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25.01.2022 Christmas the wonder pig is here to spread joy and colour all over your day! When he shakes his booty music starts to play, when he wriggles his nose the flowers start dancing! Everything’s a bit more magical when Christmas Is around! . .... . . . . . #pigsofinstagram #rainbowpig #cutepig #watercolourillustration #kidlitcharacter #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #cuteillustrations #kidlit #childrensbookillustration #animalart #characterillustration See more
25.01.2022 Burnt . I’d almost forgotten I’d filmed this timelapse a few months ago. Who doesn’t love a redhead! . .... . . . . . . #kidlitart #kidlit #kidlitpicks #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #childrensbookillustration #childrensillustrations #watercolor_art #watercolourillustration See more
24.01.2022 Presenting The Book Snail! He’s the mascot of my new Bookclub. Sunshine’s bookclub for really REALLY slow readers Wanna join? https://www.facebook.com/groups/sunshinesbookclubforslowreaders... . . . . . . #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #littlemonster #monsterart #monsterillustration #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #slowreader #bookclubsofinstagram
24.01.2022 Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Well hardly anyone when she's a lovely ballerina! So yes i realize wolves arn't super fantasy, but i started drawing Bella and fell in love. She's ellegent, charming, wonderful (just like every Bella everywhere) and i hope you enjoy :) xx... https://youtu.be/E1BDkwSWfm8 See more
23.01.2022 Quacking up... How were all feeling about lockdown here in Melbourne. . .... . . . . . #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #quackup #melbournelockdown #duckart
23.01.2022 Just a boy and a duck off on an adventure! . . . .... . . . . . . . #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitvic #kidlitillustration #kidlitartist #childrensbookillustration #illustration #illustrator #adventureart #ducktales See more
20.01.2022 So today I thought i'd do something slightly different.... I painted the same scene twice :) Haha well didn't start out intending to paint it twice, but I finished the first one and thought it could be better. As an artist its so important to work out when to stop and start again, so I left it in :) Hope you enjoy! xx... Link in my profile! #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #miceofinstagram #cutemouse #cutemice #magicalart #mouseart #mouseillustration #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #watercolourmouse
20.01.2022 Where do you find dragons?... Why of course, it depends on where you left them. This little guy is not just any old dragon, he’s an aqua dragon called Willis. ... Aqua dragons fly through the sea, just beyond the crashing waves. Sometimes you may catch a slight glimps of one of their wings, BUT as they are so whispy and watery, your never quite sure.. So I painted Willis the other night on livestream (come hang with me on twitch one day) and he turned out pretty good. I tried a few techniques I’m not super familiar with, particularly on the wings. Still a way to go until I’m completely happy with it, but it’s getting there! Practice makes perfect . . . . . . . . . #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #littlemonster #monsterart #monsterillustration #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #monsterillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #dragonartwork #dragonart
20.01.2022 ‘Your a wizard Malcom’ ‘I’m a what?’ ‘A wizard!’ ‘I can’t be I’m an owl’ ‘Oh right, sorry...’ ... Mistake or not Malcolm is indeed a wizard owl and is super cute! He’s the last in the series of my latest YouTube videos. But fear not my friends there will be more to come! https://youtu.be/Z1vtyZcCERg
19.01.2022 Mermaid Monday!!! So I was too slow for MerMay so I decided I was gonna do my own version. So welcome to Mer-July!!! I know I know it doesn’t roll off the tongue the same but that doesn’t matter because Mia The Magical Mermaid is pretty cute and I hope you all enjoy her! https://youtu.be/RAluWrvi6mw
