The big day in

by Patsyfox on January 26, 2012

It’s with negligible guilt that I admit Australia Day means naught to me other than a day off.  Make that a day in, because apart from pausing to whip out this little aussie number, I’m slogging away at the drawing table working on my best-yet and mega-biggest drawing commission evah.  And you know what that means – procrastination like I’ve never witnessed, even in myself.  My socks have never been so well-matched, my toaster so shiny, my dishes so washed-dried-and-put-away.

I shit me.  No really, I shit me.

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Many happy returns

by Patsyfox on January 8, 2012

Like many of my other New Year’s resolutions, my commitment to debt repayment is wobbly at best.  But my iron will has never shone through brighter than the day I returned this Diane Von Furstenberg dress I bought after stalking it for 3 months.  I’m pretty sure there was a tear in my eye as I walked home from the post office, and anyone present could tell you the guy at the desk did have to wrench the parcel out of my hands.

Iron will aside though, the sad truth is that the dress on my doorstep was the commercialised version of the runway look, and it just didn’t look as smoking on me as the model.  Quelle surprise!

Sigh, how are your New Year resolutions faring?

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All hail the new

December 31, 2011

Year that is, and bring it on I say.
Here’s to slightly less hard work in 2012, but a lot more sleep, and  a lot more time with my friends.  Kicking off with some fun in the dirt and JD’s espresso martinis. Nothing not to love about that.
To get you in the mood, here’s a [...]

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Happy Xmas musings

December 24, 2011

Can it really be that time of year again?  How can it be that another year has passed and yet I haven’t aged a day?
To me, Xmas eve is huge relief – I’ve run the race, there’s nothing more I can do – no more presents I can buy, no more drinks I can drink [...]

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Fright night

December 18, 2011

So it was a couple of Fridays ago, a heinous day capped off by a haircut that made my head look like a bowl someone took a bite out of. Really. An arduous drive home across town to the former sanctuary of my house.  I say former, because waiting for me up high in [...]

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The wrap up

December 12, 2011

In the haze of pre-xmas busyness the Patsyfox Drawing Salon wrapped up this week for another term and another year, and yet again meant saying bye-for-now to another bunch of supremely lovely people.
Nothing better than finishing the term with collage & mixed media (demo for the Introduction class above).  Check out the fruits of students’ [...]

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Time for a quickie

November 25, 2011

I’m a broken record about many things – and you can say that again (cough). But of the many things I’m known to harp on about, being time-poor is surely on the highest rotation.  It seems everything I do is done in a rush, and always finished with the thought next time I’ll do it [...]

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Good enough to eat

November 14, 2011

I know a guy in Sydney who earns a little cash on the side from a man who pays him to let him smell and lick his cowboy boots.  True story.
I particularly love people like this because it makes me feel so freaking normal.  Because of course I love shoes too.  A lot.  Not lick-them [...]

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Melbourne marathon

November 1, 2011

Is it bright in here or is it just me?
There’s many things I could have done with this 4-day weekend (thank you Melbourne Cup).  Things that might have resulted in some lovely drawings, books being read, a garden free of weeds, I could have even contemplated the ironing. But nah, I decided to take myself [...]

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Hung up in Paris

October 20, 2011

Just when I thought the uber-lovely Carla Coulson couldn’t raise any higher in my humble Melbourne-based esteem (that she got the image now gracing my “about” page from this wooden model still amazes me), she did.
I drew the above illustration live in front of a packed room of diners at Comme restaurant during the last [...]

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