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Do A Little Something ‘Just Cos’. It Will Make You Smile!

It’s that time of year again! Fun A Day Dundee exhibition time! This means that I have once more been working on something all January… just cos. Just cos I wanted to. Just cos it’s a bit of fun during a cold dark month. Just cos it’s nice to join in and be a part…

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Happy Easter from the hot cross buns and me! . . It’s an oldie but still a firm fav! Might have a go at a wee re-draw of this one of these days. Can’t believe it’s 6 years old. #timeflies . . #whimsicallush #illustration #hotcrossbuns #angryrabbit #hotcrossbunny #rabbit #bunny #easter #easterbunny #smiles

‪They loved to look at all the patterns on the moon’s surface and dream of ways that they could reach it! ‬ ‪A splash of #lemonyellow for this week’s #colour_collective 🌙 ‬ ‪#supermoon #moon #dreaming #illustration #kidlit ‬#illustration #whimsicallush #commission

When the wine matches the gorgeous furniture in @blueroomdundee 😍 . . Wine tasting with @aitkenwines_1874 tonight - there are gonna be some absolute beauties behind the bar! . . #theblueroomdundee #winetasting #dundee #aperitivo #aperitivotime #pink #rose #interiordesign #italianstyle

Ooooo what’s this? #dundeecolouringclub that’s what it is!!! Part of this year’s @dundeedsgnmonth 😍 7-9pm, 9th & 23rd May 💚🌿 . . Join me, WhimSicAL LusH, and the fabulous @islayspalding for an evening of colour and cake in my wee Studio 6! . . Rummage through our collections of coloured pencils, pens and inks and learn how to pick a colour pallet. . . Choose from our original drawings (not released for colouring before) printed on quality paper to colour in and take home, A4 size for easy framing. . . Experiment with shading techniques, ways to add detail and different mediums. . . Eat cake, drink tea, have a wee chat and share your work. . . All materials, colouring sheets, tea, coffee, soft drinks and cake are provided. If you wish to bring your own, go ahead! . . Find us in Studio 6, First Floor, Meadow Mill, West Henderson’s Wynd, Dundee. (@waspsdundee - Just up the road from @verdantdundee !) . . Limited tickets available from eventbrite: check out link on Facebook event 💚🌿 . . #whimsicallush #islayspalding #colouringin #illustration #dundee #dundeedesignmonth #drawing #doodling #colour #colouring #artworkshop #dundeeworkshop

Oor Wullie was given the full @mrdoodle treatment yesterday at Dundee train station 🚂 and is looking amazing. There are so many brilliant wee characters and things to spot... as well as Oor Wullie and Mr Doodle himself! Can’t wait to see this guy hit the streets of Dundee on 17th June with all his buddies all over Scotland. . . Fun fact that @mrdoodle told me yesterday: there is always a Mr Doodle in all the big pieces he draws! Cool huh. So next time you find some of his work, get looking 👀 . . Thanks to everyone who came along to watch our @thearchiefoundation @owbigbuckettrail sculpture be transformed... and for all the donations too. Some of you travelled far, I hope you enjoyed your visit to Dundee as well as watching Mr Doodle work his magic. . . Some thank you very muches to some fab people, who gave their time to help on the day, was very much appreciated. . . Big shout to Ken Bray for helping me transport the sculpture from my studio to the station, would have been stuck without you. Thanks also to Charlie Small from #sprayfactorydundee for taking it away again, all freshly doodled on, to be lacquered. . . To @sonofthesea86 for giving his time to be super creative around filming @mrdoodle’s visit to Dundee and his painting. Seen some rough edits already and its going to be rather special. . . Thanks to @sleeperz_hotels Dundee for your hospitality. What a lovely hotel, with gorgeous views! . . Last but not least, thank you @scotrail Dundee for letting us use your beautiful new train station as our venue. The light is just wonderful for painting! . . #owbbt #foreverychild #dundee #thearchiefoundation #mrdoodle #doodles #doodling #dcthomson #wildinart #scotrail

@mrdoodle is in #Dundee train station doodling on our @thearchiefoundation @owbigbuckettrail sculpture until about 5:30! His sculpture is looking incredible. . . Thanks @mrdoodle 🖤 . . #owbbt #foreverychild #mrdoodle #dundee #archiefoundation #DundeeIsNow #sunnydundee

