ox eye daisies

ox eye daisies, originally uploaded by Donna Nicholson-Arnott.

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A deviation from my usual people obsessed monochrome work. Made for the We Draw July team challenge, the topic of which was 'In the Garden'. I love ox eye daisies, and there's a big blousy patch of them in the back drying green area where I live. I love how long they're around for in summertime, I love the way they look in late summer rain. I love their scaled up unashamed daisiness.

I used fw inks, and coloured pencils on canford card.

little tower block pin

little tower block pin, originally uploaded by Donna Nicholson-Arnott.

I was making balsa wood frames for the backs of the clown collages, to make them nice and sturdy and stable and hangable. And I was ending up with random little off-cuts, not much use for anything, but a shame to throw away. I'd been thinking of making badges for ages, and I started whiting up the off-cuts with ink and drawing words and stuff on them. Rather fun to make, and wear. Indeed, I did wear this one for a few days, just to road test it. I thought I'd stick this one on etsy for a couple of months and see what happened. If no-one buys it, I'll just wear it myself again.