A mess of sketches and other such nonsense

Let's draw Potato! Something small for your tuesday, draw along if you'd like - it's a one minute break down of how I draw Taters cute little face 💖 . I recently picked up a microphone boom, from which I suspended my phone so now I can practice top-down sketch videos! Yaaay! What would you like to see? 💩👌✏ . . . . . . . . #sketchbook #sketches #postitsketch #creativityeveryday #carveouttimeforart #pencildrawing #doggo #dogportrait #fundrawings #pencilsketch #draweveryday #poodlegram #melbourneartist #artsy #creativity #drawwithme #drawings

Shiny slippery slithering friends, oh my! I had a fun time sketching amphibians with ink and my new finetec metallic pigments yesterday! Ended up playing with a little salamander-as-dragon design. Salamandragon? I love all amphibians, but there's just a special place in my heart for the caudata fam 💖 . Sorry I haven't been around a whole lot, my hand is making great progress with the physio exercises and now has three splints to help me recover -- but the rest of me is falling apart like a poorly stacked jenga tower and today's task is to learn how to pop my elbow back in 😫😫😫 (10/10 do not rec unless you're a floppybean) . . . . . . . #sketches #sketchbook #caudata #salamander #amphibians #inkdrawing #draweveryday #drawsome #inksketch #artsy #creativity #creativeflow #carveouttimeforart #artistproblems #sketcheveryday #sketch_daily

Have I mentioned I have a veritable shedload of original paintings sitting around my house? I was sorting through them to find my favourite portfolio pieces, and it was a really fun journey seeing how my art has improved over the years. I really need to get around to listing them 😋Taters wasn't much help though, he found it terribly boring 😧 . . . . . . . #painteveryday #lovetopaint #courageouscreative #carveouttimeforart #painting #aussieartist #watercolour #watercolourart #artlife #melbourneartist #ilovepainting #illustration #illo #artsy #originalartwork #creativity #onmydeskrightnow

This fuzzy little Numbat is going to be a part of the @illustratorsaus SHOUT exhibition! . It was really fun getting to paint this wooden panel with acrylics - it's not my usual and I think I'm in love with a new medium, friendos! I used an excellent set of Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics that I picked up a few months ago @art.stretchers.melbourne 🖌This little dork is going to be for sale, and the opening night is July 13th. Come along and hang out with me and Melbourne illo industry cool kids 💖 . Event and ticket links are on Facebook, look for the IA Shout exhibition! . . . . . . . . #illustratorsaus #shoutaboutillustration #aussieartist #melbourneartist #melbourneart #onmydesk #ilovepainting #lovetopaint #courageouscreative #carveouttimeforart #painteveryday #numbat #australianartist #australiananimals #marsupials #acrylicpaint #liquitex @liquitex_australia

Happy birthday to me, Im a hundred and three! Today's events include nachos and glitter and gumboots and D&D, And a selfie with a puppyyyyy~☆

Well, looks like I'm fashionably late to #mermay. Sorry merbabe! I think she's a bit upset at being left out of all the fun 😵 . . . . . . . #watercolourart #watercolour #mermaid #mermay2018 #merbabe #carveouttimeforart #lovetopaint #lovemycurves #fatbabe #bodypositive #creativeflow #courageouscreative #ilovetopaint #watercolourartist #brights

Happy Pride month friendos! I'm trying hard to be proud of my whiskers, and have made some cute AroAce earrings and a pin to cheer myself up, swipe through to see them! Please send hugs to the aces in your life, June has been fraught with invalidation and it gets absolutely soul crushing. There's room for all of us, so please don't gatekeep dear beans!

Smol birbs WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! . The second painting of my little Melbourne Birds set, paired with that cheeky avocado thief of a seagull I posted earlier. Fun fact: This is a legit headline, our biggest state landmark, the Flinders St Station building was cleaned earlier this year and 10 tonnes of poop was removed! Absolutely stylin, #melbourne 🤣😂 . . . . . . . . #artsy #painting #gouache #painteveryday #lovetopaint #courageouscreative #carveouttimeforart #paintlover #ilovepainting #illustration #illo #cute #pigeons #melbourneartist #aussieartist #originalartwork #australianartist #melbourneartist #funnypaintings (at Flinder’s Street Railway Station)

I got fitted for a splint today! And asked for the brightest colours available, naturally 😙💙💚💖 Honestly, getting to see these heat molded plastics in action and the awesome folks at the Austin making this for $10 in 10 minutes was pretty hecking awesome! . Hopefully it'll stop my thumb collapsing on the regular 🙌👍👎👍👎👍👎 . . . . . . . #artlife #artistproblems #lookafteryourhands #aussieartist #melbourneartist

Hello lunchtime! Cafe sketches sounds perfect 💖✏ . . . . . . . #cafesketches #cafeart #melbourneartist #melbournecafe #coffeetime #sketchbook #sketchdaily #pencildrawings #artsy #aussieartist #artlife

