Busy busy busy

Thought I'd best pop up with an update since I've not blogged for ages!  I've been beavering away work wise, spending loads of time in the studio.  It's great to be so work focused and engrossed with what I'm doing, I love it when my art is all encompassing and my passion for what I do reignites.  ;o)  I have some excellent opportunities coming up shortly and I'm working on new jewellery pieces (expanding my range so that I cover a wider range of prices), some small assemblage pieces, badges and a new zine.  This week I have the opportunity to have about a dozen pieces of jewellery at an art fair in a nicely affluent place so hoping so money will be changing hands!!  ;o)  I've also returned to exploring some personal themes in my art journaling as I prepare for a new workshop opportunity later this year or early next.  I co-teaching some children's art workshops during the upcoming half term week and am working on examples for those, how much fun is junk modelling?  LOL  On top of all that I'm also writing my next article on recycled arts/crafts for Smallholder magazine.  ;o)  Phew!  Pics will be forthcoming of work but don't have time this morning to take any so instead I thought I'd share a bit of life class work with you.... 

It's the same pencil and pastel drawing (original is first picture) and I indulged in a bit of digital tinkering.  ;o)  I don't play like this much but it was fun to fiddle about and see what happened.  I'm thinking I might try my hand at using black paper at class sometime, I love that blue on black look.

Ok, back to the grindstone...