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New website
Almost on an annual basis I seem to decide that my current website isn’t working for me and do an overhaul. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I hope it indicates that I’m growing and developing. We have been … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, new website
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Holidays
We’re off on our holidays to Wales tomorrow. As always with a small baby, we’re taking half the house. This is compensated for by my wardrobe, which is severely depleted by virtue of the fact that I can only get … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged bereavement, editorial, Hannah Foley, holidays, illustration, illustrator, Wales
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Finch
We have a lovely little baby boy! Just like Little Owl heβs got a pseudonym for blogging so, without further ado, may I introduce Finch to you all. Iβve gone for Finch because heβs got lovely dark dancing eyes like … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby boy, charm, children, Finch, goldfinch, illustration, illustrator, leaving the house, nappies, outings, parenting, personal project, pseudonym, rookie parent, school, shoes
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SCCR Banners
It is a still, grey day here in the Borders. Some beautiful Chionodoxa have come out in the garden. Their purply-blue, star-shaped flowers are bright explosions of colour in amongst the pale lemon of the primroses. These low-growing bulbs are … Continue reading
Posted in Growing things, Illustration
Tagged Avril Paton, cardboard boxes, chionodoxa, conferences, conflict, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, moving house, packing, SCCR, Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution, Windows on the West
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Map making
This week has been a bumper week for Life Drawing classes so I’ve been shuttling back and forth into Edinburgh. Today Arthur’s Seat was beautifully illuminated by a patch of pale wintery sky visible through the blustery clouds, its chiselled … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged Arthur's Seat, east lothian, edinburgh, gilsland park, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, map, North Berwick, wind
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Seasonal Scrapbook 2
I can always relate to writers’ describing winter in terms of metals. Yesterday was like steel. The sky was steely grey, reflected back by the surface of the river that had the look and sound of steel plates sliding and … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged 16th February, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, seasonal scrapbook, snow, snowdrops, woodland
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Seasonal Scrapbook
A spring baby meant it was a bit silly to try and keep up with my usual vegetable garden activities this year. I could just imagine sensitive young plants dying of neglect while I tried to manage all the extra … Continue reading
Posted in Countryside, Illustration
Tagged gardening, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, Nigel Slater, personal project, pregnancy, rats, reflux, seasonal scrapbook, snow, Tender, vegetable patch
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SCCR update
This morning the ground was covered in a thick hoar frost. Small birds flocked to our bird feeder. Jackdaws sat on the fence and eyed the kitchen window, waiting for Little Owl’s rejected breakfast crusts to be delivered to the … Continue reading
Posted in Illustration
Tagged birds, devon, drawing, flooding, frost, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, jackdaw, SCCR, scotland, South West, storm
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Mother and child
We are back in bonnie Scotland after our sojourn south. The valley is shrouded in low cloud and fine drizzle. It was lovely seeing my sister and my new niece but strange viewing those first intense weeks from the outside. … Continue reading
Posted in Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged baby shock, bonnie scotland, cholic, drawing, first weeks, Hannah Foley, illustration, illustrator, life drawing classes, Little Owl, mastitis, mother and child, new baby, new term, sister, teaching
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