I didn't have time...

"I didn't have time to blow dry it so it looked like a hedge"

My lovely friend said this phrase....

(this is not what she looks like though!)

I have a funny book of all the phrases I wrote down at the time!

The market was a great success this week, my colourful cards went down a treat! I hope you had a great weekend!

 Nice to see the sun today! x

Frog hands

"You have little magic frog hands"

 My dear friend said this to me!!  I used to give her hand and arm massages and so this was a compliment!  Luckily my hands aren't actually like this!  The little frog man seems quite mesmerized by his own hands!

This illustration was part of a collection of drawings I did for my degree. I would take notes of things I overheard in queues, on trains, in coffee shops or as I was walking down the street as ideas for my next drawing! The snippets of conversations, when taken out of contest, and drawn in a literal way can be very funny!

  I hope you had a great weekend! x

Eleven o'clock's a NIGHTMARE!

 

I overheard someone working in a coffee shop say this! He was obviously dreading the busy morning rush. I exaggerated his words and did a count down. This is the first of three stages of the panic and despair that sets in while he watches the clock ticking down to eleven!

By suggesting a topic for the week, Illustration Friday gives you inspiration, the opportunity to post up your work on their page and browse through other artist's interpretation of the subject. Love it! Last week's word was 'Edge' so I thought this poor guy would be perfect!!

They were going at it hammer and tongs!

This is another twist on a well known saying. I love finding out the origin of words and phrases as often we say things without even knowing what they mean!! 'Going at it hammer and tongs' means to do something with great effort or energy. In my drawing I have interpreted it as more of a calm, quiet and considered activity rather than the crazed, animated scene that the words suggest. The little men are curious, delicate and respectful in their expection of 'it'. I made the drawing into a model to give it a different dimension. I don't usually stick rigidly to the drawing if I don't have to but I still aim to create the same feeling and the same humour as the drawing.

A load of old cobblers.

This is a drawing a did as a Christmas present for my sister. Alot of my illustrations are a play on words...'a load of old cobblers' also means nonsense, rubbish. This is a classic of Cockney rhyming slang. It has nothing directly to do with shoemakers but originates from 'cobblers' awls', the pointed hand-tools that cobblers use to pierce holes in leather. The rhyme is with 'balls', meaning testicles.