There are many sorts of “mail art” projects out there in the artworld. Mine are my drawings that I do on the front of envelopes. Most of them are for posting letters to my mother who lives interstate. We are going to London and Barcelona in 11 weeks time. Here is the first of the “countdown envelopes” […]
It was a busy week for art for me, and not all of it was sketching. art exhibtion entry My entry was accepted into Blarney Books and Art Biblio prize, This week I got my drawing framed and will post it tomorrow. Here is my watercolour pencil sketch” The Previously Undiscovered Ern Malley Letters “ […]
I will be on holidays in the United Kingdom for the month of September. So my blog will be taking break from this weekend. I will be sketching all the time everyday and plan to instagram my travel sketches daily (wifi permitting).My instagram account is alissaduke1. Follow me there. I am travelling with my mother , […]
Very early in September I started drawing my next range of greeting cards, which would include some Christmas cards and also some drawn of the Supreme Court of Victoria and its architectural features. In hindsight I should have started a lot earlier as I have felt a bit of pressure to get these done to […]
I am very excited that I have SIX new greeting cards available for purchase. They are printed from my watercolour pencil drawings. There are TWO new Christmas cards to join the four that I already have . These two Christmas images were drawn in the last two month, specifically for these Christmas cards. They were […]
The countdown is really on to two BIG events for me. Melbourne Rare Book Week in two weeks and UK holiday in three weeks. Here is an update. HOLIDAY Three weeks to go ’til we leave on holidays to the UK – here is this weeks envelope to Mum. I a not at prolific this […]
In six weeks my mother & I will be on a plane to England. Once a week I write a letter to her (a real letter, on paper, in an envelope, in the post) and draw something related to our holiday. It is a way of building the excitement and also being aware of how the weeks are flying […]
I am excited to be writing this blog post about my new travelling ink pot – because it means that I am travelling !!! In seven weeks I will be flying overseas. We are going to England, flying directly to Manchester for the Urban Sketching Symposium … more about that later. I have recently purchased a […]
2015 has been an eventful and amazing year. I moved in September 2014 to Melbourne after 10 years of living in Sydney. The move provided so many new opportunities. I started listing my achievements and was astounded at how much I have accomplished. Some of the things I have done were on my ‘to do’ list and […]
I have just collected my new set of Greeting cards from the printers. The four new cards feature drawings of books and a scene from the Supreme Court Library of Victoria (In Melbourne) where I work. They are for sale on my online Etsy shop These four new designs join the 16 cards and 5 […]