It’s official! @mrdoodle is in town!!! So stoked that he’s come up to Dundee to doodle on one of our @thearchiefoundation @owbigbuckettrail sculptures... and he will be doing it live in the train station from 10am onwards. Come down and watch him work his magic! . . It’s his first time in our cool wee city - and he says he loves it already! 🖤 #sunnydundee . . See you all tomorrow! 😁 . . #mrdoodle #owbbt #foreverychild #thearchiefoundation #dundee #dundeeisnow #scotland #fundraising #publicart #doodles #smiles #fun #vandadundee #rrsdiscovery #wildinart

First paint going down on my @owbigbuckettrail sculpture - so satisfying! This sculpture has been sponsored by @aimerscoffeeandteaacademy for @thearchiefoundation Recognise the colour? 😍 . . #whimsicallush #owbbt #foreverychild #thearchiefoundation #dundee #aimerscoffeeandtea #marrsgreen #oorwullie #publicarttrail #fundraising #dcthomson #wildinart

It’s time for some colour! Love the patterns and swirls that appear when mixing paint. Almost hypnotising. 😍 Is it just me? #marrsgreen . . @owbigbuckettrail @aimerscoffeeandteaacademy @thearchiefoundation . . #whimsicallush #paint #owbbt #foreverychild #dundee #thearchiefoundation

Sooo excited that @mrdoodle is coming to Dundee to live paint one of our @owbigbuckettrail sculptures for @thearchiefoundation THIS SATURDAY!🖤 . . His work is awesome and watching him create is incredible. I met him a while back and stood and watched in awe. I don’t know how he can conjur up all that amazing without stopping for breath. It’s a crazy blur of smiles and fun. . . You should come and watch him too... come on! Come join us in the beautiful new Dundee Train Station and watch @mrdoodle work his magic and transform Oor Wullie! It’s gonna be a lot of fun. . . You may also wonder why I’m in the studio sanding and painting an already white sculpture white? 🤪 Well that’s because it’s @mrdoodle’s new canvas! . . There’s so much hidden prep work that goes into painting these @wildinart sculptures to make sure they will look their best for years to come - but worth every minute as they raise money for such an important cause! @thearchiefoundation 🥰 . . #mrdoodle #owbbt #foreverychild #dundee #scotland #whimsicallush #thearchiefoundation

Today’s the last day you can see the @funadaydundee exhibition on 4th floor at @waspsdundee 💚🌿 Open 10am-7pm. . . With over 70 exhibitors it’s been amazing! Check out some of the other work in the slides by @the.grim.peeper @missarty @laurenlewisartist @andintothetrees @marcmckay @howitfelt_littledebz @theweegallery . . And because there’s only room for 10 slides... shouts to other awesome people who took part too: @hadakare1 @lindseygardiner @daisybluebirdapparel @marilyn_rattray @woollyjones @skmcreates @goldlioncomics @lovekellyreilly_bespokegifts @eilidhmorrisart @bluebellebombshell @howatdesigns @magzlustofficial @ladygavgav @daftspaniel @zx81graff @jillyjillydesign @cazsim82 @sophie_s77 @sambaxterart . . Oh... and there are Exhibition books available too... stuffed with every single person who took part in #funadaydundee2019. I was delighted to find my #FunADay quote at the end! 💚🌿 . . #whimsicallush #dundee #illustration #colour #rainbow #diorama #shadowbox @funadayforever @creativescots

The @funadaydundee exhibition opening night was great last night at @waspsdundee. So many people! There are around 70 artists exhibiting from Dundee and beyond. Come along and see what we were all up to in January. Open 10-7 today and tomorrow, with workshops too by @handdryerstairs . . Swipe through to see just some of the work by: @pamelaprints @coramantic @mrsdaftspaniel @shonamason @kirbyrecipes @kirstydaltondesigns @mojolais @leah_gurr_jewellery . . Shouts to @sambaxterart and all the volunteers for making this happen! 🥰 (and @creativescots too) . . #whimsicallush #funadaydundee2019 #funadaydundee #funaday #exhibition #illustration #diorama #vintage #colour #art #knitting #crochet #painting #origami #textiles #pattern #dundee

