Cats in the snow

My cats don't particularly like the snow, they're house cats and only go out on the balcony so Tallulah below was being very brave for her :p

Tallulah braving the snow

Tallulah keeping her feet dry

   

George and Buddy watching Tallulah not brave enough themselves!

January Sales

Throughout january I will be offering a special 20% off discount on EVERYTHING in my etsy shop which includes pet portraits. This is a fantastic offer with a big percentage off so get in there quick to grab a bargain :)

Happy new year

Hope everyone had a good Christmas and happy new year!  Leading up to Christmas was busy finishing off commissions but had a nice break and back to business!

Below are a few pet portrait commissions I did which were Christmas gifts and happy customers!

Darcy

Miles

Didn't get a chance to scan the bottom portrait in with the background just a quick photograph unfortunately

If you would like a pet portrait
prices start from £50
for added pet £20
for any added extras for example a toy or a crown start from £10 depending on the detail
added background from £15 again depending on the detail

plus postage and packaging

alexandrarolfe100@hotmail.com

Born and Bred exhibition

On Thursday 13th September I went to the Born and Bred exhibition by Rowan Arts Project on Holloway Road. When I finished University I interned with them as an Arts event organiser for 7 months raising awareness of arts within the community helping with different projects and events. I joined when their exhibition Making Inroads had just finished which was about bringing people from different communities and hearing their stories.

They asked me to produce an illustration for their project born and bred to contribute to getting planning from the arts council. I Illustrated the building of Chris Stevens Ltd using watercolour for half and pencil and pencil for the bottom half of the illustration.

Here is my illustration in the book

Here are some photographs of the night and some of the stories

It was such an interesting project and was glad to be apart of it.

Your Indies book

Recently I was approached by Andrew Topping from the online shop Your Indies which sells beautiful, unique gifts from independant shops called. The front cover below looks beautiful and has some great shops featured inside.

Below are my two pages featuring my work inside the book. Showing 3 of my illustrations and a photograph of me with my dog Jake in Cornwall.

Here are a few of my favourite pages from the book

Caro from Predomiantly Print designs unique fun jewellery

James Harvey makes these loving carved rocking animals

I absolutely love the designs from Artwork by Angie!

Please do have a look and view my shop at your indies to find some great gifts

Thames Festival

 Had such an eventful weekend, we was lucky enough to get tickets to go to the paralympics athletics stadium on the last night on saturday 8th september. It was fantastic all the athletes were amazing and took some beautiful photos of the sunset whilst in the stadium as well!

On the sunday I was up bright and early for a long day ready for our stall at the We Make London section of the thames festival. The mayors thames festival was on the 8th and the 9th and there was lots of entertainment throughout the weekend including live music, fireworks and a carnival. The weekend had a great atmosphere and I'm glad I was apart of it.

I took a few photos of my stall and was happy with the display selling my new buntings which will be available to buy in my etsy shop very soon.

Another photo of my stall with me hiding in the corner behind my display :) It was such a friendly vibe and was surrounded by lovely stallholders with some amazing work. To name a few Helen from Frances & Francis makes beautiful paper flowers, Grace & Firefly made lovely jewellery, Matilda Rose is super talented creating charming textile art.

At night all the lights looked very pretty although my photography skills aren't the best.

It was my first time having a stall at a festival and I would definitely do it again!

Jack Pet portrait

A little blog post about a recent pet portrait commission. I was commissioned to draw the dog below called Jack and add an extra detail of bunting across the top for a gift.

If you would like to commission me for a portrait or another illustration you can contat me via my contact form from my website  or email me direct on alexandrarolfe100@hotmail.com