 It's all about Folktale Week at the moment, even though it isn't happening for a month. The combination of Hallowe'en, folktales and spooky fairy tales is a heady one indeed for an illustrator, and the unearthly and the preternatural get into our work, often through the back door or creeping in from the edges. The prompts were released today but I haven't seen them yet. I plan on making an Instagram post on Wednesday or Thursday to share them. It's just such an exciting time, and unites the Instagram art community in a bubble of activity; people share and chat to one another like no other time of the year. I don't think the organisers realised how big it was going to be when they launched the first Folktale Week just three years ago, but well done to them for having such a wonderful idea! Please check out their Instagram profiles listed below:
@jennifermpotter @sofiamoore_studio @deborah.j.stein @nicallanart @laure_illustrations @rachaelschaferdesigns @debrastyer @louve.draws @matejalukezic @thebrotherskent @chelslarss @tanja_stephani And, as always - thanks for visiting, 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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