Imperfect Geometry: Pink Triangles

Then this happened...

My procrastination doodles are finding their way onto all sorts of things at Society6.

BoomBoom Prints

I am now selling prints, totes and t-shirts at BoomBoom Prints.  Yay!  There's some lovely stuff on there, check them out.

Rugs!

Rugs now available at Society6

Alphabet B

Blue bears on bicycles, birds, bees, butterflies and blobs.

Advent Calendar day 18

Advent Calendar day 9

Advent Calendar day 7

Woo hoo!  You can buy him on stuff, if you like...

Lilla Rogers Make Art that Sells MATS world blog tour

Well, I'm not the only one who has been working his/her socks off on the MATS course.
Some of my fellow students and new friends are doing a blog tour and today it is my turn, along with two others:

I'd like to introduce Melinda Hopkirk of Crouch River Studio

and Deb Trevitt

Aren't those bears the biz?

As you can see we all have very different styles and approaches, which makes it a lot of fun.  There is a great community feel to the group, and although we have never met each other and are based all over the world, we have become friends.  Plus we now have a huge pool of artists to bounce ideas off and share information and experience.  It's all good.

The course was really fast paced and hugely informative and covered a vast amount of ground in the five weeks of part A.  It was like a rocket fuelled version of art college, and just the kick up the backside I needed to get cracking, as Lilla says.  I am still recovering.

Scroll down a couple of posts if you haven't seen my MATS work (and want to...)

For a whirlwind world art blog tour, take a look at these talented people...

Aisha Khan
Linda Tordoff
Martina Lendhardt
Melissa Doran
Hung Yu Chen
Stephanie Corfee
Jo Chambers
Son Atwal
Rachel Schafer
Sarah Ehlinger
Jen Burbridge
Carolina Coto
Claire Lordon
Eva Marion Seyffarth
Anna Whitford
Mary Tanana
Jennifer Wambach
Victoria Johnson
Danielle McDonald
Jennifer Appel
Wendy Brightbill
Renske de Kinkelder
Andrea van Dalen
Ohn Mar Win
Jill Byers
Sarah Gager
Sophie Verhille
Angie Sandy
Jordan Vinograd Kim
Nicole Piar
Aileen Tu
Christine Witte
Emily Dyer
Diane Neukirch
Lisa Deighan

Lilla Rogers MATS week 5

The last week's assignment for Lilla Rogers MATS course was to make a 'hyper-lush' zipper purse based on something you collect.  I am not much of a collector - apart from succulents, which I have painted before.  I wanted to try something different and went for a Japanese theme.  I was going to put in some ikebana (Japanese flower arrangement) but after consulting my mum, who is an ikebana teacher, it was far to complicated for the limited time I had.  There are still one or two things that aren't quite right, but I don't have time to change them so this will have to do!

I will miss the energy of the class but it will also be nice to slow down a bit and take a breather before the next one in the spring.  In the meantime, I hope to churn out a lot more art to build up a portfolio of new pieces to license (any agents out there?) and learn how to use Illustrator properly.  More actual painting and drawing will go on too, as well as digital.  

If anyone is considering whether to invest in the MATS course, do - it was worth every penny.