Easy Like Sunday Morning

Happy May! I can’t believe how fast this year is flying by!

It has been a relatively quiet couple of weeks here, but that can be nice to balance out the busier times!

Art

Lots of sketching and playing about the past couple of weeks! I’ve been really focused on portfolio work this year, so I’ve taken a break to just mess around and explore some new ideas (particularly things I could sell at a market!).

A New Project!

I also started a new project this week - working on a picture book idea of my own! I’ve written the overall story and started doing some character sketches (can you tell it’s based on my cat?).

This also led into some exploration for markets/commissions - I’m not sure why I haven’t drawn that many cats before as everyone seems to love them!

I also started working out some thumbnails for my book. I loved doing this on paper as I work digitally so often. It was really satisfying to cut out the thumbnails, move them around and be able to replace them with ones that work better! I even stuck them all together at the end to make a little book, which was really fun (and useful to get a sense of pacing and page turns)!

Food

I’m probably going to start repeating myself because there are a few places we always go back to - because they’re so good! One of those is Manna Seoul, a food truck that does amazing Korean corndogs and fried chicken. Also they’re a regular at The Gog farm shop so you get to enjoy a lovely view while you eat!

We also visited Mangia & Bevi last week - mostly in my search to satisfy my current Chinotto addiction, but they also had a really great range of cheeses, meats and Italian snacks! Also pictured: a sausage and egg naan breakfast from The Permit Room - which I know I’ve definitely mentioned before, but we keep going back!

Things I’ve Enjoyed This Week

• We started the new series of Taskmaster which is lots of fun, as usual!

• We’ve also been watching the new series of Race Across the World - we always enjoy it and this time my daughter is old enough to watch it which is nice!

• I finished book 8 of The Expanse - Tiamat’s Wrath by James S.A. Corey. I absolutely loved this one; I think it’s my favourite of the series so far (and that is saying a lot!). I’m really sad that the next book is the last one!

Thanks for reading, and have a great Sunday!