Fun with Flamingoes!

Red

A few years ago I created a leaf image and created a pattern from it for a print. You can see the image here. The colours represent Spring and I was eventually to add 3 more similar images representing the seasons... I have finally completed Red (Autumn). Pattern to follow

I'm back! (... and Happy New Year to you all!)

This year Jack and Jill Foundation wanted us to do our thing on a 3ft Hare! Here is mine: Gary Glas! Watch this space for more details. More info on the website
I used an Acrylic Photo Transfer process to apply the image.

Illustration Friday - Nature

Illustration Friday - Garden

2015! How did that happen?

Happy New Year everyone! I have been a very bad blogger. This year I will endeavour to post something once a month - be it something of mine, something of someone else or something interesting.

I have a few nice personal projects up my sleeve which I will also post.

In the meantime, a creative, successful, healthy and happy 2015 to you all!

Here is my first something interesting.

Thanks to Jennifer Farley for putting this post on Facebook.

Whether you make it or not is never about talent by Yuku Shimuzu

Laters

Canahrinos by Gringos Exhibition by The Blind Elephant Collective

Each of the Blind Elephant Collectives were allocated a Host city in the World Cup in Brazil to illustrate. I was given Brasilia...

I forgot to add this little fella to the illustration so I think it is only right to include in the blog...

The exhibition opening was a great success. Fantastic work by everyone!

Black Swan Illustration for Blind Elephant collective

Fox

fox...with a slight squint

Birds all together...

2014 - back with a... pen and ink!

These are madey up birds for a little friend of  mine who now lives in Australia. She LOVES birds. I am going to let her use her creative brain to invent names for them!

April Already!

Where has the time gone!
It has been a busy time...
I became a Blind Elephant - my backup disk died and I lost all my illustration work - I went to OFFSET 2013 - (it was fantastic) - I started Hula Hooping - somebody was able to save all my illustration work from the dead backup disk - I finished my March illustration for 'The Blind Elephants' in April - it will be in an exhibition in The Little Green Gallery on Thursday 18 April and here it is...

February already!

Holy Moly! How did that happen!
Anyway, list of things to do is coming along nicely!
1. Here is my new website: http://paulafmoen.4ormat.com/ (still a tiny bit to finalise but feel free to comment!)
2. Application is in for Illustrators Ireland
3. Procrastination has been cut dramatically

Until next month...

Dear 2013

Here I go again!
My list of 'creative things to do' is done for the year... so far!
Top of my list was to create an illustration for the annual LeCool cover competition - Done.
Next on my list is to apply to Illustrators Ireland to be a member - almost done!
Then I shall continue to create personal projects, hopefully get some illustration work, start that second picture Book...
(The list is too long to add here...).

Here is the Le Cool cover.
Happy New Year to you all and may all my dreams come true!

ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS - PREVIEW

Rocker

 

John Lennon - Graph Portrait

Loving graph

I am really liking the graph paper additions to these.

Portraits on Graph paper

Portraits on Graph paper. More portraits on my Facebook page.
I like to experiment with papers and add some photsoshop into the mix. I really like the results. I seem to be getting more adventerous with each portrait!

The Gretsch

Commission for a Personalised Birthday Card for a Gretsch playing dude!

Chiaroscuro Life drawing

I go to life drawing classes in The Drawing Studio, Clarendon Street, Dublin on Monday evenings.
I have never worked with Chiaroscuro method before. I really enjoy it, just need to work on the old perspective a bit more. http://www.drawing.ie/

What is it about Pigeons

I don't like them but I have pictures of them. Messing around in photoshop with a pic I took today of pigeons taking flight. (Ok, I may have shooed them!). I like the effect though. This is the original photo http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2111254