What's cookin' ?

With that crafty desire trapped within, I could not resist creating a '60's vintage' style apron for my great chum's birthday - who enjoys to tamper with the hob and oven every so often. I decided on using two contrasting colours, fuscia pink and lime green, and and opted for a floral fabric as that now seems to be (or have been) the rage so far.

Not only is it feminine, poignant and cute, I decided on personalising the pocket area. The frills need working on, but hey-ho, it was a fun (attempted) make and don't we just love the modelled pose?!

Sketchy

Charcoal and chalk. Never have I been massively fond of these materials. However, thoughts may change and having attended some drop-in drawing lessons at the National Portrait Gallery in London I discovered the intricacy and delicacy of using such pigments itself. Again, I've focused on facial objects (not so much my choice as sculptures were the main objects in place).

These are a selection of some portraits that were put into practise. White chalk on black paper - though initially slightly difficult in obtaining the correct shades, I realised the strokes of white can exude power in the portrait. I hope you are able to depict the portrait detail..meanwhile, with optimism in place - practise is gonna make perfect.