Hi everyone. Well, this is it! My final post. I want to thank you all for the fantastic support over the last 8 years and, most recently, for my book drive to help assist bushfire affected native wildlife. I was completely overwhelmed by the response and as a result was able to donate $10,500.00! Wow!  When I decided to do the book drive I had expected to maybe raise a few hundred dollars - a figure which I honestly would have been quite proud of. Needless to say, I am thrilled to have been able to contribute this much to assist those helping our local wildlife during this emergency. Ultimat ..read more

Hello everyone! As you guys may have noticed from my lack of new content and recent comments in the Bushfires book drive post that I have decided that the time has come for me to officially stop posting and creating on A Little Lime - this will be effective from 25th January, 2020. There is no story or drama behind the decision, I have simply found that I don't have the same interest in drawing that I used to and I have never had the ability create and share unless I feel excited about what I am doing. I also want to minimise my internet presence and focus more on my family (first grandchild ..read more

I just wanted to create a quick post today to say how overwhelmed I was to see the response to my small attempt to help Wildlife Victoria in their bushfire efforts. I really had no idea what would happen when I put it out there yesterday. I was hoping to be able to donate, maybe, a couple of hundred dollars! I think that in the face of all the problems our world is currently facing it is so easy to feel discouraged and ineffectual in our ability to do anything. Your response has uplifted me and given me hope that maybe we can. So thank you. I know that events of any type usually have the bes ..read more

Hello everyone! It's been a while, right? I have had many "welfare check" emails and messages from you guys over the past few weeks, I wanted to let you know that yes, we are fine. The closest bushfires are quite a distance away in the east of my home state and are no immediate threat to us besides the very poor air quality we are experiencing. So, thank you to those who have reached out. I appreciate your thoughfulness :) I know that many of you have been watching around the world at the bushfire disaster unfolding for months now across a number of Australian states, and the terrible toll ..read more

Loopy lines.......love them and use them often to create a base framework to build drawings on. They've starred in a few of my patterns, too! About a week ago during some enforced downtime I started thinking about connecting loopy lines in a pattern and when I started experimenting on paper the happy result was the appearance of hearts - how could I resist? So, first - the pattern: Here is a quick video showing how to draw 4 panels to create the "flower": And finally, some samples in use: Have a great day! hx ..read more

This one was done a few weeks ago it's my take on Q-MI by Damy Teng The baby animal season has started with twinnie lambs born yesterday. I am keeping my eye on them as their mum has only one working teat. Last year she managed to feed both her lambs, but the year before I had to bottle feed one of them. She is a great mum though and so far it is looking good. I'm pretty sure the other ewe is going to have twins too - she is huge and I am expecting more lambies any day now. Have a great weekend!! hx ..read more

I've had a productive week - probably because the weather is so cold and I don't want to venture very far from the heater. This week I experimented with the Taiga tangle by Tomas Padros - the basic pattern looks a bit like trees and my final drawing embraced that idea. Taiga Trees - digital drawing (procreate): I thought I'd show you some scans from my sketch journal showing the Design Evolution from pattern to final drawing. I start by familiarising myself with the basic pattern and then played around with a few ideas. Sometimes this process goes nowhere except for learning how to draw t ..read more

Hello all! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend! A couple of interesting patterns came up in my FB feed this week - All Stars and Ellipse - a lot of fun and you should definitely track them down and have a go! Here are my results: All Stars, by Tomas Padros. Digital (procreate) on a wonky grid.  Ellipse, by Hennie Brouwer. Hand-drawn on a square tile using a wonky grid.  I scanned it before I added some black fill just in case I didn't like it! What do you prefer? I like the basic shaded version. I took a fair bit of liberty with the steps and process and mostly went my own way. I ..read more

After sharing my String Gourd with Peas drawing earlier in the week, I had some requests for a video on how to add artwork from Procreate to the Digital Tangle Journal. It's very easy - I use a basic copy/paste method as illustrated in this video: (if you are reading this post via email depending on your settings you may need to visit A Little Lime to watch the video). You can also export images to files, email, etc., depending on what you want do do with the final image, but for adding artwork quickly to my journal this is the method find most efficient. Have a great day! hx ..read more

Sounds like something for dinner doesn't it? This was drawn on Procreate. I started with a string framework to create the gourd shape, coloured with my fave colour (green in case you are wondering :) and then filled and added some "peas". It's now sitting happily in my Digital Tangle Journal with a few notes on brushes, etc. I love having a place to store my digital drawings as a group rather than random files on my computer or ipad. Hope you're having a great week! hx ..read more