happy halloween

I kind of missed going trick or treating with the kids tonight.

Till it chucked it down.

Then I was kind of glad my kids are grown up and I didn't have to go trick or treating.

dark

It's dark.

And the clocks go back next week.

So that'll be me ranting about it for the next 6 months...

hibernation weather

I don’t know what it’s like where you are today, but where I live it’s cold, very dark and absolutely chucking it down. It’s the kind of day that would make you decide to hibernate for the rest of the year if you weren’t going to Portugal on Sunday.

But I am. 

So hibernation is on hold for me👌🏼😁

minnie the dog

Remember when I said NO to getting a dog?

So Neil took the kids to see a puppy?

Yeah well it was 11 years ago this week.

I've forgiven him.

from the weekend....

Birds

And ladybirds.

another autumn pattern

Favourite month for patterns: Autumn.

Favourite month for weather: Still summer.

cosy?

To avoid the rising cost of gas and electricity spiralling out of control whilst working alone from home, Neil has suggested turning the heating off.

He offered me two options as a solution to the risk of freezing to death:

1. Wear warm clothes and learn to light the wood burner.

2. Take my laptop and go to work with him every day as he "has the heater on anyway."

He's a driving instructor 🤨

I went for option 1.

making patterns...

I made a pattern out of my latest little characters.
And then I made a mockup of a notebook.
I don't make many mockups. I had to google how to do it.

I need to go for a lie down in a dark room now.....

Pattern available to license 

more autumn stuff

Stuff I drew last week. I got a bit carried away with more autumn animals. I mean how many times can you draw a rabbit and a fox before you get bored?

Also.. that's an autumn deer, NOT a Christmas one. Definitely not a Christmas deer!

crow

Found a #tober prompt I actually wanted to do, "crow" from the SCBWI. Yay!

#scbwiartober

procrastination

I've set myself the task of updating my website.

So far I've drawn a bear.

Website updates aren't my thing.

#___tober

I thought I might join in with one of those things that begin with a # and end in tober. Cos they seem to be all the rage in October.

So I did mucho research into the various prompts that were on offer for today.

The best I could find were:

scallop

clean

tacos

bundle

tiger

bats

So I drew a hedgehog.

october colour palette

New month...new colours...

 

a couple of autumn patterns

Made a couple of patterns from the autumn stuff.

All this range is available to licence.. email me dawn@dawnmachell.co.uk to get first dibs!

autumn legs

A fox with short legs and a hare with zero legs...