later and later...

I very nearly decided to leave today's drawing until tomorrow, as it is late ... I've been changing, tweaking and adding listings to the shop!

However, I decided to just buck up and draw quickly - not my best but I love the smells of Christmas - the tree, mulled wine, gingerbread and all those warm, cosy smells - this seemed to be a good way to symbolise that.

Festive earrings

Drawn yesterday but I forgot to upload them here!

Better late than never...

Here's my #illo_advent drawing for today - rather late - it hasn't yet made it to the scanner but it's quite nice to see it on the table for a change. I'm yet to actually get the decorations out, but it was nice to peep into the box and find this old friend to draw.

Yum!

Sadly I know no German but do love these delicious gingery biscuits. I'm planning on making some again this year, but I confess I bought a packet in order to draw them! (making them first would have taken forever to get around to doing the drawing!). 

(If I've got this German terribly wrong please let me know!)

On the 10th day of Christmas...

This is another design from my Christmas Card range this year (although the text on the card just reads 'Merry Christmas!'. There are still some of these available in the shop - for individual cards or packs just click here to have a look!

Day 9...

Two festive species; the Holly and the Ivy. 

another classic...

on the 7th day of Christmas...

I'd been planning to keep this advent calendar classic - but somehow this character has turned up!

On the 6th day of Christmas...

...or perhaps that's just me! (or maybe I should buy some by a known brand instead of the first shiny bag of coins I see!

On the 5th day of Christmas...

#Mistletoe!

On the 4th day of Christmas...

Is some Mulled Wine!

Drawn to Christmas ...and a 10% off code!

I've decided to join in with #illo_advent a hashtag that I enjoyed following last year. I thought I'd get really prepared and join in this year - and then realised I thought I'd do that on Thursday afternoon (1st December). So, we'll see how it goes! Here are the first, second and third days of my advent calendar, I'll try and post daily from now on!

Today (3rd December) is also #SmallBusinessSaturday and to celebrate my small and still very new venture, I'm offering 10% off everything in my Etsy Shop, today only using the code 'SmallBusinessSat' - spread the word and enjoy!

Enamel mugs from Alice Draws The Line

I have had four designs put onto Enamel mugs!

There is an Autumn mug, Beech leaves - from green through to brown, Flowers - a rainbow of colours, from red through to blue, and finally a pheasant design. The height is 80mm, diameter 86mm.

The are on sale in the Etsy shop, but can be bought directly from me. They are £12 with free postage if you are in the UK, or international shipping is available (see the shop for pricing).

Enamel mugs by Alice Draws The Line

Enamel mugs by Alice Draws The Line

Autumn mug

Autumn Enamel mug

Flowers mug

Flowers Enamel mug

Leaves mug

Leaves Enamel mug

Pheasant Mug

Pheasant Enamel mug

St Andrew's Day

Here is a Thistle to celebrate!



Another new Christmas card design...

This is the final design for this Christmas (I'm not going to let myself make any more designs until next year!)

This one, which I've called 'Merry Christmas Deer!' is being picked up from the printers tomorrow. 

You can find it in the shop by clicking here!

I've also got this one re-printed as it has been popular so far, you can find it in the shop here!

Magazine article!

Oh my... I am featured in this month's #WelshBorderLife Magazine! It is for their article 'Inspired by the Country' - here's a quick peek inside.

The article is about my Christmas Cards - which you can find in the shop by clicking here! The magazine can be found in many retailers - I've seen it at Ludlow Food Centre (where I have Christmas cards, Greeting cards, Notebooks, Mugs, Coasters, Prints and Originals for sale until the end of December).

Excuse the over excited face - but I've not been featured in a magazine before! 

Sketching

I had a lovely time sketching some chickens in the sun the other week. I love the challenge they present by constantly moving. I end up with hundreds of super quick scribbles to capture how they move and interact. I also take photographs so I can build these studies up into paintings later. 

