 At the weekend I started the seasonal task of making this year’s Christmas cards. I got all the cutting, trimming and white painting done on Friday and Saturday, then on Sunday it was the more enjoyable job of adding faces to the snowmen and gluing on silver snowflakes and a fluffy scarf blowing out in the wind. The process was considerably faster this year, thanks to B lending me his hot glue gun which made a huge difference. I usually dry the cards on all the upstairs radiators, and this year I found the fastest way to add details like the red noses was to arrange the cards on the radiators first, then apply the details in situ. It was good fun! I have rubber stamps on order for the greetings to go inside which should arrive tomorrow or Thursday. The idea is to finish making the cards, and then focus on work for Folktale Week.  Thanks for visiting, see you next week!
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Welcome to my illustration blog! I usually post here on Sundays, sometimes adding a mid-week post to keep a work journal.
I illustrate under the pen-name of Binky McKee, McKee being my mother's maiden name. Binky was the name of every single cat my great-grandmother kept - about 40 of them during her 94 years of life. Given that, I have no idea how Doggie with his dead-pan expression became my avatar instead of a cat - something to do with popularity on Instagram and lots of jokes with him! Must get a photo of my own face at some point. Currently I am working on illustrating a children's book, pattern making, and of course I can't resist a good Instagram challenge such as Folktale Week or Inktober. I hope you enjoy your visit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I keep lots of scrapbooks and sketchbooks where I develop ideas and design little creatures. Here's a peek inside one ...
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As you may know, I am also known as Heather Eliza Walker.
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October 2021
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This time, take a peek into my ceramic design sketchbook. I actually made some of the mugs, but I kind of prefer the drawings! The plate designs are painted on paper plates, a most liberating process.
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These watercolours are from my pattern sketchbook. I used coloured wax crayons to resist the washes of watercolour, also home-made rubber stamps dipped in bleach then printed on crêpe paper - the bleach takes out the paper dyes.
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A sketchbook I used for mark-making with unusual objects - corks, seed-heads, feathers, home-made rubber stamps, my fingers and lots of flicky things ...
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