My Creative Space...

A few days back I blogged about an art exhibition I planned to participate in. The good news is my entry has been approved so following are the details of the exhibition (which is raising funds and awareness for breast cancer).

2010 Pink Lady Art Exhibition Event

Saturday October 23rd & Sunday October 24th

Brighton Town Hall

cnr Wilson & Carpenter Street

Brighton Vic (Mel Ref 67 F10)

10am to 5pm

Art Awards Ceremony Sunday 1pm – free sparkling!

Huge Raffle Draw Sunday 3pm

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Additionally I have been pattern making this week for Gwen's Spring/Summer clothes. I have finished making the basic patterns. Now I can begin refining the patterns to match my drawings.

At night time I have been doing some creative writing — playing with an idea loosely based on Lil Red Riding Hood.

Over and out.

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Hey! Hey! Things had been on the quiet side, but now I have a few projects lined up over the next few weeks.

For the very first time I shall be including one of my paintings in an exhibition — the Pink Lady Art Exhibition, which will be a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Network Australia. I am quite excited about doing this. The above painting, which is to be my contribution, was done over three days, between toddler wrangling duties. Next…

On the weekend I drew a few ideas for a Spring/Summer clothing range for my daughter. I was inspired by the early 80s trends (of my own toddler years, and Indian tunics. Today I began the pattern making stage of this lil’ clothing range. Full steam ahead.

What else have I got going? Toy repairs,finishing touches to a scrap book, preparing a visual alphabet book…

I have wanted to produce my own graphic novel for some time now, but was always put off by those nagging self doubts. The other night I spent a good hour writing down my ideas. The next morning, feeling so embarrassed by my crap ideas, I scrunched up the paper and threw into the waste paper basket. Six hours later I find myself scavenging for that paper, so I can rewrite the story idea. It is easy to have a moment of inspiration, but the real work starts when you are trying to flesh the story into something that people might want to read.

I certainly won't be bored over the coming weeks.