrutar de varias actividades y demostraciones. Tuve el placer de poder compartir esa manana tan creativa. Hasta el ano que viene.

V Festival de Libros Ilustrados

Oh so many things to do so little time!

XIV Semana del Libro Andaluz

la ASOCIACIÓN DE EDITORES DE ANDALUCÍA organiza la décimo-cuarta SEMANA DEL LIBRO ANDALUZ en nuestra Comunidad Autónoma, entre los días dos y quince de noviembre de 2009.

Biblioteca Pública Provincial "Infanta Elena" (Sevilla), del 2 al 15 de noviembre.

Andaluces de cualquier edad y, especialmente, niños y jóvenes, están invitados a participar en este Taller de Edición en el que una experta monitora (Jezabel Díaz), de una forma teórica y práctica.

Exposicion colectiva en el Congreso del AUDEM

!Que ilusion! He podido participar en esta exposicion colectiva que fue parte del VI Congreso Internacional de la Asociacion Universitaria de Estudios de las Mujeres. Tenia la lema de "Identidades Femeninas en un Mundo Plural" y fue el dia 22 al 24 de Octubre, 2009 en la Universidad de Almeria en la Sala Biodiversidad. Que ilusion poder exponer con la ilustradora Pilar Campos (www.pilarcampos.com) y mi amigo fotografa Charo Gonzalez (www.charogonzalezfdez.blogspot.com). Espero que sea el empiezo de Publicar entradamuchas!

Good to Know *5 contribution.

Good to Know *5 contribution.

I really recommend this lil zine to any illustrator who is need of  personal and professional advice. I always find it really useful and I actually got to contribute to it this issue, so exciting! Thanks Pikaland! Check out the website: www.pikaland.com

Al-madinah Institute Poster

Loved working on this, hope it shows!

Jade waves...

Alternative print for the Walking on Water cover...not chosen but still worth a post right?

Walking on Water front cover/ portada

Nice bit of design work Dadddio. 

Text effects in InDesign

Ooh really looking forward to getting my teeth into typography... a fun discipline. 

Illustration Friday: Drifting

Yet to be finished kid's story...little tari the monkey's adventure at sea, brave but not alone.....I have so little to go to finish the last few pages, just can't get going!

Having a whale of time.

Trials of the Messengers.

Plaster work

A taster...