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Posted by Suzanne@WhimSicALLusH on July 29, 2015

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‪Delighted to work with @abertayuni to produce a gift range based on my ‘Secret Garden’ illustration. This is the wrapping paper. . . The illustration was also the inspiration behind my @maggiespenguinparade #maggieandfleur design that Abertay were so kind to sponsor last year. Check out the awesome #AR too done by students @rishi1104 & Naman Merchant in the last pic! . . #Dundee‬ #abertayuniversity #illustration #collaboration #wrappingpaper #pattern #design #repeatingpattern #flowers #floral #whimsicallush

Today’s #marchmeetthemaker is all about workspace. I still pinch myself that I’ve now moved into my studio at Meadow Mill. It’s a bit of a dream come true. From working in the darkest tiny cluttered corner of my living room to having enough space to have my messy workbenches, a mini market place, space to chill and somewhere to work on bigger projects like the @owbigbuckettrail sculpture I’m about to start! . . I can run workshops from here too, which is super exciting. We had the @funadaydundee One here a few weeks back and there will be a couple coming up in May with the brilliant @islayspalding when we launch our #ColouringClubDundee workshops. Yes, I gave in to asks for colouring in pictures, he he and these will be available for the first time at our Colouring Club as part of @designdundee’s #DundeeDesignMonth . . I still work a lot from my home studio too, so that I can look after our daft young pup. I moved it all about a bit so it was more comfortable and practical. Well, I nabbed the big table from the kitchen and put it at the living room window! It gets great light, which is perfect for drawing... although now we have nowhere to eat dinner! 😂 Double fun with our mad pup @lupinlurcher always on the sniff for food! 😂 . . Lil Lupin is getting used to being a studio pup too, but she still gets s but homesick if we’re there too long. I’m looking forward to the day we can hang out there all day together! . . You may have noticed a lot of green and in my work too! I am a huge fan of plants. Maybe it comes up from growing up in the country but a space never feels like home to me until there’s at least 2 or 10 plants! Plus, they say they are good for the air 💚🌿 . . If you are ever in #Meadow Mill @waspsdundee Do give me a shout! It’s a great building stuffed full of us #creative types. Great for open studio weekends, collaborations and banter... and there’s an #exhibition space upstairs where we have markets and exhibitions on a lot. The next one that I’m part of is #funadaydundee2019 April. Oh... And if you want to book any of our #ColouringClubDundee workshops just shout! . . Where do you work? #whimsicallush #dundee #illustrator #studio #artist

Stoked to see my paper sculpture appear in @thecocktaillovers winter edition! 😍 . . Collaboration is so much fun and this time it was with our lovely @sarahkberardi who’s the brilliant head bartender and chaos creator at #draffensofdundee #speakeasy . . I’ve popped up two wee films of Sarah chatting about our creation and why she asked me to make it for her @patron #patronperfectionists2018 adventure in #London. . . She wanted to bring Dundee and Mexico together and highlight all that she loves about our city, including its history (and #DiscoveryWalkDundee). . . I used one of my old #dundeemarmalade Jars to house illustrated branches of oranges 🍊that represent #DundeeMarmalade and an #agave plant too that represented @patron and their #tequila . . There were over 150 UK entrants and Sarah won the Scottish heat for #patronperfectionists and competed for the national title creating her incredible, wonderfully thought out drink that not only did #Draffens proud it represented #Dundee too! Go Sarah! . . #patron #patrontequila #mexico #scotland #dundee #cocktail #collaboration #thecocktaillovers #illustration #botanicalillustration #botanical #orange #orangeblossom #agave #agaveplant

#colourDundee! Holi is the Indian festival of colours, which celebrates spring! @uodindians didn’t let it slip by unnoticed, with rainbow colours flying everywhere, DJs and amazing food! So much fun. Thanks @majid_1195 for inviting us along! @dundeeuni ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖 . . P.s. I want my jeans to stay like this forever! 😍 . . #Holi #IndianFestival #festivalofcolours #springfestival #colour #rainbow #Dundee

Fab coverage in today’s papers about last night’s @owbigbuckettrail sponsor night at @arnoldclark_ltd #Dundee for @thearchiefoundation . . Lots of our artist’s incredible designs were chosen & still so many amazing ones up for grabs too (including one of mine) if you’d like to be a sponsor? #OWBBT . . ❤️❤️❤️Shout out to all our amazing artists: you’ll hear from us very soon about your designs! 😘❤️❤️❤️ . . Oor Brave Wee Boy (pictured above) was painted by @kitchimama Concept by Angela Nisbet Illustration. 😍 . . #WhimSicALLusH #publicarttrail #publicart #archiefoundation #fundraising #charity #oorwulliebuckettrail #oorwullie