18.01.2022 How cute is this?
18.01.2022 Adventure, Excitement, Librarians and Dragons! Wait what? Librarians AND Dragons? Yes my dear reader, Of course Librarians AND Dragons! They fit perfectly together. They are both LOVERS of knowledge, keepers of treasure's (both prized and rare), WISE beyond their years AND of course look fantastic in a cute sweater number ... So yes lovely folks, I have been terribly lazy and haven't put anything up for yonks (a yonk being a technical term meaning a floofs worth), BUT I'm making up for it. Randomly over the next two weeks I'll be releasing 5 little episodes painting fantasy characters and Larry The librarian Dragon is the first . I hope you enjoy! xx https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pwMhhO7J9e4
18.01.2022 Sarah from Labyrinth. Pencil on paper. I can't express the joy and magic I feel when I watch Labyrinth. I decided to draw Sarah after watching it probably for the 100th time. ... I tried a Labyrinth scene many years ago but I didn't have the skills at the time to make it look the way I wanted. I think I'm getting closer now :) I think Labyrinth is a bit of a story of growing up and I feel like my artwork has in a way grown up too :) So I guess TADA! My gown up version of Sarah :) #Labyrinth #Labyrinthfanart #fanart #SarahLabyrinth #goblins #Grafite #Pencilartwork #Grafiteartwork #Aussieartist #Popcultureart #Pencilillustration #drawinggoblins #fantasyart #Australianartist
17.01.2022 What’s round all round, looks like and orange but isn’t an orange? A sphere! *budumchhhhh* The first of my new YouTube episodes out folks! ... It’s the newest of my basics, The Sphere! (Ohhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhh) Hopefully you’ll all find it useful for the blending and shading practicing Linky link: https://youtu.be/Ob3tfAudyOo . . . . . . . . #arttutorials #howtodraw #australianyoutuber #learntodraw #stepbystepdrawing #drawingtips #gradients #shadingdrawing #imadeathing #drawingtutorial
16.01.2022 Owwwwwwwwww! My next #drawlloween is my little werewolf girl! She’s pretty sweet as werewolves go and she’s actually a vegetarian If you’d like to see this wee one being created go check out the YouTube link in my profile ... Let me know if you’d like to give this little shape shifter a forever home. She’s a vegetarian so you’ll be safe! #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #werewolf #strongfemalecharacters #magicalart #mabsdrawlloweenclub #halloweenart #werewolvesofinstagram #wolfart #wolfillustration #kidlitillustration #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator
15.01.2022 I sketched up these fun little critters on my live stream last night. Everyone came up with some great things to draw and I had great fun taking on the challenge of drawing them! The prompts we had were:... A cat in a boat A cockatiel playing a violin A ninja donkey A shark fishing I can’t wait to do more!
14.01.2022 These are quite amazing!
14.01.2022 Oh joy oh joy oh joy oh joy! Look at this little frens lovely harvest! Carrots, and tomatoes, and broccoli! He’s been pretty busy during isolation, feeding and watering his little veggie patch! Now he has finally been able to reap the fruits of his labour’s! Sadly my own talents don’t extend so well into the garden as this young fellow. In fact I have been told I have a mouldy thumb ... Anyone else out there cursed with the mouldy thumb?
14.01.2022 So I've started a Bookclub! Who wants in to "Sunshines bookclub for really, REALLY slow readers"? We read books, just slowly!... Click the link, jump on over if you'd like to read some great books and of course be part of the experiment if a bookclub can run on facebook!
14.01.2022 Be prepared for possibly the weirdest video I have ever put up..... Yup :D This is not exactly a cut down of the Halloween Stream I did the other day, but it is the telling of that tale (oooo tale telling). Everything that could go wrong, did. So I figured in the making of this video, i'd just go with that feeling. We have speedpaints, horror stories, special guests and Phantasmaphobia because of course we do.... Convoluted, all over the place, strange, weird and hopefully vaguely amusing, yup just go with it. Oh yeah and I'm dressed as Mortica Adams :) xx Check out De Ross Artistry for more awesome special effects makeups With Adam Wallace #cosplay #halloween #morticiaadams https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GohTQ3o8HGk
13.01.2022 How about some spooky speed paints for your friday morning? So one of my favourite prompt series of the year is Mab Graves Drawloween. I really don't do well with pumping out a prompt a day so I've only drawn a few of the 31 marvellous ideas for this october. The Witch The Familiar... Pumpin Werewolf I've put them all together in one mega speed paint AND I hope you enjoy :) #drawloween #halloween #spooktober #witch #werewolf #pumpkin #familiar https://youtu.be/yzay6iovDHU
12.01.2022 Vroom Vroom Sqweeeeeew Eeeeek! These are the sounds you will hear IF, in your ever on going pursuit for WORLD DOMINATION , You allow your ride to ally itself with the powers of damnation..... So I’ve painted this little Guinea Pig despot before, he’s dead set on taking over the world. I though he was a fun little character to go back to on a live stream and this is how he ended up!... I’m not 100% happy with him, so I may actually have another go in the near distant future, BUT right now he’s pretty cute. . . . . . #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #guineapigfun #guineapigadventures #wickedart
12.01.2022 Izzy the wood witch is literally my favourite vision of being a witch! She roams the forest with her fox pals keeping to herself, until the need strikes and she has to save the day! This was one of the pieces I did for #drawlaween2020, I’m finding it’s more fun to do sporadic prompts rather than trying to pump one out a day.... Check my links for the speed paint video Hit me up if you want to give Izzy and her clan a forever home as they will be up for sale very soon! #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #witch #strongfemalecharacters #magicalart #mabsdrawlloweenclub #halloweenart #witchesofinstagram #witchyvibes #witchart #foxillustration #kidlitillustration #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #spooktober
11.01.2022 Elle is the troublemaker in her family. She’s the bane of her mother’s existence, as she has no interest in normal fox things. Finding them regular and all together boring. She much prefers to be out exploring and finding adventures with her friends! I painted Ele on my stream last night! I think I’m going to have to paint her friends now and set them off on an adventure!
