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Back to school…

Posted on 13/10/2014 by illustratedbyamanda

OK, a good 5 weeks after actual schools (and, ergo, Marvellous Dave…), but yes, last Thursday, 2 October, was our first day back to the graphite- and miscellaneous-other-art-media-scented studios of the Cambridge School of Art, and marked the commencement of … Continue reading →

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Flock of seagulls (no, not THAT one – I’m FAR too young… *cough*)

Posted on 19/09/2014 by illustratedbyamanda

So, to call this a, er, “weekly” blog would be something of an ENORMOUS LIE. Ah, sorry about that… A rather event-stuffed summer has segued a little awkwardly (i.e. with a few disastrously unproductive, navel-contemplating days and a number of … Continue reading →

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Jayne[y]’s got a gun (and it’s called Vera…)

Posted on 16/08/2013 by illustratedbyamanda

It was Marvellous Dave’s birthday last weekend and, following a serious drought of illustrative, er, juice, I decided (at the very latest minute, of course…) to rustle up something Firefly for the occasion: This also dovetailed nicely with one of my … Continue reading →

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Too hot to (globe-)trot!

Posted on 17/07/2013 by illustratedbyamanda

Another sweltering afternoon here in sun-ripened (it is ‘bin day’, after all…) Staines, and I can actually feel my brain cells melting away into a soupy mess of stupidity in this heat. It is with this, admittedly paltry, excuse that I … Continue reading →

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It’s just not cricket…

Posted on 12/07/2013 by illustratedbyamanda

(…No, but is it tennis/some other identifiable category of sport…??) A quick Illustration Friday offering in response to the week’s topic, protest.  Something along tennis-themed lines, inspired by the warm, fuzzy after-glow the collective British public seems to be (still) … Continue reading →

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Send her packing!

Posted on 03/05/2013 by illustratedbyamanda

I know, I know – there’s been woefully little going on in this inconsequential little corner of t’internet over recent weeks, but just thought I’d shoehorn in this (rather smudgy) small offering for Illustration Friday before last week’s farewell topic … Continue reading →

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Greedy pig

Posted on 02/04/2013 by illustratedbyamanda

A post-Easter self-portrait:Back on the marathon training programme tomorrow… *cough*

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Tumbleweed…

Posted on 01/03/2013 by illustratedbyamanda

*Coughs* Erm – anyone still there…? *Gingerly edges nose out over the proverbial parapet* I absolutely understand if you’ve left me for dead, as it were, so am nudging (‘kicking’ feels like far too dynamic a word for what is … Continue reading →

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Winter of (gastric) discontent

Posted on 13/12/2012 by illustratedbyamanda

The answer, it seems, is 6. Or possibly 5 – but by then he was committed to finishing the entire box, so it’s a rather academic point. Time for a Christmas Rennie… A bit of a scratty, rushed job today, I’m … Continue reading →

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Appet-ice-rs (a *taste* of things to come…?)

Posted on 11/12/2012 by illustratedbyamanda

We’ve had only the merest dusting of snow so far this December, and the chirpy presenter on last night’s weather forecast veritably danced a self-congratulatory jig while delivering the news that we could expect “not as much ‘The Beast from … Continue reading →

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