The baby has started at creche 3 days a week and so I have some time to start drawing again: (Our four year old is somewhat melodramatic in the mornings.)
Ink paintings
As part of my cartoon course I've been experimenting with using ink and a paint brush instead of the usual pen and ink +watercolours. The colours are super vivid which I really like and I have to be a bit looser with my style because I have less control of the paint brush.
Flying Less
I still don't talk about this decision that we have made to not fly very much as it's just too awkward.
Nights out
Sometimes I get a bit down that all I seem to talk about with my mum friends is our kids when we should use our free time to talk about something else, but then I remember all the work nights out I've ever been on that always degenerate into talk about work. And it beats … Continue reading Nights out
Third trimester blues
I'm 34 weeks pregnant and it's uncomfortable to sit and uncomfortable to stand and I can't sleep properly.. SIGH.
School spectacle
This is happening on Saturday. I am genuinely quite worried.
Meeting up with friends who also have kids..
There are some friends who I just don't know how we are going to keep seeing because our children just wind each other up.
Father’s Day
It was father's day in Belgium yesterday so I drew this for my husband based on a rainy walk through the forest we'd had with our daughter a couple of weeks ago:
Early days of pregnancy
We ended up telling her when I was 9 weeks pregnant, before we told anybody else. I don't think she was surprised by the news!
Cartoons from when she was little
We still only really have videos of my daughter saying 'Look!!' or 'Want to see it!' and it terrifies me how bad I have become at picturing things in my minds eye. I feel like it's something ten years ago I could do really well, and feel like whoever I was thinking about was in … Continue reading Cartoons from when she was little
