Laura Mallaghan Illustration

Hello all, I'm back. 👋 Remember from last year I painted the family plaque that needs to rejuvenate, massively. Here we are, one year on. The plaque still looks the same, as good as new, with the all-weather condition throughout the year. The original plaque said "Cameron House" with washed-out artwork, to "Me House", before painting. After. (Photo was taken in the morning) (Taken in the evening) To end the blog, here's a photo of my cute Akita looking out the window. 💖

Happy Easter Monday! This has come to my mind at the last minute before Easter Day. I got two pair of a bag full of little chocolate eggs for my brother and his girlfriend. Looking at these gifts I thought they're lack of accessory, having the gift tags popped in my head, although I want an Easter style gift tag. So I've been crafting simple and personalised Easter Egg tags. First thing first, I used a card that I've found from inside the chocolate biscuit bar packet, result! Next, I drew two egg shapes. Cut them out. Paint them the colour of my choice. I then flick the brush with water onto the egg, to gives the details. And flick the brush with colour paint. Once they're dried, I personalised them with their name. Use a hole punch, or a pencil, to make a hole for the string. Finally, use any string to use and tied it up. Now they're no longer looking a bit bare. Simple yet fanciful! Did you had some lovely Easter treats and ate them all? My sister finished her las...

A cute pot for the pretty plant! It was for my little sister, she owns some indoor plants in her room and she wanted a small pot for one of her plants. She luckily found a small ceramic pot in our garden, sat on the low wall at the end of the garden along with other plant pots, with few bit of cracks, scratches and paint peeled from the inside, but she doesn't mind as long as it's the right size. Looking at that plain, glossy cream mucky pot I thought, I could make it pretty. I asked her if she wants some bit of decoration on it, and she approved. I gathered some ideas of what sort of motif to decorate, I remembered that she likes all sort of foxes, I went for the red fox! I have sketched some fox poses, the positions on the pot, some details to add. To add it in, I have used some image references for fox body positions and faces, which helps to a variety of choices. Drawing the fox faces I still find it tricky, I got frustrated afterwards then thinking it doesn't have to b...