Exciting times

Here are some of my 'Twist and Sprout' Christmas cards before they danced into the post last week.

Ideas are sprouting!

Some work in progress for the festive season!

Festive Sprouts...

I realise that I like being able to tell what time of year it is from the pages of my sketchbook. For that reason, I've been thinking Christmas-sy thoughts when looking for subject matter for the drawing a day recently.

These sprouts seems appropriate (I used to really dislike sprouts, but am making a big effort to like them now... smoked bacon seems to really help). I mentioned to my Mum that I had brought some sprouts when shopping... she instantly replied 'to draw?'... and she was right.

I drew them in pen, and then decided that a sprout really did need to be green...

so out came the watercolours. 

Then I realised I hadn't thought about my Christmas cards for this year, and so I measured the top of the sprouts and on another piece of paper (not in the book as not directly observed) some hats appeared...

... and finally with a bit of photoshop magic the sprouts donned the hats! Hurrah. Festive Sprouts.