😫Seagull stole my avocado/future!😫 . Hey sweet beans, here's a very Melbourne themed thing that I just finished for a thing at a thing, but I didn't read the fine print very well and now I'm all outta spoons -- and avocado, though I've been outta that for a looong time 😂 . Essentially I'm going to have to withdraw our feathered fiend from the event -- Which means this little 10x15cm original painting is available for private sale! Let me know if you wanna fly away with this prize 💙🌟🏆🌟💙 . There's one more postcard (set of two) and I'll update with it tomorrow. Hint:Pigeons . . . . . . . #seagull #avocadotoast #smashedavo #avotoast #melbournecafe #melbourneartist #melbournelife #melbournecoffee #melbournefood #cafeart #cafe #carveouttimeforart #painteveryday #lovetopaint #courageouscreative #ilovetopaint #gouache #aussieartist #aucreativenetwork #illustration #illo #artsy #painting

Oh hello sweet beans! I'm still here, doing hand exercises and trying hard to take it easy. Which is really hard 😂 Maybe I'm approaching this wrong? Also sketching witches and squeakers 💙🐀 . . . . . #gouache #paintingpractice #creativity #illustration #artsy #artlife #artwork #art #artist #illustration #illo #painting #rats #ratlovers #rat

Taking Taters in to the Lort Smith for some long overdue doggie dentistry. I'm an anxious dog parent, I really don't want to leave him there but hopefully it'll do the trick. ((also heckity heck it's spenno 😫))

💚Hello lovely friendos, I'm back!💚 . I'm clinging onto this account just like my little hand sculpted earring😅 It's one of my favourite pokemon, a larvitar! I made it a few weeks ago and have worn it almost everyday since 💚💖💚 . Feels like it's been forever since we last had a catch up, and yikes friendos, I heckin missed you! I promise I've been good and kept up with my physio exercises - though I've still been drawing because apparently there is no stopping me 😂✏🖌 🎨 I've been going to life drawing in Thornbury on Sundays, and doing a few sketches here and there - overall, I'd say it's been a 70% reduction to my art time. . This has allowed the inflammation to calm down a bit and I'm starting to see some results from the strength exercises! I won't be updating every day anymore as I do need that downtime for my injury to heal, but perhaps 2-3 times a week as it's important to not let my hand weaken. It does need to keep doing the usual things it do, just in moderation and paying particular attention to not let my wrist and digits... err, 'floop' around and go where they shouldn't! Easier said than done 😫😫😫 . There's been one other unexpected benefit to taking an instagram break: . It's given me back a bit of creative pep! I was feeling pressured before to squeeze out a painting every day, which did wonders for my speed and consistency -- but kind of sapped my strength for pursuing bigger projects and more personally meaningful pieces. It made me feel as if I couldn't afford to take experimental risks, sketch messily and make mistakes because I would have to reliably make something nice every day. Now the pressure of producing quantity is off, you can look forward to some better quality updates in future 😍💖🙌 . . . . . . . . . . #artsy #creative #creativity #sculpey #customearrings #earringaddict #handmade #handmadejewelry #pokemonaustralia #pokemon #larvitar #pokemaster #pokemons #pokemonartwork #australianartist #diyproject #cooljewelry #funjewelry #pokefans

Oh hey beans, it me! Also it's been a while! 💖 I'm having a little social media break as I try to focus in my health, prioritising paid work only. I'm seeing a physio now for my hands, although it seems like I'm going to have to manage my injuries for life as they're caused by hypermobility. Another fun thing is trying to focus on getting out of the house and socialise! I'm getting more confident in my identity, and I think I'm up to the challenge of showing my face a bit more 😎 (maybe vlogs to come???) 😲 To that end I've entered @illustratorsaus SHOUT exhibition! I'll announce dates when my entry is posted, I'd love to see some of you sweet arty beans there 💖💖💖 . . . . . . . . . . . #update #genderqueer #enby #gendernonbinary #gendernonconforming #enbypride #agender #genderless #asexualpride #asexual #aroace #melbourneartist #artlife #bodyconfidence

I'm a bit late to this, but here's my Art V Artist grid! . . . . . . . . #artvsartist #artists #artsystuff #illustrationgram #illo #painteveryday #ilovetopaint #lovetopaint #courageouscreative #creativityeveryday #melbourneartist #melbourneart #aussieartist #australianartist

😞Mmmm, yeah -- nah.😧 . I mean, we currently have tracksuits as fashion but like, can I get some more pockets? I'm this close to being on board, ok? You hear that fate? You hear me trying to tempt you??? . . . . . . . . . #fashiongoals #aesthetic #goodlook #yeahnah #aussieartist #illustration #funnydrawing #morepockets #pocketsplease #pockets #athleisure #chill #melbournefashion #melbournelife #draweveryday #painteveryday #lovetopaint #courageouscreative #carveouttimeforart #dailydraw