Seasonal studies

I had only been doing very quick sketches recently and so it was a real joy to sit down and study this Birch, with its leaves drying and turning from green to yellow to brown. The seeds are incredible - and get everywhere - I only had to knock it slightly for more to fall out and onto the floor!

Feedback

I've had some really lovely feedback from happy customers via my Etsy Shop recently, which has made me smile a lot...

First for the Nature notebooks - this is a 2 pack of A6 plain paged notebooks, one with Birds on and the other Tree species. Both have species labels in my own font. The books are 100% recycled and have 36 pages. This pack has been particularly popular, but the books can also be bought individually.

See the full listing for them here

And this lovely feedback is for my Woodland Alphabet print - I can just picture this scene and it makes me really smile.

The print can be found here (but there are only a few left)

...I also like the idea of the future ones I could create!

Food illustrations

I promise my posts won't exclusively be about the exhibition and display that is on at #ludlowfoodcentre from now until the end of December. ..but there might be a few... Like this one, because I'm quite proud of these postcards that celebrate some specific products that are made on site at the food centre. 

Before I drew these bespoke LFC pieces I'd never considered food illustrations as something I'd enjoy. These are for sale as individual postcards and or a pack of 4 postcards with envelopes (up in the gift shop).

Ludlow Food Centre Exhibition

I'm very excited to announce that I'm currently exhibiting at the Ludlow Food Centre (just outside Ludlow on the A49).  

They have had visiting artists exhibiting over the last 6 months, for 2 months at a time, and now, from the 2nd of November, until the end of December it is my turn!

As you enter the Food Centre, there are some stairs on your left that head up to the Gift Shop - just head that way and you'll see my illustrations on the walls (some you may have seen here before, and some brand new ones), and the whole range of greeting cards, Christmas cards and products - all together for the first time ever. 

10% of all of the sales will be donated to the Midlands Air Ambulance, so please do pop along and have a look!

I plan to be an 'artist in residence' when I can, so I'll keep this blog updated, along with social media for when I'll be there, it would be lovely to see friendly faces!

Christmas Card Packs...

I've just created a new listing for my Christmas Card packs in the shop to hopefully make it a bit easier to find.

I've also spent the day photographing yet more new cards and adding those to the shop - there are 3 different packs / collections you can buy now!

The first is packs of 20 Christmas Cards - either mixed packs, 4 of each of the 5 designs, or 20 of the same design, just choose the variation you like best.

There is also a Flora and Fauna set - have a look at those here!

And finally there are the ones in this photograph - a selection pack so you have a range of occasions covered! Find those here!

Have a lovely weekend!

Tea towel!

I'm thrilled to say that my Woodland Alphabet has hopped onto a tea towel and that they arrived this week! 

I've listed it in my shop, which is filling up now with lots of potential Christmas gifts!

Packaged order

This week I posted out my first international order! A lovely little box of treats is on it's way across the Atlantic as I type! 

New greeting cards!

This aren't even properly out of their box yet, let alone photographed or listed on the online shop (my job for this afternoon), but here are 4 new designs that have arrived this morning!

Edit: they are now live! have a look at them here !

Recent studies

I love Autumn treasures - I feel like I'm part squirrel when I venture out as I'm always returning with a collection of seeds to draw. There is a section of the studio that looks like the woodland floor at the moment, with so many treats awaiting sketching!

I'm building up a body of work for an exhibition that is running Nov- Dec... more details soon. Commissions welcome - I'm working on several lovely ones at the moment!

Coasters!

My Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme illustrations from earlier in the year seemed to be quite popular, and so I've made them into a set of 4 coasters.

These are now available in my shop - go straight there my clicking here

And they will be available in a well known south Shropshire shop in November and December - more information on that soon!

Christmas cards

I'm thrilled to announce that my Christmas cards for this year have arrived!

There are 5 designs, and all are available in the shop - or you can contact me (see the link on the left) directly about them. 

 

Mince Pie Christmas Cards

Twist and Sprout Christmas Cards

It's Christmas... Go Nuts! Christmas Cards

We Three Cones Christmas Cards

Christmas Party (of Jays) Christmas Cards