Artist and Illustrator
I think no matter where you've been this year, 2020 has been a bit.....well a bit '2020' for lack of any possible other way to describe it. I count my lucky stars that this year I've been in an area that hasn't been hit as hard by Covid, from a worldwide perspective. Even when we …
This post is a segment from my September Newsletter - if you'd like to receive full length newsletters in future (including the exclusive shop discount codes) sign up below: Hello! Happy belated Spring and hoping you've all had a good September 🙂 In the Studio This month in the studio I've been working on some …
Last year when I decided to make a calendar for 2020, I had no idea just what 2020 was actually going to be like, and, seeing as most of us spent a good few months in lockdown, part of me wonders if I could have left those months out! Does anyone else feel like they …
Continue reading "Endangered Animals Calendar for 2021 – Pre-Orders and the Project"
It's crazy to think that 2019 has already come to an end. I'm really good at forgetting important things, so I thought I'd take some time to go back and pick out 19 highlights from this year and set some goals for the next century (ok that might be pushing it, maybe just for 2020)! …
About Our Tour At the beginning of this year, my sister, Monique Clare, invited me on a tour to perform live painting alongside herself and Joe D'Esposito. We toured for around 3 weeks down NSW, Victoria and ended in good ol' Queensland. During each show on the tour, I worked on this painting while Joe and …
April has been a wonderful month - arriving back from Japan gave me a burst of energy and inspiration. Also because my March blog focused solely on my travel journal in Japan, I thought I'd include a few other March highlights here too. This blog is a jumbled mess so I apologise in advance for …
Sketching Everyday In March 2019, I travelled through Japan for three weeks with my friend Bridie. I set myself a challenge - to create a small sketch for each day. I thought this would be a fairly unrealistic goal as travel is often busy, energy draining and unpredictable, however I did manage to have something …
Continue reading "🌸 Travelling in Japan in March – A Sketch a Day"
Beginning in January, I've been working on a project that I'm so excited to see come together. I'm creating a wall calendar that features plants that flower in each month/season of the year. I've been looking at plants native to where I live (South-East Queensland) using the GroNative app and other resources. I really wanted …
Oh what a lovely time of year it is to spend near the ocean. The first few days of Feb were spent with my partner's family at Tugun beach. It was so good to go swimming each day and paint by the sea. IN THE STUDIO While at Tugun I worked on my calendar designs …
January has been a bigger month than I had anticipated. I've attempted to form a general plan for how this year of freelancing/doing-the-art-thing will be structured, but who knows how much that will change. I also did few weeks of house and dog sitting in a lovely bushy area early this month, which provided the …
INGRID BARTKOWIAK 