twentyeightdrawingslater - part 5

it's like star wars - five parts!

yes, here is the final part of my project - i apologise terribly for it being nearer the middle of march rather than the end of february for this, but i do have a very good excuse, honest, i do! i have been designing and hand-crafting, constructing and installing the set for a new show which hopefully i can tell you more about soon, but at the moment is still under wraps....erm, that doesn't sound like a good excuse at all does it? but it is, honestly, and day 26 is a very small peek at some of the work i have been making for the secret show i can't tell you about yet.....

anyway, back to the project....

Tuesday 22nd Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a live chive plant at 99p, a pineapple at 99p, a bag of chillis at 50p, two red peppers at 82p each (all needed to make the most excellent scrumptious good for you salsa!!!! mmmmmm, yum!), 3 limes at 80p (for margaritas!), bag of 5 lemons at 99p, a cucumber at 69p and a pint of milk at 52p.

Wednesday 23rd Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a bag of baby potatoes at £1, a bag of mange tout at £1.50 (that's pretty pricy!) and a bag of 6 tomatoes at £1.

Thursday 24th Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' of 2 pints of milk at 86p, a punnet of plums at £1, two onken biopots for £2, two oranges at 28p each and a bag of crispy cox apples at £1

Friday 25th Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a box of kitty biscuits at £1.35, 6 cans of kitty food at £3.96, a large chargrilled vegetable and pesto pizza at £3.99, a packet of 4 apple and cinnamon super soft hot cross buns at £1, a packet of 6 classic super soft hot cross buns at £1, a packet of potato hoop ring styleeeee crisps at 49p, two little gem lettuces for 99p, two carrots for 26p and a very lovely jar of hot chocolate for £1.99 which is called LOVE POTION! and contains a mix of herbs (basil and whatnot!) - very tasty, and if the intention is for it to get you in the mood for the act you love the most, and that act being sleeping, then this is the right potion for sure!

Saturday 26th Feb - today's pic shows the end result of the drawing i started on this day - this was for the secret set i mentioned earlier which i can't tell you about yet! i drew the plants on photocopy paper, then cut out the paper inside the lines of the images and filled the holes with tracing paper - during the following week i constructed some bags from cartridge paper and attached the cut-out drawings to the front and added some lights, et voila...c'est ca!

Sunday 27th Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' of two pints of milk at 86p, a large bag of kitty litter at £5.60, two pots of arrabbiata sauce for £3, two packets of filed pasta pockets for £3, a packet of reduced pancakes at 80p, three packets of red nose special crisps for £1 and a box of delicious dates at £1.68

Monday 28th Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a hand-knitted grey jumper (with hood and kangaroo pocket- my most favourite attributes for a piece of clothing to possess!) from a charity shop in Partick for £3, a fish-shaped water jug from same charity shop for £4 (this joins my collection, so now i have a whole shoal of 4 of these jugs - i love them! they are for adding water to your whisky, but the most exciting thing about them is that they make noises as you pour - the shape means bubbles of air get caught in the tail end and so when you tip the jug back and forth, it glugs! cool!)........then for lunch a can of cream of tomato soup at 79p, a loaf of bread at 99p and a small austrian smoked cheese for 89p - what a good day!

twentyeightdrawingslater - part 4

Well, here we are, day 21 of the task - only a week left - blimey, it's gone by fast!

Sunday 13th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of 3 packets of crisps which are part of the Red Nose appeal (the Stephen Fry Up pack was absolutely disgusting according to my better half!), a box of dates (utterly delicious!), a bag of bananas, a punnet of reduced strawberries, a punnet of plum tomatoes, a box of breakfast cereal, a tub of cauldron moroccan veggie pate (amazing!), box of eggs, some scottish butter, a jar of raspberry jam, a bag of plain flour, a bag of icing sugar and a bag of granulated sugar - yes indeed, cooking fancy biscuits was on the menu - me and the mr made our very own scrumptious array of jammy dodgers!!!!!

