Jules' Notebook

Another daffodil... #Daffodils #illustration #Spring #FlowerDrawing https://www.instagram.com/p/CqBeqGWI7JB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A very quick sketch and my contribution to the 'inspired by Alice' inspired by art collab'. #InspiredByArtCollab #illustration #PenIllustration #CatIllustration https://www.instagram.com/p/Cph-KVTo-rm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A gouache illustration of a Blue Whale for prompt 4 of the Wildlife Wednesday Art Challenge. This behemoth of a whale is the largest animal that ever lived on land or in the sea, with a maximum length just shy of 30m. A filter feeder the Blue Whale can be found in any ocean and it's numbers were once plentiful but was hunted to the point of extinction by whalers. While hunting is now banned, this beautiful creature is still endangered and at risk due to ship strikes, pollution, ocean noise and climate change. Painted using Artful Gouache in my sketchbook. @Wildlifewednesdaychallenge @lyndabridgesart @Artfulbox #WildlifeWednesdayChallenge #illustration #IllustrationArt #GouacheIllustration #WildlifeIllustration #BlueWhale #BlueWhaleIllustration #AnimalArtist https://www.instagram.com/p/CpIXyQhI8rP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another Anna's Hummingbird. Again, drawn using my favourite Uni-pin pigment liners and coloured with my Artful Studio markers. Based on a reference photo from Vern Clooten via the Facebook Free Reference Photos For Artist group. #PenDrawing #IllustrationArt #Illustration #BirdIllustration #Hummingbird #AnimalArtist #ArtfulBox #Artful @artfulbox https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFUTVtI5C6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Prompt 2 of 2023 the @wildlifewednesdaychallenge is a Sky Blue Poison Dart Frog. These colourful little frogs are native to Peru, where it favours tropical forests and inland wetlands. It is considered endangered with it's numbers declining due to habitat loss. @lyndabridgesart #FrogIllustration #SkyBluePoisonDartFrog #WildlifeWednesdayChallenge #WildlifeIllustration #IllustrationArt #MixedMediaIllustration https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn0NpIJoqxV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

The first @wildlifewednesdaychallenge prompt for 2023 is a European mink which is a close relative of the European polecat and Siberian weasel. These critically endangered, semi-aquatic mustelids look softer, less murderous and cuter than the better known American mink. The European mink's numbers are in decline due to a combination of competition from it's American namesake, climate change, hybridisation and habitat loss. @lyndabridgesart #EuropeanMink #Mink #WildlifeWednesdayChallenge #WildlifeIllustration #WildlifeArt #illustration #MixedMediaIllustration #AnimalArtist https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUsE3Gr6ZW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy New Year to all my followers and your families. May 2023 be a year of good health, new discoveries and self-growth, filled with art and good books. Today is a dull day, with persistent rain here in Coventry, UK. The cat has gone back to bed and the light levels are terrible but hopefully this pic captures the essence of this Alice In Wonderland inspired year marker. #HappyNewYear #2023 #Illustration #MixedMediaArt #AliceInWonderLand #AliceInWonderLandIllustration #AliceInWonderLandArt https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm84YxjohcR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A pair of African Penguins for prompt 21 of the @wildlifewednesdaychallenge Also known as the Black Footed or Jackass Penguin (due to its call sounding like a donkey's bray), the African penguin can be found along the coast of South Africa and Nambia. Standing between 60 and 70cm tall, these birds are favourites in zoos across the world as they do not require particularly low temperatures, can be kept in outdoors enclosures and adapt well to captivity. In the wild however, their numbers have been declining steadily and without mitigation were predicted to be extinct by 2026. @lyndabridgesart #AfricanPenguin #WildlifeWednesdayChallenge #WildlifeArt #illustration #AnimalArtist https://www.instagram.com/p/CmwvxEyon2T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A gray wolf, drawn with fine liner and Pitt Artist Pen, using what my OH likes to call, the one hair at a time approach. . . #PenDrawing #illustration #Wolf #GrayWolf #WolfIllustration #WildlifeArt #AnimalArtist https://www.instagram.com/p/CmroRoyLV0D/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Christmas cards finally finished and in the post. A bit of a mammoth undertaking this year. Drawing and colouring the snowmen/robins was the start. I scanned them in, edited to clean up the images then fought my printer into submission to print them back out. Once I'd deployed tiny scissors to cut the characters out, I put together backgrounds using pre-printed Christmas papers. A crisis ensued when I discovered my stamp ink pad (used just once) had gone dry and none were to be found anywhere in Coventry. I ended up mixing my own ink to re-ink the existing pad which was an interesting experiment. Thank you to @lindsayweirich (Aka The Frugal Crafter on YouTube) for the tutorial! . . #ChristmasCards #illustration #IllustrationArt #Snowman #robin https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl-9-yyoUXs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Snowmen are coloured in. I've scanned them and I'm in the process of cleaning them up to print back out, so I don't have to cut up the originals. . . #illustration #Snowman #PenIllustration https://www.instagram.com/p/ClrOy_5IneM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

@wildlifewednesdaychallenge is back with a new host @lyndabridgesart and hence I took a break from festive art to draw prompt 19 - a California Condor. This iconic vulture has a huge 3m wingspan and is so large they can be mistaken for a small distant aeroplane when in flight. The California Condor went extinct in the wild in 1987 but after a successful breeding program has been reintroduced but numbers still remain in their hundreds. . . #WildlifeWednesdayChallenge #CaliforniaCondor #WildlifeArt #Illustration #BirdIllustration #vulture #AnimalArtist #WildlifeIllustration #MixedMediaArt #BirdArt https://www.instagram.com/p/CljtouhrDFf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

M & I have started thinking about this year's Christmas cards, hence yesterday I drew a lot of snowmen. My plan is to colour these guys, cut them out and stick them onto card bases with patterned papers. . . #IllustrationArt #Snowmen #PenIllustration https://www.instagram.com/p/ClhGm9lrmhT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Another gnome, this time knitting a new scarf. I have a RedBubble shop where you can find all my previous gnome illustrations. Please head over and take a look, you can find me at https://juliespriddle.redbubble.com @artfulbox #ArtfulBox #illustration #MarkerIllustration #Art #ChristmasGnome #Knitting #tomte https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRu88Jr8b7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I'm still playing with the Artful markers and drew a gnome building a snow gnome. @artfulbox #ArtfulBox #Illustration #MarkerIllustration #Art #ChristmasGnome #tomte https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck3f6auoUXP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It's that time of year when I start to draw gnomes... I've recently taken out a @artfulbox subscription and this is my first go with the markers from the latest box. . #ArtfulBox #Illustration #Art #ChristmasGnome #tomte #nisse https://www.instagram.com/p/CktpCxgrKMa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I added colour to finish this carousel horse. Garish, but I like it. . . #PenDrawing #Illustration #IllustrationArt #Carousel #Horse #circus https://www.instagram.com/p/CkVhdNDo3Oh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=