Sand in my pencil case

Alas, the time has come to separate my arse from my beach towel. Oh terry-toweling, I knew you well.

Truth be told, if it wasn’t for the prompting* from a certain Patsyfox devotee (that’s you Webb), I would still be spending my days in a bikini, promising myself to at least cut out the drinking during daylight hours, and canvasing more friends/acquaintances to find someone who has a copy of season 2 of True Blood. I shouldn’t complain – if my liver wasn’t at capacity by xmas, it certainly is now. And god knows, I’m running out of available credit. To the pencils I return…

So as the blue mountains/Sydney NYE fireworks from a rooftop party/Sydney in general fade from my depleted memory bank, I look to the year ahead and give it a big hug.

Coming up in March as part of the L’Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival and celebrating the first birthday of Patsyfox: “On The Street…Patsyfox” An exhibition of drawings from throughout the year. Where? Guilford Lane Gallery. When? 10th-21st March 2010. Is there an opening party? Of course there is! Thursday March 11th. Be there early, for I will surely drink the rider.

That’s not all. Launching during LMFF is The Patsyfox Drawing Salon! Workshop classes to be held during the festival in the Patsyfox exhibition space, then short courses begin in the evenings, for beginners and advanced, all taught by yours truly, naturally. Watch this space, because I will be plugging both of these things relentlessly…

So best I shake the sand out of my pencil case and burn some rubber in the sketchbook… In memory of my beach towel, I bring you Bondi Patsyfox…

*Relentless nagging

Bondi Patsyfox fashion illustration