Tag Archives: ink drawing

Day 50: Handpainted lidded jar

March 18, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, floral painting, handpainted, ink drawing, lidded jarHannah Schickedanz

Number 50! I’m halfway there! Thanks to all the people who are following my blog and liking the posts. It’s going slower than planned, but I’m totally enjoying the journey.

Day 48: Observation

March 16, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, children, diving, ink drawing, marine reserve, nature study, observation, snorkelling, WellingtonHannah Schickedanz

A quick sketch while trying to cook tea with a two-year-old. Otis slipped outside and I could see him perched on a rock for half an hour, watching divers swimming around in the reserve. It was chilly, the rocks were hard and sharp, and he was in heaven.

Day 47: Fossil hunter

March 15, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, children, dinosaurs, fossil hunting, ink drawing, museum, paleontology, te papaHannah Schickedanz

It seems crazy that the staff at our national museum, Te Papa, hadn’t found it already but, would you believe, Otis uncovered a complete Mosasaur skeleton in their sandpit!? Nuts!

Day 46: One more chapter

March 14, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, children, ink drawing, reading, tantrumsHannah Schickedanz

Day 45: Cook Strait to my Heart

March 13, 2015Design work#100days, Cook Strait, hand lettering, housebus, ink drawing, WellingtonHannah Schickedanz

We used to live in Wellington, then lived in Germany for a while, and the idea of travelling in a housebus for two years is that we get to see the whole of New Zealand before choosing where to settle down. Despite good intentions to keep our options open, crossing the Cook Strait felt like … Continue reading Day 45: Cook Strait to my Heart →

Day 44: Sea Lace

March 12, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, beach, ink drawing, marine reserve, nature, seaweed, vintage lace, WellingtonHannah Schickedanz

Our housebus is parked on the edge of a wonderful marine reserve at the moment, on Wellington’s south coast. The rock pools look like aquariums filled with all the most amazing specimens, and the beach is strewn with paua shells, cat’s eyes, kina shells and more. I’ve I’ve been drawn to the wonderful sea-weedy things … Continue reading Day 44: Sea Lace →

Day 43: Colossal

March 11, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design workanimals, children, Collosal squid, ink drawing, marine life, sea creatures, self-regulation, SquidHannah Schickedanz

My knowledge of squids pales in comparison to my 4 year-old son’s. He is quite right in pointing out the tentacles are far too long and squiggly and I’ve drawn the arrowey tail all wrong. I am one up on him in the self-regulation stakes though, not having a complete melt-down that I can’t rub … Continue reading Day 43: Colossal →

Day 42: Treasure I’ve been trusted with

March 10, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, children, collecting, drawing, ink drawing, natural playthings, nature, treasureHannah Schickedanz

At the moment a lot of my time is spent looking after things picked up off the ground, consoling children who can’t hold all the fallen leaves in their too-small hands, designating places for giant sticks (outside), pieces of gravel (pockets), and sea glass (we could make a bag out of my jersey, but we’re … Continue reading Day 42: Treasure I’ve been trusted with →

Day 41: New Beginnings

March 1, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, Anchor, Anchor tattoo, Cook Strait, Ferry, Fish hook, Hope, ink drawing, Maui, New Beginnings, Picton, Te-ika-a-Maui, WellingtonHannah Schickedanz

Yesterday we crossed the Cook Strait on the Ferry from Picton to Wellington – the head of Te ika-a-Māui – the fish that Maui pulled from the sea to become the North Island of New Zealand. It feels like we’re leaving more than the South Island behind us and a new part of our journey … Continue reading Day 41: New Beginnings →

Day 40: Peter Pan

March 1, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, critique, illustration, ink drawing, peter pan, trying againHannah Schickedanz

I’ll call this a learning drawing. There is no life in his face, his pose is cliched and stiff, his hair is weird, and his legs are shaped like a woman’s, not like a young boy. On a positive note, I like the leaves and the lettering. Maybe I’ll do a redraw sometime.

Day 39: Contentment

March 1, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design workaffection, apples, children, contentment, gentle hands, illustration, ink drawing, love, roughhousing, siblingsHannah Schickedanz

Suddenly, almost out of nowhere, after two years of nothing but exhausting, rough, aggressive, tear-inducing love, I looked up to see this moment between these two on the couch. My heart almost floated right out of my skin.

Day 38: Milky mouth

February 24, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, child drinking from glass, children, ink drawing, sideways glance, sitting on tableHannah Schickedanz

Filled with a rush of love for that straight-backed, sideways look of concentration when they drink, I had to capture this moment at the pub the other day.

Day 37: Let it be

February 24, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, calligraphy, design, hand lettering, ink drawing, inspiring quote, Let it beHannah Schickedanz

I’ve been having some quiet revelations lately about parenting and work and life in general. After drawing this phrase and then realising it wasn’t particularly legible, i decided to take the message to heart and publish it anyway.

Day 36: Too dark

February 24, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, bedtime, child's pose, children, ink drawing, sleepHannah Schickedanz

The other night Elliott refused to stay in bed at bedtime, and I had no energy left in me to be the consistent parent, so he curled up on the couch under a blanket and happily drifted off to sleep. There are worse things I could do.

Day 35: Sacred Cow

February 19, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, cow, dairy, drawing, illustration, ink drawing, organic milk, raw milk, sacred cowHannah Schickedanz

I’m working on a logo and website for an organic dairy farm in Palmerston North and have cows on the brain.

Day 34: How’d you like them apples

February 17, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, apples, children, gumboots, ink drawing, simple clothes, stitchingHannah Schickedanz

Day 33: Die Rauchschwalbe/ The Chimney Swallow

February 17, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, animals, birds, drawing, Hirundu Rustica, ink drawing, Rauchschwalbe, swallowHannah Schickedanz

This guy looks like such a bandit in my bird book, with his masked eyes. I think he’d take off with the family silver, given half a chance.

Day 32: Oxymel

February 12, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, elderberries, elderberry cordial, foraging, ink drawing, medicine, Oxymel, recipe, Sambucus NigraHannah Schickedanz

The children were mucking about the campsite and Elliott and another almost 2 year old were spotted with some pretty fierce looking berries. There was a moment of panic, but after confirming that none had been eaten we were led to the source – an elderberry tree laden with perfectly ripe specimens. Not to be … Continue reading Day 32: Oxymel →

Day 31: Flow

February 10, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, birth, birth art, birthing mat, drawing, homebirth, ink drawingHannah Schickedanz

I’m in love with birthing. I really am. Both my babies were born at home and I loved being able to be in that flow space the whole time, listening to my body and following where it led me.

Day 29: Frills and curls

February 9, 2015100 Days, 100 Drawings, Design work#100days, children, curly hair, drawing, frills, ink drawing, secret, simple clothing, summer dress, whisperHannah Schickedanz