My Favourite Girl-Puppy in the World

My Indi-Girl (full name: Indigo) - curled up happily asleep on her cushion.


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My Favourite Boy-Puppy in the World

My Bodie-Boy - sound asleep (deliberately sprawled half-off his cushion).


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The Hug Monster

No-one could possibly resist grabbing this little hug monster for a lovely huggy-hug!

Look at those uneven eyes and sticky-out-ty tooth, and the long furry limbs in that delicate shade of vomit-green - of course you want to hug it!

How could you not? It's the Hug Monster!


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Ladybird on the Loose

The ladybird likes what he sees in the mirror!

He's all dressed up and ready to have fun.


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Sceptical Horse

This horsey is really not inclined to believe anything you're saying right now. You might have to talk for a loong time before it's going to agree to anything.


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Happy Elephant

Just a happy elephant on holidays in a wintry locale.

Learning some yoga, by the looks of things, and enjoying it.


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Starry Night

A night of silent, peaceful contemplation...

And a dusting of wonder. 

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Dance of Joy

Yippee!!

It's that special time of year!

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How to Make a Caterpillar Happy

"Really, honestly, truly? This little flower's all for me?"

"Only me?"

"Yummy!"

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Oh No!!

I love this drawing! The expression is just spot on for me!

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Naturally Cascading Hair & Associated Smugness

"Why, yes, of course my hair cascades this luxuriously yet neatly down my back all the time! 

Doesn't yours?

Why ever not?

Well, there's no need to be rude!"

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Night-Time Walk

Nothing like an evening walk for clearing one's head. 

And for thinking through those special, hug-them-to-yourself thoughts. 

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"Remember, I love you back"

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How Owls Become Wise

Just in case you thought owls were just naturally wise. 

No, no, no. 

The wisdom is gained through much study (peer-reviewed ones mostly). 

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Bee Happy!

 

A gorgeous happy little bee!

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Cobweb Threads

 

Discovering the delights of a drawing app (called Sketch Guru). Lines, cobwebs and cross-hatchings created for you so that 5-second doodles look like something that should have taken longer...

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La Nuit a Paris

 

La ville endormie,
Le ciel qui repose,
Le vent qui chuchottent entre les toits,
Et le chat qui  couche  a l'ombre...


Wholesale mangling of another language? Pourquoi pas?!

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Conniving Croc

I like the sly expression on this guy's face! Plot, plot, (sinister) plot!

This little character needs its own theme song, I think! (If I can scrape anything together from the dried-up crusts in my creative bucket, I'll add it below sometime.

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Meet Suzanne LaPoche

This is shaping up to be a disaster: Suzanne LaPoche has no clutch to complete her outfit. 

Things are looking grim, indeed...

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It's All About the Cheese

Such a tableau of drama!

It needs an accompaniment of wine, I think. Red, obviously, to accompany the cheese. 

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Geomet-Trix

"Trix is a study in lines - crisp, clean ones, as well as careful concentric circles - this season's geometric influence"...

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Cranky Koala

"Seriously?!"

"Get your act together!"

"This is ridiculous!"

"Come on, Dude!"

"Really?"

There is no end to the list of chastisements that could emanate from this cranky Koala Bear... but I like to think the expression includes some justified indignation too. The koala isn't just cranky - it's cranky with good reason!

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Young Love at Dawn

Well, I think this is very sweet.

And the goldfish thinks so too. So there!


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Schrodinger's Greeting

I haven't thought about a name for this character yet. I'll ponder it and come back to it at the end of this post. 

I have to say first that I quite like the character's face - especially her expression - in this drawing. It reminds me a tiny bit of Herge's style in the Tintin comics. Just the face. Just the tiniest bit. 

For the rest of it, I find myself bemused by the character's expression and body language. A more awkward-masquerading-as-casual pose couldn't exist. Is it all due to my lack of drawing skills/laziness? Of course it is! But let's not keep harping on about that and just move on, shall we? And work with what we've got instead?

What, for example, is she hiding in her left hand? A phone? Some knitting? A water pistol? A machete?... It could be anything with that smirking little grin - good or bad. A Schrodinger's Greeting, if you will - right now, it's good and bad.

On another note, I have to say (with immodest pride) that I think the sleeveless mohair jumper the character is wearing is so ugly, it's fantastic!

On another other note, I have no idea what the dolphin in the photo is hoping to achieve by tiptoeing so gingerly up what look like frozen chards of ice. (Maybe it's trying to get out of range of whatever's in her left hand...)

But I have to say, that I like the wrought-iron decoration around the painting frame. Not sure how I got them so even; but it's not bad for me. Not bad at all. 

And as for her name - I think I'll go with ... Mackenzie Schrodinger. 

Yeah, I think I could work with that. 

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Monsieur Froggue at a Soirée

M. Froggue squirms as he recalls his behaviour at the soirée the previous evening. 

Such necessary coarseness!

Blunt tactics for a blunt target. So sad when finesse and subtlety get thrown - no, catapulted - out of the window. 

And it is unsettling too, as he realises afresh that such a part was surprisingly easy to play. 

He has been able to achieve his objectives. But this is of some consolation only. He knows some merciless ribbing from his colleagues is coming his way. 

He refrains from swearing (distancing himself from last evening's uncouth character) and instead says mildly, "zut". 

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Monsieur Mudtart is Unhappy

Monsieur Mudtart must take Chou-Chou for a walk. 

But of course, it is Chou-Chou who always takes M. Mudtart for a walk!

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Monsieur Mudtart

Monsieur Mudtart is not very happy. 

I wonder why. 

Find out tomorrow. 

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Meet Damo Kingsley

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Cat Caught in the Act

Good Cat Cop: 'No, it's not just curiosity, is it Kitty-Cat? You know it and we know it'.

Cat Caught in the Act: 'Was a complete accident'.

Good Cat Cop: 'I might've believed you know, I really might. But you went for the double-pawed push. You pushed that button with both paws. Come on now. We all know it.'

Bad Cat Cop: *scratches both paws vigorously across the table, raking out small spiral shavings of wood, very close to the face of Cat-Caught-in-the-Act, whose eyes narrow just a smidgen*.

Bad Cat Cop: 'Don't make me puke up my sardine lunch, you Lousy piece of Cat Litter! Just tell us what we miaowing already know!'

Cat Caught in the Act: *yawns elaborately*


(Just in case you're losing sleep at night over it, the squashy word beneath the button being pushed by the Cat-Who-Is-Up-to-No-Good says 'Sabotage').

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Sulky & Euphoric Cats

 

These guys speak for themselves - and very eloquently too!

This piece is a collaboration (doesn't that sound formal and intentional?!). The sulker on the left is my handiwork, while the manically happy dude on the right is the work of HD*.

It's several years old now actually, getting on to, oooh, not quite a decade old. Wow, has it really been that long??

Anyway, I just love the juxtaposition between these two and find any excuse I can to include them in work matters - the most recent one being last week! It finished off my presentation on the perfect chirpy note.


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* HD = Hubby Dearest

Monsieur Froggue

Monsieur Froggue leans against the wall, smiling gently as he raises his glass of rich burgundy wine in salute. 

(NB: the 'gue' of 'Froggue' should be pronounced in the same way as the 'gue' in 'fatigue'...)

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