‪‘‘Twas the night before @owbigbuckettrail sponsor night & all through the house... artists were on the edge of their seats, even wee Jeemy moose!!! Including me 😬 I’ve submitted two designs - will they get sponsored? Good luck everyone!! 💚🌿#whimsicallush #Dundee #owbbt #oorwulllie #oorwulliebuckettrail #sneekpeek @thearchiefoundation @wildinart ‬

So whilst I’m working away on stuffs I can’t share yet and proposals for things that may never happen (but I hope they do), I can share a peek at an of one of the somethings that may never happen but was fun playing with anyway! 😅 . . Can you guess the plant? Most of us encounter it every day! I’d love to get this printed as wallpaper or wrapping paper... what do you think? Be fun to mess about with the colourways too! . . Ok, enough procrastination, back to working on the things that may never happen and the stuff that takes a lot of background prep! Have a fun Sunday everyone. Hope you’re doing something that makes you smile? x . . #whimsicallush #illustration #botanicalillustration #botanical #leaf #plantlife #plantlove #marrsgreen #mustard #pattern #design #repeatingpattern #Dundee

Russell Pepper & I had a great time talking all things @openclosedundee with #TonyLivesey earlier at my door in Couttie’s Wynd. Tune in to @bbc5live from 4-7pm today for lots of #Dundee banter! . . #whimsicallush #illustration #dundeestreetart #streetart #openclosedundee #painteddoor #publicart #bbcradio5live

My citadel perched high up on the hill. It’s been a lot of fun this one. I needed just to doodle and let my imagination wander free in amongst all the current @owbigbuckettrail project madness. All our artist submissions are in now. So exciting. They look amazing. (This is also why I’ve been a bit quiet on here recently, sorry!) . . This illustration may become something more too for something rather special. Watch this space and let’s see what happens!☺️ . . #whimsicallush #illustration #doodles #drawing #pattern #citadel #whimsical #woodland #circus #rainbow #colourful #❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 #dundee

Sunday funday colouring in times! The colour continues... it would seem I’ve caught the bug! This little street filled with rainbows is destined for a cool wee project with a cool wee pal of mine and maybe something more too! Watch this space... . . #whimsicallush #illustration #colourpop #rainbow #buildings #whimsical #doodles #doodling #drawing #colouringin #colour #dundee #sunday #sundayfunday

Lovely opening night for the “Bodies, Botanicals & Bindings: Reimagining Rare Books” exhibition in the Lamb Gallery, Tower Building @dundeeuni. Was really proud to see my piece sitting next to the beautiful book it was inspired by, all encased in glass. 🖤 Everyone’s work is just fab. I particularly loved the woodcuts by @kingslistening that I’ve posted in the slides. So intricate. . . This is the official blurb... “Featuring the work of artists and creative writers inspired by the University Archives' rare book collections, the Lamb Gallery will host a unique exhibition by Archive Services. . . The exhibition uses some of the University's extensive special collections to explore the history and materiality of rare books as well as the creativity they can inspire. . . From bindings to bookplates and endpieces to annotations, books tell stories, reminding us of the lives of their owners as much as changes in communication and technology. . . Taking inspiration from these remarkable collections which date from the 15th century onwards, artists and writers have created their own pieces of work which are exhibited for the first time here. . . On display will be jewellery, etchings, drawings, textiles, ceramics and much more, all inspired by the wonderful illustrations and content within the books or simply by the way they are put together. . . The exhibition is free and open to all and will run from 8 Feb to 27 April 2019 . . The Lamb Gallery is in the Tower Building of the University of Dundee . . Open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 7pm and Saturday 1pm to 5pm . . The exhibition stems in part from the research of PhD candidate Mhairi Rutherford.” @brechincollection . . #whimsicallush #illustration #collaboration #brechincollection #dundeeuni #archives #dundee #rarebooks #books #butterfly #georgeknorr #drawing #botanicaldrawing #belljar

Here’s another sneak peek at a section of my piece for “Bodies, Botanicals and Bindings: Reimagining Rare Books” exhibition for @dundeeuni archives. I chose to collaborate with George Knorr, who originally created these beautiful hand coloured copperplate engravings in ‘Deliciae Naturae Select’, 1754. I hope he would approve! . . The printed versions of his butterflies I made are no where near as gorgeous as those in the book by the way. It will be displayed next to my paper sculpture for you to see. Well worth the visit just for that alone. I swore out loud in a really quiet room when I first opened the book btw... 😂It’s incredible! . . The exhibition features a group of artists and makers inspired by exquisite rare books from @brechincollection 🖤 . . Opens tomorrow night, Friday 8th Feb, 5-7pm in the Lamb Gallery @dundeeuni until 27th April. . . #whimsicallush #illustration #collaboration #georgeknorr #botanicalillustration #buddleia #butterflybush #butterfly #drawing #copperplateetching #handdrawn #dundee #dundeeuni #brechincollection

