Eeek, I can’t believe it’s been almost a month since I’ve blogged! April always seems so busy. Work has also ramped up considerably. And it doesn’t help that Hong Kong has also started to turn unpleasantly humid and warm, with frequent thunderstorms!

I completed two new prints in early April and they are now available in my etsy shoppe:

English Rose (pastels + pencils + watercolour)

Mei (pastels + pencils)

I haven’t had much time to draw this month but I have gone back to markers to re-work this print, which I hope will be ready soon!

The One Red Robin Facebook page also celebrated 100 likes in April by giving away an Art Print. I’m so thankful for the continual support (despite my lack of creativity this past month!).

And finally, in April Jodi of Art by Wiley featured One Red Robin on her lovely blog. Thank you Jodi! You can read the interview here: Art by Wiley – Interview with Jhoanna Monte Aranez

I’m really enjoying drawing these characters for my kids range of Art Prints. I’ve got a couple more planned, including a boy or two (I keep telling myself I can’t just draw GIRLS all the time!).

This folk dancer was inspired by the beautiful Eastern European national costumes:

And this dreamer was inspired by the simple act of staring into space and mulling over dreams, plans, and goals:

They are now in my shoppe (and free worldwide shipping offer ends March 15th!): One Red Robin Etsy Shoppe

I’ve been working on expanding my range of prints for children and finally completed these (two featured in the last post):

All prints are of original illustrations that were hand-drawn and hand-colored, then placed into a digital background. These are kinda geared towards girls at the moment but I am working on some illustrations with boys and girls (and more animals too!). And hopefully both the young and the young-at-heart will like these prints too :-)

Don’t forget that if you do want to purchase a print, I have a free worldwide shipping offer available, ending on March 15th.

You can find these prints on my shop here: One Red Robin Etsy Shoppe

I’ve always wanted to draw a ballerina. Stuck in a bit of a rut this past week (and also battling the flu), I was very much lacking inspiration. Thankfully a friend gave me a few tips to get me motivated again, and the ballerina came back into mind.

I wanted this one to be about movement and freedom. A ballerina completely caught up in the moment, dancing to the music with reckless abandon. I hope I was able to capture some of that in this drawing :-)

After drawing her in ink, I thought about how she should be coloured but then decided to leave her as is and instead place her on a warm-ish background of yellows and oranges.

I hope you like her!

She’s available in my shop over here: One Red Robin Etsy Shoppe

Gotta love Friday nights – comfy on the couch, pizza and movie with the family, and I get to work on a new drawing too. As you can probably tell, this new illustration is very much Blythe-inspired with a hint of Wednesday Addams thrown in. She’s also holding a little Peg Bear – given my inability to sew these days, might as well draw a Peg Bear since I can’t make one!

She’s now available in my shop: One Red Robin Etsy Shoppe.

Also, for those of you who are on Facebook, I’ve set up a One Red Robin Facebook page – please do visit and ‘like’ it if you’d like to be updated on what’s happening at One Red Robin :-)

I completed the drawing I featured in the last post! “Remember You” (Markers + Pen)

I really loved working on this one, especially the technicolour cape :-) A great excuse to use every single marker I have in my possession.

This print is now available in my shoppe here: One Red Robin Shoppe

And don’t forget, if you’d like to buy my prints, shipping is free until March 15th if you use the Coupon Code “FREESHIPORR” at check out.

Life has been quite hectic lately so I’m so truly thankful for every short, quiet moment I get to work on a drawing. This one is the current drawing I have in progress – slow progress but at least there IS progress:

Following on from my previous post on the re-opening of my little shoppe, I’m also offering free shipping worldwide on all purchased Art Prints from now until March 15th.

If you’d like to take advantage of this offer, please enter “FREESHIPORR” as the Coupon Code when checking out :-)

You can view what’s available in my shoppe here: One Red Robin Etsy Shoppe

After a couple of months (or has it been years – I can’t remember!) of being closed, my little etsy shoppe has finally re-opened!

I’ve got art prints of some of the illustrations that you’ve seen recently here on my blog. I hope to keep making new prints available every few weeks. Illustrations are printed on archival matte 220gsm art paper, which really captures the details of the strokes and the textures perfectly.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to source non-bendable, flat envelopes here in Hong Kong so I will be shipping prints in sturdy, postage tubes for now. The quality of the prints won’t be affected, but it does mean that once prints are received, they will have to lie under a heavy book or similar heavy object to fully and gently flatten them out :-) I hope to find a source for the non-bendable flat envelopes soon!

I’ve also completed another new illustration called “Adieu” (markers + pencil + fabric collage)… and please excuse the wrong year on the clock – haven’t updated it yet!:

And thank you to all of you kind folks who have encouraged me to re-open the shop and make some of my illustrations available as prints  – your support has meant so much!

You can access my etsy shoppe by clicking the thumbnails of my work on the right-hand side of this blog or by clicking this link: One Red Robin’s Etsy Shoppe

I’ve received quite a number of emails regarding what doll/softie patterns I actually sell under my Pattern Press range, which of my patterns are available in books and magazines, and what patterns are available for free here on this website. So I thought I’d pull together one big blog post to (hopefully) clarify.

I have a range of softie/doll sewing patterns currently published and distributed by the wonderful Pattern Press. Which ones you ask? Ta-da! These:

Unfortunately I’m not able to accurately keep track of all the stockists that stock these patterns but I have tried my best and have a list of stockists HERE. If you can’t find a stockist in this list for a specific pattern you are after, please contact Pattern Press and they should be able to point you in the right direction. I do hope to add more patterns to the range but this will most likely happen next year.

I also have patterns that are available in a number of magazines and books. Below are some of these patterns:

You can find what pattern is available in what magazine (title, issue date and number) or what book (title) by clicking this link: One Red Robin Published Projects. If you would like to access these patterns it would be best to contact the magazine or book publisher.

I do have a number of free patterns/tutorials available right here on One Red Robin. Below are some of the freebies I offer:

You can find all of my free patterns/tutorials by clicking this link: One Red Robin Freebies & Tutorials

Please note that ALL of my patterns (regardless of who publishes them or where they are published) are for personal use only – they are not to be made to sell or for commercial purposes. However, if you are interested in using any of the patterns for fundraising/charitable purposes, please email me with the details.

And finally, if you have made any of the patterns/tutorials, I would love to see! There is a flickr group where you can post up your One Red Robin creations: One Red Robin Sewing Patterns: Softies & Dolls

It’s been a busy week! I haven’t had a chance to sew anything but I’m hoping this happy mail received today will get me back into the craft room :-)

Some lovely linen from Linen Me on etsy, and a few pieces of my designs printed on to fabric by Spoonflower:

I’m especially delighted at how Woodland Cutout in pink on linen/cotton blend . . .

. . . and Little Mushroom Girl in grey and red on cotton turned out :-)

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