Monday 14th Feb - it is St Valentine's Day!!! here is my card for my most wonderful other half xxx

Tuesday 15th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a packet of Ainsley Harriot Bulgar Wheat at 89p, a can of soup at 69p, a tub of olives at £1.69, a tin of sherbet filled boiled sweets with Snoopy on it at 59p, a packet of toffy-ooze biscuits at 69p, a packet of 3 iced-fruit slices at 99p (which we took to Plan B and shared with Tom over coffee and book perusing - if you like comic books, then you'll love Plan B - check it out!) and a black and white film at £6.29

Wednesday 16th Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a pint of milk

Thursday 17th Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' of 2 pints of milk, a packet of washing powder, a packet of 6 rolls of toilet tissue and a can of tuna for my kitty-cats!

Friday 18th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a packet of crackers and a packet of tea biscuits (I was very hungry when i sat down to draw them, hence the poor quality drawing, sorry!)

Saturday 19th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a large vanilla steamer from Tinderbox on Ingram Street - although the drink was indeed vanilla flavour, it was disappointingly not steaming, far from it in fact, it was pretty luke warm and therefore not worth £2.40!

Sunday 20th Feb - catty looking girl...

Monday 21st Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of some olay face awakening cream (it's got mint in it, so it does king of slap your face awake in the morning weirdly enough!), some chinese tea, some thai veggie spring rolls and some spicy vegetable and noodle dish (this was sooooooooo tasty this meal from a place called four seasons on cambridge street - go! it's good value too - this came to about £8 i think)

twentyeightdrawingslater - part 3

hey hey hey, how good was last night?!!

well, if you were at the opening at Market Gallery for Telling Stories i hope you enjoyed it as much as i did - even though it was really really busy, hot and sweaty!

it was so good to see so many friendly lovely shiny faces of folk i know, but also incredibly cool to actually meet Victoria Evans who organised the 28 drawings later escapade that this blog entry and the previous 2 are focused on - oh yeah!

so, here as a 'catch-up-penny' session is my past 5 days work {uh-oh, slipping into a 'big' catch-up there due to exhibition opening last night - it's my story and i'm sicking to it!}....

Tuesday 8th Feb - drawing of a girl flying with three foxes

Wednesday 9th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a box of 80 regular teabags £1.39, two boxes of 20 green tea teabags £1.26 each, 2 pints of milk 86p, a 'hot cross bun' loaf reduced to 99p, a packet of ready salted crisps 44p and a packet of tomato ketchup crisps 46p, two fancy-assed pot noodles 69p each, a tube of toothpaste for £1 and four packets of webbox cat delight meaty sticks at £1 a pop...

Thursday 10th Feb - oh man, i just realised that since i started a new journal for 'iamconsumer' on 7th Feb all my dates have been wrong coz i have consistently written Jan instead of Feb - whoops! ocht well, not to worry...let's see, 10th of Feb consists of one seeded finger-roll at 37p...

Friday 11th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a pot of carrot & coriander soup £1.29, a cheese roll 31p, a galaxy chocolate bar 59p (i pretty much never buy chocolate bars for myself, it's weird, i just took a notion, even though i balked at the price - jeesoh!), a can of ginger beer £1.30, a can of mango juice £1.30, a box of kitty biscuits £1.25, pack of six cans of cat food £3.96, one refried bean & cheese taco £1.49 and one butternut squash quesadilla £4.99....

Saturday 12th Feb - i've been a portrait model all day since 10am-4pm, so felt the need to do some therapeutic drawing, et voila.....

tewntyeightdrawingslater - part 2

Saturday 5th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' showing 2 packs of pasta (only £1 each!), 2 cartons of soup (only £1 each!), 2 activia snackpots (buy 1 get 1 free), 1 litre of semi-skimmed milk, 1 box of honey shreddies, and for my poor feet - a pair of insoles & a pair of socks, and... because i managed to stab myself in the hand with a scalpel (aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!) i also bought a tube of germolene & 2 boxes of plasters!

Sunday 6th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a large reduced loaf of bread, a tub of bertoli olive spread, 1 carton of soup (3 bought though), a box of filo pastry spring rolls filed with goats cheese and balsamic onion, a box of sage teabags, a bar of olive oil soap, a packet of linseeds, a packet of turmeric and a packet of foam sweeties - having a c/o:minx meeting, hence the lovely food! we're preparing our work for a show that opens at Market Gallery this Friday - eek!!! the show is called telling stories and also features work by David Shrigley and Frank Quitely - double eek!!!

