Naomi's Illustration Adventure

Getting the Gist... The article I have chosen for this exercise is written by Fearne Cotton and titled  ' Fearne: Talking is vital to my mental health'.. After reading and re reading this article, the hand written list of words I have underlined and absorbed are:  Love, talk, feel, movement, problems, mistakes, insights, listen, reaction, concern, release, freedom, uncomfortable, life, hear, speak, 'interesting roads', vulnerable, terrifying, freeing, conversation, honest, chat, 'heartfelt words', human, 'beautiful souls', peace, happy, true, connection, 'deep rooted worry', speak, open, calm.  A  lot of words actually, and reading it over again all of these words stuck with me. For my first read I highlighted the words in purple. The second read, green. I'm unsure if I selected too many, however all seemed significant.  Deep rooted worry, stay with my most powerfully I'm going to create an image of deep ...

Say Hello...A greetings card... So today, the 16th of May 2018 I start this Degree programme in Illustration... Feeling rather scared and overwhelmed I sketch a little to distract my mind, and reassure myself... Having a large, wild, overgrown garden just outside of my window...It is not hard to see the many dandelions looking at me. The perfect sketch today though. 'It will all be OK' I tell myself. Mind calmed.  So back to the task in hand. A greetings card to my tutor. I need to work out what I want to say about myself... Sat with a pen and paper, let's work this out.  I enjoy to think of life in a quirky and fun way, looking at everyday things (such as the dandelion above) and capturing them in ink, which is my preferred medium. It is the small things in life that inspire me the most, a ripe pear, clouds in the sky, bumble bees busy at their work, nature. I try to take notice of them all, I believe that is where beauty truly lies.. And I love to dra...