panda art

Drawing of a panda with bamboo and sunset.

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FOR IPAD

I’ve been learning Illustrator for 3 weeks. It feels like longer! It’s a massive program, which I doubt I will have scratched the surface of, even after a year of study. After beginning on my laptop, I quickly moved onto the iPad in order to draw more easily with the Apple Pencil. It was learning… Continue reading ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR FOR IPAD

WHY SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN?

The past years has been difficult for everybody. The entire world has faced challenges it could never have predicted. For me, these changes, plus the changes in my family ( we are a foursome now:), and my health (being diagnosed with an autoimmune disease) made me rethink where I was going with my Art and… Continue reading WHY SURFACE PATTERN DESIGN?

PHOTOSHOP FOR DESKTOP AND IPAD

OMG! Photoshop on my laptop and iPad is amazing! I’ve been practising pattern making in Photoshop today, and jumping between the two programmes is awesome. I prefer to draw with my apple pencil on the iPad but the iPad version doesn’t have all the features of the desktop version. Saving to the Cloud allows me… Continue reading PHOTOSHOP FOR DESKTOP AND IPAD

Cute pinks and pastels design

I’ve been creating on my iPad this week, using Procreate. I find creating surface patterns quite therapeutic. What do you do to switch off? Take care, Michelle

Photography

A brief look at my fine art photography collections. My photography work is often conceptual, with surrealist influences. There is always a narrative woven into each image and a narrative which links a series of images. If you would to find out more about each photographic series, click on the links in the menu. If… Continue reading Photography