Sunday, 13 March 2016

From Windmill Hill...

 

Hi there!

My name is still Laura Mossop, I am still a painter and illustrator and I still have a terrible sense of humour which sees me laughing through all the crazy. My blog however HAS had a wee bit of a makeover. It's now called 'From Windmill Hill' after a place I used to live, where I created many of the ideas I want to create now that I finally have some time to explore them. I feel this is a more appropriate name...plus it sounds whimsical and rolls right off the tongue delightfully!

As a creative practitioner, I am also exploring traditional and digital arts and how they can be combined into participation events! As a creative however I still want to create whimsically, funny illustrations that people like to buy to put on their walls and chuckle at every now and then. This is where this blog, my etsy shop, Instagram and tumblr site come into being! It allows me to have fun, continue to express myself through these things and keep exploring the ridiculousness of my life without confusing people. These people may just want to learn about projection mapping and plein air painting and instead see a fabulous girl sitting on a giant cake...Not the worst thing on the internet but also not what they're looking for.

So if you're an old follower who for some reason still has me on your list, stay tuned for alot of major new developments, and for all new readers...welcome! Have a look through the archives and checkout my old artworks.

Speak to you again soon!

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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

I Love Christmas Shopping...or do I?


So...Remember that time about a month ago, when you forgot what Christmas was like and you were all ' I love shopping and browsing for the perfect present for everyone'. This is my illustration of that feeling. I like this feeling...I wish it would last ( or at least longer then a week....) because it swiftly transforms in to this next feeling....

Happy Christmas shopping everyone!

Saturday, 22 November 2014

When we last kissed



I'm feeling sentimental on this cold winter night so i let my feelings create what they wanted.

Friday, 21 November 2014

Poppy Girl illustration

Poppy Girl illustration

Celebrating the poppy

I thought i'd take a break from posting Christmas cards and show you a old design that's going into a new range of art cards i'll be selling in the new year.

This is one of my favourites and i'm happy to be able to start selling it once more. She will be part of a set that links together illustrations of vintage styles and flowers, a theme that has been done before but certainly a good one.

Thursday, 20 November 2014

Festive dancers, the old slow dance

Dancing with love at christmas

Festive dancing at Christmas

Here's the second card to be printed and added to the christmas card range i'll be selling this year. I've taken inspiration from family gatherings and christmas parties where you'll always find this couple, slow dancing together, the envy of young couples everywhere. 

What do you think, does this remind you of what Christmas is all about?

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Christmas dancing

greeting cards
Dancing Girls for Christmas



Well everyone, the cards have been sent to print!

I should have my first batch to sell by Monday. These happy dancing girls are one of the first designs to be sent, what do you think? Could they be on Strictly Come dancing?

I'll be selling the cards through Etsy and Facebook, let me know if your interested and I can put your name down for an order! I'm currently putting updates on my Facebook page  Laura Mossop Art

You can also follow me in twitter, my usernames @LauraMossopArt .


Sunday, 16 November 2014

Christmas card time!

by laura mossop


Hello everyone! I'mgoing to be updating with my range of christmas card designs that will soon be available to buy!!
Its my first time trying to create card designs so let me know what you think of my festive dancers that will soon be on their way. :)

As you can see this image is not a festive dancer...she is just a lady dragging a fir tree which is only socially acceptable during this one, very specific time of year. Lady lumberjacks...so misunderstood.

Friday, 11 July 2014

Fashion Illustration : Fishermans jumper











My step by step process of how i create a fashion illustration  
from initial sketch design to final drawing! My styles still evolving but i'm still proud of these illustrations i did for Annching Wang's beautiful clothing line.

Thursday, 8 May 2014

I love teal coats and restarting my blog!

Hi Guys!

Just a very quick post to let you know i'll be starting up doing illustrations again! As always, looking to fashion for inspiration!



I love teal coats...

Thursday, 3 January 2013

Fashion illustration Sketchbook UpdatePage 6

New Sketchbook pages!

Page 5


Clicking through links on Chictopia i sketched the faces i saw. A nice fun warm up today to practice different face shapes.

Page 6


Trying different sketch styles to see which would work best to do caricatures with. What do you think? have you got a favourite? So far i quite like the most imaginative one on the left! Might be hard for people to recognise themselves though!
I hope to start doing caricatures at events so i'm practising a lot to be ready!

Portrait of Model Kaylie Mansfield

Portrait of Kaylie Mansfield

Monday, 31 December 2012

Fashion bloggers portraits v1

Hi Guys!

I've started a sketchbook page on my blog for images that aren't for a particular project. In there will be fashion bloggers portraits like this page spread below! I find the bloggers on Chictopia!

I'll also post other fashion sketches in there but will keep you guys updated when i do.

I hope you all have a happy New Year and ill see you tomorrow in 2013!





Monday, 17 December 2012

Helen Rose's Christmas Family Portrait

I'm getting into the festive spirit!
Here's a quick warm up portrait of the lovely family christmas photo of Helen Rose's family. She posted it up on facebook and i couldn't help but want to do a quick tribute artwork of it! They're such a cute family and i love the composition she's got for this photo! :)

The original photo is below if you would like to compare!


Helen Rose Lifestyle Photography

Thursday, 6 December 2012

Fashion illustration : Avery by Wang's Shirt Dress

Original fashion illustration for Avery by Wang.


I recently teamed up with Avery by Wang to do a series of illustrations depicting various ways of styling their wonderful shirtdress. Here is the first final illustration! This was the first illustration I finished for the series and it set the tone for the rest of the designs.

To give you an idea of how the process works when I create my fashion illustrations, below is the initial sketch that I showed Annching the founder and designer of the fashion collection.

Also a lot of the time you guys just get to see the final piece, but I know I always love to see peoples sketch books so over the next week or so i'll be going through my process of how I created these illustrations.

I hope it inspires some other budding fashion artists to pick up the paintbrush!

Initial concept sketch
Close up of her face


  

Monday, 19 November 2012

Jet Li - Hero Portrait



Todays warm up before portrait painting, Jet Li from the film Hero.
I think i'll move onto fashion warm ups next, any requests?

Sunday, 18 November 2012

The Princess Bride




The Princess Bride


Hands up if you love this film! Classic Sunday afternoon watching and was my inspiration for todays warm up.


On Monday one of my projects will finally see the light of day on the wonderful Annching Wang's site! More on that soon though, now it's time to prepare myself for Monday and what this week will bring.