 On Thursday afternoon I took the dog for a walk and found the park teeming with school children, most unusual at that time of day. I walked past a group of very small children who had chalks and appeared to be drawing on the path. Their teacher was spelling out words for them, and I realised the little ones were writing greetings such as 'Hello Lovely' and 'You're beautiful', with a few spelling variations! I smiled and walked on, wondering what was going on;
The following afternoon B came with us on our walk, and I realised what had been going on. Every path in the park contained chalked messages of hope, encouragement, affirmations and joy. It was a wonderful thing to see and genuinely cheering. I don't know whose idea it was, but it was such a sweet thing to do in these troubling times and I thank them and the children for a beautiful project. I took my phone with me today to snap a few photos, I haven't really done it justice - these were all written on just one path, and it's challenging trying to hold a phone still with a greyhound skittering about on her lead. The schools are closed now, so I guess it was an 'end of term' project which brought everyone together in a positive light before all went their separate ways. Thanks for visiting, stay safe, and see you next week Comments are closed.
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Welcome to my illustration blog, where I share what I have been up to during the week.
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! 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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May 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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