Phillipa Suckling
Happy New Year
Happy new year! I hope you all had a wonderful break. I celebrated new year by getting covid so that was a bummer! At least I was okay...
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Phillipa Suckling
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Merry Christmas | Snowman Christmas Card
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I made this cute little snowman man Christmas card using some of my images from my first Christmas...
Phillipa Suckling
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Halloween Fabric | Halloween Patterns for Parties
Today I am sharing with you some of the Halloween themed patterns I created. These join the witches cat and the puzzled grim reaper...
Phillipa Suckling
Dec 6, 20221 min read
Christmas Letters | Christmas Letter Template
I love getting something in the post from family and friends. There is just something about it. Letters and cards are special. This...
Phillipa Suckling
Nov 28, 20221 min read
Spider's Birthday Card
I know a kid who loves spiders. This kids mother is the opposite. In fact, they terrify her. Unfortunately for her this kid loves to joke...
Phillipa Suckling
Nov 22, 20221 min read
Puzzled Grim Reaper
Grim reapers don't always have to be scary. I wanted to create something funny with this illustration. This time the grim reaper got...
Phillipa Suckling
Nov 15, 20222 min read
Art Classes Update | Introduction to Animal Character Design Part One and Two
Introduction to animal character design went well. I had a bunch of really great people turn up. In the first class a mother and daughter...
Phillipa Suckling
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Witches Cat
A Halloween cat was a must for my Halloween collection. This was done in Rebelle 5 Pro and I had a blast! The brushes are just soooo...
Phillipa Suckling
Nov 1, 20221 min read
Happy Halloween | Halloween Art Study
How did Halloween start? There a a few theories but the most popular suggests if started as an Celtic festival of Samhain. It was...
Phillipa Suckling
Oct 25, 20221 min read
How We Celebrated Diwali with Friends
Happy Diwali everyone! I hope you got to spend your time with loved ones and got to eat lots of yummy food. For those of you that don’t...
Phillipa Suckling
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Winter Collection | Snowflakes
This versatile pattern is part of my winter collection. It would be great as gift wrap as pictured here but would work on pretty much...
Phillipa Suckling
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Winter Collection
In mid July this year I went to Castle Hill. It snowed! We were delighted at first as it was so pretty. I took quite a few photos. Then...
Phillipa Suckling
Oct 3, 20221 min read
Unicorn Birthday Card
My niece turned seven today. She had her birthday party over the weekend. It was at a place where you can jump into a pit of foam cubes....
Phillipa Suckling
Sep 27, 20221 min read
Eye Chart Birthday Card
My father had his birthday in August this year. He has finally (sort of) retired from his Optometry business. He has had his business...
Phillipa Suckling
Sep 19, 20221 min read
How to Design Animal Characters - Free Classes in November 2022
Animal Character Design for Beginners Artists Sunday 6th of November 2022 1pm-3.30pm Te Ara Atea, Rolleston The fundamentals of art...
Phillipa Suckling
Sep 13, 20221 min read
Weka Vs the Cookie - Part of a New Christmas Collection
Well its safe to say the weka won this one! He's going to have a very merry Christmas indeed! This weka character went through several...
Phillipa Suckling
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Why I Quit Being a Vet and Went Back to Art
I loved my job for awhile, even through the bad bosses, I still loved my job. I eventually found wonderful people to work for too....
Phillipa Suckling
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Free Art Classes
Art Classes Art Classes are coming to Te Ara Atea this November! I will have two sessions of 1.5 hours long. The first class will be for...
Phillipa Suckling
Aug 23, 20221 min read
Conservation Week: Kiwi Pattern
Conservation week is coming up from the 5th to the 11th September. In honor of this I will share one of my patterns from my native bird...
Phillipa Suckling
Aug 16, 20221 min read
Kokako
A large old book with golden edges on the pages was source of my inspiration for this illustration. The book was printed in 1888. The...
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