Just ducking in quickly to post up a new drawing: Falling.

In progress:

And completed:

Markers+Pencil+Collage using one of my favourite vintage fabrics and the only vintage fabric that I took with me to Hong Kong :-)

No more drawings for the next week or so – I’m studying for this and need to get the mind into study-mode again (eek)!

A few years ago I drew the Little Miss Mushroom Girl. She made it into one of my fabric designs, then she appeared in a free embroidery design, and somehow even ended up on one of my mugs!

I’ve been wanting to do more with this character over the years but always got distracted by other things. So I made some time last week to jot down some ideas around her and finally got to work on making some new drawings.

These two were finished – both done with markers + pen.

I did the second illustration with the intention of hanging it up in the girls’ room, to help remind them that they “can” – meaning that many things are possible if they try their best and work hard at it (clichéd but still very true!). The Mister saw the drawing and thought it meant: “I can … wear many hats”. I like that interpretation too!

As the hours drew to a close on 2011, I was able to squeeze in one last drawing in our hotel room back in Melbourne before the New Years Eve festivities began. It’s been a few days but I was finally able to open my sketchbook again last night and complete it.

This is a drawing I’ve done just for me. I think that sunshiny yellow will be a main theme for me in 2012 – it’s the kind of colour that evokes happiness, hopefulness, and a fervour for life. The drawing also reflects the words that have been lingering in me since January 1 ticked over – “do what you love”. For me, from a creative perspective, 2012 will be about doing what I love, which means finding/making time for it as well. I love drawing and illustrating and I want to develop it further and do more of it in 2012.

Not to say I won’t be sewing or making softies – I hope to do that too but it is taking some time to source all the things I need to start sewing again, and it’s been a challenge to find room for it in our small apartment – but it does mean I will be spending the majority of my ‘me’ time drawing and illustrating. And I’ve been thinking/planning/researching about new ways to present some of the illustrations I’ve made/will make. I’m very excited about the possibilities!

How about you? Is 2012 going to be the year you find/make time to do what you love?