Monday 7th Feb - drawing from 'iamconsumer' of a pack of sugar snap peas (yum!), tub of salsa (very hot actually!), a bag of mandarins (not manda rin!), a bag of oranges, a tub of hazelnut yoghurt (how 70's is that??), 1 pint semi-skimmed milk, a box of kitty biscuits, another pair of insoles (my poor poor feet!), a pair of tights, a pair of slippers, 2 bras and a shirt.....yes, i did go primark crazy!!! everything was so cheap - i got confused - then spent too much - bugger!

twentyeightdrawingslater - part 1

hey there - woooooo! new month, new project - yeah!

and this month...... as well as my 'iamconsumer' project..... i am taking part in 28 drawings later

i have done a drawing every day this month (it's only the 4th today), but i'm only scanning and uploading them today as today is "catch-up-penny" Friday....

Tuesday 1st Feb - a drawing of my 3 kitty-cats looking every-bit the mob of gangstas that they are!

Wednesday 2nd Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' which shows a box of plasters (as i really ripped my heels of in my boots- i'm too used to trainers, my poor wee feet can't cope with real shoes!), a box of surf washing tablets, two A4 frames which were 2for1 at Boots and some flowers (anemones and roses) for my mum's birthday!!!

Thursday 3rd Feb - a drawing of my favourite christmas present - which as you can see is a robin shaped cup - it looks hilarious on top of my telly with my weirdly deformed googly-eyed cactus sticking out of it - it makes me smile!!!

Friday 4th Feb - a drawing from 'iamconsumer' which shows a packet of go-ahead! biscuits, a carton of tomato and basil soup (YUM! all gone now - consumed entirely!), a packet of pitta bread, a pint of semi-skimmed milk and a packet of coffee biscuits (which were only 50p! - bargain!)

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hello 2011 and bye bye 2010!

ah, the new year is upon us - let's hope it's a guid one all round!
it's definitely a very strange time of year - i'm feeling conflict in my brain because i think that i should be feeling full of joy and optimism, but actually i am incredibly deflated and down - is that the post holiday blues, or is that just me?
i'm aware that sometimes this year i will loose confidence, and at some point i will feel worthless, and possibly there may even be times where i am convinced that i am completely talentless...
however, i am still committed to trying no matter what, because - i LOVE drawing! - i LOVE creating images! that's all i need to remember this year.
from now on, next time is right now - and it's right now every time! all the time! no matter what the time! the time is now!
bon chance, mes amis xxxx

yikes, it's nearly here!!!!

hello, the new year is nearly upon us - i can't believe it! it was just hallowe'en a wee minute ago...i have actually managed to miss november out completely from my blog!

well i have actually been busy doing a creative scotland visual arts grant application form and a glasgow visual artists grant scheme application - if any of you has filled one of these out before, you'll appreciate the amount of time you need to invest in making it not sound like complete and utter mindless begging drivel - so, stay relaxed and calm and i'll update you about the outcomes some time next year once the adjudicators eyes have stopped bleeding :)

i managed somehow to have one of my silk/tissue/embroidery portraits picked for the royal scottish academy open exhibition - woo!

it's free and still on till 17th december if you fancy a gander....otherwise, see right for a pic of me with my pic! it's hung in a great position - pretty much straight ahead as soon as you enter the first gallery of the show - how fancy am i?!!!!

i also did a huge amount of prep and spent a very large amount of money for a set of workshops i was due to take this week in glenrothes - unfortunately due to the adverse weather conditions, none of the workshops happened and all events were finally cancelled yesterday late afternoon - what a shame! it looked set to be a great week for the children from fife - hopefully it will be re-scheduled for early next year instead.

it's that time of year, isn't it, where everything seems to be being put off till NEXT YEAR!

not so with the winter craft and music event with butcher boy next saturday 11th december at the mitchell library's jeffery room!!! yes, i will be "MAN"ing the team girl comic stall at some point throughout the day where you will be able to purchase comics, booklets, clothes, cards and delicious cupcakes - ooooo, YUM! for info see this event

right, i'm off to continue drawing my piece for the glasgow project room, for the glasgow independent studio member's show - opening on saturday 18th december, phew! no putting anything off till next year for me....not yet ;)

xxxx