Not a lot of progress to report, as I am on a training course which entered its 7th week of 8. It has been super intense, leaving me too tired in the evenings to get a lot of work done. The course is absolutely amazing, though, and I am thoroughly enjoying it: so far I have had 2 weeks induction which included energy use, health and safety in the workplace, information about supported businesses, and employability skills. This was followed by the practical sections which have been an absolute ball for me: upholstery, sewing using commercial machines (much stronger, faster, and more powerful than my domestic sewing machine), woodwork, office work (including my nemesis, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets), out on the vans for deliveries and collections, and refurbishment of equipment used by hospitals and care homes across Fife, Edinburgh and Glasgow. But it's taking its toll, and I realise I have to build up my strength. I slept nearly 12 hours solid last night.
Anyway, here is the progress on my latest illustration for Misguided Star, a ditty I composed back in 2008. I dimmed down some of the stars to highlight one on the left side, the misguided one, and worked on the tree with star-shaped leaves on the right which will form a double spread for Stars Scare Elves, another ditty from the same year. Comments are closed.
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Welcome to my illustration and patterns blog!
I illustrate under the pen-name of Binky McKee, McKee being my mother's maiden name. Binky was the name of every single cat my great-grandmother kept - allegedly about 40 of them during her 94 years of life. I changed the website address a few months ago, so some older links on previous posts are broken. If you click one of those and it takes you to a strange page, simply replace the .co.uk after the binkymckee. with weebly.com and it will work again. I hope you enjoy your visit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I keep lots of scrapbooks and sketchbooks where I develop ideas and design little creatures. Here's a peek inside one ...
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As you may know, I am also known as Heather Eliza Walker.
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May 2024
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This time, take a peek into my ceramic design sketchbook. I actually made some of the mugs, but I kind of prefer the drawings! The plate designs are painted on paper plates, a most liberating process.
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These watercolours are from my pattern sketchbook. I used coloured wax crayons to resist the washes of watercolour, also home-made rubber stamps dipped in bleach then printed on crêpe paper - the bleach takes out the paper dyes.
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A sketchbook I used for mark-making with unusual objects - corks, seed-heads, feathers, home-made rubber stamps, my fingers and lots of flicky things ...
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