What's New Lately - In Case You Missed It! 💖 (Patreon)

Hello lovelies,

I hope you're well and feeling crafty lately! It's well and truly autumn here in Tasmania, which might feel a bit out of sync since many of you are in the Northern Hemisphere and enjoying spring 🌷

I love the cooler weather though and it gives me lots of time to enjoy being cosy indoors with my illustrations, so I think the coming winter will be a productive art time for me.I've just finished illustating a new picture book which is always an exciting project to finish, and if you didn't already know my Aussie Cosy Colouring books are now available in the US, which means that you should be able to order them internationally from Amazon!

There are three books in the series, here are the links:

Aussie Cozy Nature

Aussie Cozy Baking

Aussie Cozy Homes

I wanted to share what's new on Patreon in case you missed anything last month:

In April I learned how different types of shapes can be a storytelling tool for creating characters and environments. You can download a pdf guide about the topic here, or see all of my creative curriculum posts here.

We restarted the Illustration Club with the prompt words 'jellyfish', 'party', 'glow' & 'star' and it was so fun to see your illustrations! You can see my version below 🪼✨🎉

I made a new project pack for Bluebells of a cute ducky at a farmer's market buying their groceries for dinner 🦆💖 The project packs include a working file of the illustration (.psd to open in any drawing software), a simple breakdown of the process, a timelapse video, and a colour palette so you can see my drawing process in more detail.

Bluebells also have a new walkthrough video where I share my process and thoughts as I draw two characters for my Creative Illustration Curriculum sketchbook challenge 🖌️

What's coming up:

This month I'm learning about visually showing the personality of my characters through clothes, accessories and expressions. All three tiers get access to my Creative Illustration Curriculum so keep an eye out for the May pdf guide that I'll share in the next week 🎨

I'll also be sharing the new prompt words for the Illustration Club in a couple of days - can't wait to see what we all make this month!

I'm writing a post about what to focus your time on when you don't have a lot of time for art, which was suggested by one of our lovely members 🥰

On that note, I'd like to share some more mini tutorials for 10 minute drawing ideas to help spark inspiration and show you what you can draw in a short sketchbook session. I wrote a big list of ideas that I'll start working through and sharing!

As always, feel free to share your ideas and recommendations with me as a comment below or in a private DM if you prefer.

💖 Mimi