Pretty pleased with how this has turned out so far! Next time you get even a hint of me thinking cutting out lots of tiny flowers though... give me a wee slap would you! 😆 My fingers are in tatters! . . This is part of my exhibition piece for @dundeeuni archives. The group show opens this Friday in the Lamb Gallery! Come along! 🖤 . . ‘Bodies, Botanicals & Bindings: Reimagining Rare Books’ is inspired by the gorgeous & very rare @brechincollection books . . This piece is inspired by the book “Deliciae Naturae Select” from Dundee University Archives, which is filled with beautiful hand coloured copperplate engravings by German artist George Knorr, 1754. His “selected cabinet of objects from nature” was taken from collections of ‘Nature Cabinets’ which were extremely popular in the Georgian era and beyond. The popularity of collecting curios and objects from nature resulted in cabinets filled with specimens but also in beautiful and unusual displays that have inspired much of my own illustration work. This piece will showcase prints of Knorr’s butterflies taken directly from the book dwelling in my hand drawn illustrated #buddleia garden. . . The exhibition opens at 5pm on Friday running until 27th April. Open 1-5. . . #whimsicallush #illustration #botanicalillustration #botanical #butterflybush #drawing #linedrawing #inspiration #rarebooks #plants #dundeeuni #archives #bookinspiration

Finishing some #buddleia for our exhibition at @dundeeuni, inspired by some gorgeous old and very rare books from the @brechincollection in the archives! . . ‘Bodies, Botanicals & Bindings: Reimagining Rare Books’ opens at 5pm on Friday 8th February, in @dundeeuni’s Lamb Gallery. The exhibition runs until 27th April. Open 1-5. . . Also enjoying a lovely cuppa from my fav cactus garden mug (a few of which are left in my #Etsy shop 🌵💚 if you’d like one too!) . . #whimsicallush #illustration #buddleja #butterflybush #brechincollection #dundeeuni #rarebooks #botanicaldrawing #linedrawing #flowers #fineliner

‪Playing about with #illustrations from my @funadaydundee project & spotted some lovely #midnightblue on one of my castles, perfect for tonight’s #colour_collective 💙 Now to bring everything together for our exhibition in March! #funadaydundee2019 #colourpop ‬#dundee #whimsicallush #doodles #funaday

Was working late into the night last night on lots of tiny leaves for the last leg of my @funadaydundee project. 🌿They are also coming with me to demo some ideas at an exciting meeting this afternoon about a big commission I’ll be working on over the course of this year! 😁💚🌿 🌳 #watchthisspace #funadaydundee2019 #funaday #leaves #foliage #tree #wip #fineliner #watercolour #pattern #nature #illustration #whimsicallush

Been reminiscing about the first @oorwulliebuckettrail and some of the other trails I’ve been part of too as I prepare my designs for submission to this year’s @owbigbuckettrail 🖤 I know I’m cutting it fine as the deadline is THIS Thursday night, but I’ve been busy helping out with the trail already. 😁 Things are looking exciting! 💚 Are you putting a submission in too? 💚 . . It seems like a lifetime ago that all oor boys were lined up and ready to hit the streets of Dundee, yet strangely just like yesterday! Can you spot my three at the front! 😍 . . Then there was my lovely elephant Forget-Me-Not for #thebigstampede and one of my 3 penguins, Fleur, getting ready for last year’s @maggiespenguinparade! . . I love seeing people interacting with the sculptures and that these @wildinart trails raise both awareness and money for charities at the same time! . . My Oor Wullie’s fundraised for @thearchiefoundation 💚 My elephant for @gch_charity 💚 My penguins for @maggiesdundee 💚 . . #whimsicallush #owbbt #oorwulliebuckettrail #arttrail #publicart #maggiespenguinparade #penguin #elephant #fundraising #wildinart #oorwullie #dundee #inverness #aberdeen #glasgow #edinburgh #scotland

What do you mean we’re not going out just now because you’re doing your tax returns! Look at this wee face... can I not convince you? Besides, you’re clearly procrastinating cos you’re posting pics of me on Instagram! . . @lupinlurcher #lupinlurcher #imtoocute #lurcher #puppy #dog #whimsicallush #dundee #blackandwhite

Inking those January blues away with my @funadaydundee project. 💙💙💙 . . It was time for those cold colours... and it’s been a while since a castle popped up in my wee inky world. Really loving playing with colours and always loving a bit of 3D! . . #whimsicallush #illustration #funadaydundee2019 #funaday #dundee #doodles #watercolour #drphmartinswatercolor #castle #papercut #drawing #fineliner #ink #colourpop #blue

More @funadaydundee dwellings 🍄 Might call them the Toadstool Towers but I’m sure you can think of something much better? . . I need to wait for my new scalpels to arrive before I cut them out though! These are the last of the warm colours, on to the blues next and a bit more green... 💚💙💜 . . #whimsicallush #illustration #funadaydundee2019 #funaday #dundee #drawing #doodles #toadstool #mushroom #flyagaric #justforfun

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