Initial Ideas and Aims This drawing was constructed with colouring and shading pencils, as well as Fineliner pens. One of my main aims was to work on a more accurate sense of depth by trying to achieve more realistic perspective lines, shading and lighting. On the right was the preliminary idea, which I used as a... Continue Reading →
The Magic of the Moai Here's a drawing of a (rather pouty) Easter Island Moai, who is contemplating deeply within a magical, dreamlike vortex 😉 I sketched the head with a set of shading pencils, then later added the background mostly using Fineliner pens. I found some snazzy glittery gel pens that I'd had at... Continue Reading →
At long last, I've found a great solution to my week-long struggle of not knowing what to blog about! I thought it would be a fun and interesting challenge to take some words, using this Random Word Generator, and write a story extract that has to include all of them. Below are my target words.... Continue Reading →
Over the past nine or so months, I read a grand total of....six books! 😉 Here is my completed book stack in all their glory! Sorry for the lack of professionalism taking this photo in my living room with my laundry drying in the background... I'll just give a little information about each of these... Continue Reading →
If you're finding yourself slumped in a chair, scrolling through never ending job ads, shouting at the screen "but I don't have any of the skills you want!!" This post is for you. Its no conspiracy that job hunting can be highly daunting. We're guaranteed to encounter a lot of rejection during this endeavour, and this... Continue Reading →
Fresh out of education? Cruising through a gap year but not sure what's set to happen next? If you're adventurous and looking to pursue something different, maybe you should consider being an Au Pair! It could be the perfect paid, all-inclusive getaway for you... If like me, you had never come across the term 'Au Pair'... Continue Reading →
Greetings! Allow me to present to you a most wholehearted welcome to this blog! You have stumbled upon none other than The Broccoli Tree *applause!*. There will be compelling posts, covering a diverse array of topics! Reviews on games to thoughts on books. A mixture of true anecdotes as well as creative fictional writing. All... Continue Reading →