All the colours of the rainbow for this year’s @funadaydundee ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖 I’m all set up for our exhibition, which opens tomorrow night @waspsdundee Everyone’s been working really hard and the space is looking amazing! Here’s a sneak peek of my work. . . Special shout out out to @sambaxterart for organising it all. Not an easy task... co-ordinating artists is like herding sheep sometimes! 😅 . . #whimsicallush #funadaydundee2019 #funadaydundee #funaday #dundee #illustration #colour #rainbow #exhibition #diorama #papersculpture #shadowbox #rainbowcity

Feel so lucky that we caught @phlegm_art’s show Mausoleum Of The Giants in #Sheffield for my birthday. It. is. outstanding! Like - woa.... stop the bus, proper awesome! . . Phlegm’s sleeping giants fill the old factory with a peaceful calm air, it feels like they are hiding and waiting for something, or that this is their final resting place. So many stories told with no words needed. Almost felt like an intruder walking around and amongst them. . . The intricate giant sculptures wrap around the very structure of the abandoned building bringing to life his usually 2d illustrations, paintings and murals are just incredible. The insane amount of hours of work that have clearly gone into creating this installation have been worth every second. @phlegm_art - you must be so proud of what you’ve created. Thank you for sharing it. 🖤🖤🖤 . . Open until 6th April, if you can you must go. I know I would have been so gutted if I missed it! . . #phlegm #PhlegmGiants #phlegmart #sheffieldstreetart #installation #streetart #abandonedbuilding #derelict

I’ve got a new studio buddy! Delighted to say that one of my @owbigbuckettrail designs was sponsored by the brilliant Aimer’s Coffee & Tea (@aimerscoffeeandteaacademy) - who also happen to be my neighbours, just up the road in another gorgeous old mill. Check out our smiley faces in the studio in the photos, I think Eric and Arlene are as excited as I am. 😁 . . I can’t wait to start sharing stories behind my design and there’s lots to tell you about #aimerscoffeeandtea too. . . That’s all for later though as @joannemacfadyen and I are off to help unite some other happy artists with their new buddies too! . . We are still waiting to tell some artists if they have been sponsored or not (including me with my other design) so if you’ve applied for trail as an artist and not heard yet, don’t worry, there’s still time yet! . . This also means that if you’d still like to sponsor a sculpture for @thearchiefoundation there’s still time for you to get on board too. Still so many insanely brilliant designs out there to choose from! . . Right, time to go move some sculptures about and get aff my phone! Have a lovely Saturday. What are you up to? . . #owbbt #oorwullie #oorwulliebuckettrail #whimsicallush #sculpture #publicart #wildinart @wildinart #dcthomson #dundee #scotland

There is also a silk tie in the @abertayuni gift collection! Where the scarf pulled out the floral elements of the ‘Secret Garden’ illustration the tie focuses on the leaves and pattern (well over a metre of hand drawn pattern in the end to allow for folding and seams!) There is no repeats here, which was important to me to keep that natural hand drawn feel. . . The colours match in with the @abertayuni colours, picking out that gorgeous teal again on a few leaves like with the flowers on the wrapping paper. . . Again something different for me and a real joy to see my illustration work become wearable. . . I’ve been told that several visitors to the University have been presented with these gifts, including an Olympic Athlete. I hope they bring smiles all over the world and remind people of their connections to Abertay and Dundee when they wear them. . . #whimsicallush #commission #abertayuniversity #silktie #tiedesign #tie #pattern #illustration #leaf #colourpop #dundee

This is the first time my illustrations have been translated into silk... and I love it! This @abertayuni scarf commission has really made me want to develop my work more. Something that I really enjoy about collaboration and commissions. They push you in directions that you might not have thought of before and make you a bit braver each time. I’d highly recommend it, especially when it means working with really lovely people! . . This silk scarf is also part of the gift range I worked on with #abertayuniversity (see previous post for the gift wrap). . . Thanks to my studio neighbour & seamstress extraordinaire Susan Doyle (@houseofzibea) for ironing this for me this afternoon (and gave it a good swoosh aboot for the video! 😆) . . #whimsicallush #commission #silkscarf #silkprint #digitalprint #floral #gifts #dundee #botanicalillustration #botanicalart

‪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

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