Happy Holidays!

It's been a busy year full of changes for me!

This year I have:

• Started a new job I really like. It does limit my time for art but I'm going to be honest, I don't care. It has taken away the pressure of being a starving artist and means I can do arty things for fun and not hungrily eye up the next customer.

• Tried lots of new activities. I tried pole dancing, I signed up for a new CrossFit gym, I signed up for archery in the new year, I've even signed up for singing lessons! I've tried lots of mini workshops and attended several talks that I've found very inspiring.

• Ran my first ever workshop. It was a free craft activity for children, it was felt chaotic and went by very fast but the kids seemed to have a good time.

• Attended business courses. I've been running a small business for a while now, honestly I still don't feel like I know what I'm doing.

Over the Christmas break I will complete a mini series of illustrations that will be featured in Gainsborough Library for World Wildlife Day. I will write up more details in the new year. I'm hoping to make some stickers for the children to take home.

Plans for the new year:

• Finally work on my Remarkable Dogs project and make prints and stickers. I keep putting it off.

• I will be participating in a group exhibition with my portrait drawing class!

• Reach out to venues about running workshops.

• I might find someone to zhuzh up my website because frankly it's not where I want it to beat the moment.

• Work on new illustrations that aren't pet portraits.

• Offer more human portraits options???

• Work on a graphic novel (when? How? No idea, but we'll see!)

• Explore more local history and folklore and let it inspire my work.

What are your plans for the new year?