10.01.2022 ‘We shall fight them in the houses! We shall fight them in the gardens! Where ever we fight my friends we will be victorious! Today is the day brothers! Today we take over the world!’ - Barry the Guinea Pig 2020 ... Barry is a potato-like visionary. He imagines the brave new world going forward from 2020 to be run by his Guinea Pig empire. There will be free carrots and personalised play pens for all, and humans only usefulness is to farm food to feed his furry army! Seriously have you ever seen a cuter tyrant? No? Me neither #guineapig
10.01.2022 Okay okay I know I said I’d finished all these characters but this guy is a secondary character that likes making trouble! He’s a real prankster, nothing makes him happier then causing a ruckus! He is, so far, unnamed however. Any ideas for his name? ... #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #squirrel #magicalart #squirrelart #squirrelillustration #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #watercoloursquirrel
10.01.2022 Finished this little wolf girl today. She’s a reminder that vulnerability is strength! #wolfgirl #watercolorart #watercolourartist #watercolorpainting #stronggirls #powerfulgirls
09.01.2022 You know those #6fanarts I made?! Well I made a video about them I hope you like it! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ok8FCcoHT4
09.01.2022 I did a teeny tiny little speedpaint of Flip! https://youtu.be/bEcujxN-DJ4
08.01.2022 Dinosaurs, the perfect way to travel in 2020 . . . .... . . . #Kidsbookillustration #watercolourillustration #melbourneillustrator #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #kidlitartist #childrensillustration #dinosaursofinstagram #dinosaurillustration #kidsbooks #kidsbookstagram
06.01.2022 The Ugly Duckling New YouTube Episode is up folks, a fairy tale prompt based upon (you guessed it) Hans Christian Andersen’s The ugly duckling ! This one ended up taking me slightly longer than usual as there is SO much that happens in the story. Go check it out... https://youtu.be/YeGgovLMORs #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #melbourneillustrator #fairytaleart #hanschristianandersen #artprompts #uglyduckling #theuglyduckling #australianyoutuber
06.01.2022 I get asked a lot of questions about being a kids book illustrator and I thought why not make a whole youtube episode answering a few of them? Basically I talk a butt load about how to actually hire an illustrator! I talk both about working with a publisher and self publishing ... Hopefully you guys get something out of my ramblings! https://youtu.be/WiCP_q-q1s8
04.01.2022 I promised a few weeks ago I'd do a little exercise for blending watercolour. YAY painting watercolour raindrops! https://youtu.be/qb-rDUkvscQ
03.01.2022 Oh my goodness! I’m so excited for Tylahs Truth to come out!
03.01.2022 This is a Grabbie! A Grabbie is a kind of monster who collects (steals) people’s precious things. Things like Jewels coins, beads anything nice and shiney. He then uses them to decorate his little nest #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #littlemonster #monsterart #monsterillustration #kidsbookcharacters ... #kidsbookillustration #childrensbookillustration #monsterillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #childrensillustration See more
03.01.2022 ‘Muahaha I will get you my butterfly friends. For I am the BEST at chasey!’ Elle having ALL of the fun chasing butterflies while she waits for her friends to come and hang out with her! . .... . . . . . . . . #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #cutecharacter #fox #magicalart #foxart #foxillustration #kidsbookcharacters #childrensbookillustration #watercolourillustration #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #watercolourfox See more
03.01.2022 Ohhhh lovelies! My dear talented illustrator friend Nelle May has made this fabulous step by step video of how to draw a castle from one of her books! It's very cute and very easy! Go have a loooooook!
02.01.2022 Isolation Oh gosh! I forgot to show of this lovely oil painting I did a few months ago. To make up for it I’ve been running around in the rain on a cold Melbourne Sunday morning snapping pics . Before this painting I rarely worked in oils and I think this is probably the first one I’ve ever done that I’m actually happy with. Should I do prints? ... . . . . . . . #oiloncanvas #oilportrait #foxpainting #gingersdoitbetter #kidlitartist #kidlitart #kidlitcharacter #bigeyesart #melbourneillustrator #redheads_of_insta #melbourneartist #ipaintedthis See more
01.01.2022 Helllllooo lovelies! Episode 2 of my six authors six questions series has just launched. "How do you find inspiration in your stories?". With the amazing insights from Adam Wallace, Adrian Beck , Dannika Patterson - Author , Michelle Worthington - Author, Marianne de Pierres Fan Page and Meredith Costain ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRx4MLviMSE See more
01.01.2022 How cute is this?!
01.01.2022 And finally we come to the last of our woodland friends! This is Flip! He’s a very talented fellow. He can jump over a meter high and run the fastest out of everyone! Which is lucky because he’s had to get out of quite a few sticky situations quickly! I think this trio are destined for great adventures. We’ll have to see where the wind takes them
