Kitchen Things

I recently took Elizabeth Olwen's "Pattern Design: Bring Your Artwork to Life on Products" class on Skillshare. It's my first Skillshare class and I'm definitely hooked! Anyhow, I chose for my project to design a range of kitchen goods -- here's how it all turned out.

Days, Weeks, Months and Years

I finally finished up the 2016 tea towel calendar I've been working on! I'm excited to get stitching on these in the coming weeks.

*Edit: if you'd like to sew your own tea towel, I've made the fabric available for purchase on Spoonflower. One fat quarter of the linen-cotton canvas is enough to make one tea towel.*

Halloween Coloring Sheets

Oh what the hay, Halloween only comes once a year, so I decided to whip up some PDF coloring sheets. There's two designs included here: the pumpkin celebrants (above) and the mysterious lady (below). Happy coloring!

Free for personal, classroom and library use only, please. Abigail Halpin, © 2015.

:: Download the Pumpkin Celebrants ::

:: Download the Mysterious Lady ::

Things of a Seasonal Nature

I haven't had a chance to create anything eerie or terrifying for the season, sadly. Assorted projects, "Alfred" and various other things are claiming my attention at the moment. But, fear not (or fear if you want to, I mean, it is October). In the archives here, one can find:

* Free Halloween Sticker Printable

* The Water - A Cautionary Tale

* Free Halloween Cat Card tutorial

* Marguerite - A Halloween Comic

An Autumnal Addendum

 

Here and there, this and that. I've been working on two book covers lately, staying busy with that. In the meantime, here's what's occupied the spaces in between.

October

Overnight the trees have turned and when I open my eyes in the morning, the first thing I see is a swamp maple gone brilliantly red. And now all I want to do are paint those autumn colors, capturing all of them (or at least as many as I can lassoo) before they fade.

Vera

 

A quick sketch of DI Vera Stanhope to end the week. I'd tried watching the first episode of Vera a few years back, but ten minutes in, found it too bleak to go further. I recently gave it a second go with another episode, though, and am quite glad. Vera's fashion sense and policing are unorthodoxly delightful and I could stare at the Northumberland scenery all day.