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October 1st’s entry in my calendar reads: “Make Christmas cards by Hallowe’en”. There is a reason for that: although early October seems still to belong to late summer, it takes an abrupt turn half way through and Hallowe’en is definitely the gateway to winter followed by everything associated with Christmas. And I forgot Folktale Week was in November. It’s happening right now, and in spite of having had one whole month’s lead time following the prompts release I still ended up doing last minute Folktale illos this week, because I made my Christmas and birthday cards at the beginning of November instead of what my organised self told me to do in October. So, no blog this week, but I’ll be writing about my Folktales here soon, and it’s back to work on them now.
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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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