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Finally, after looking in at Illustration Friday for a few weeks, I have found a theme that struck a chord - ‘talisman’. I have managed to finish the painting over two nights and scanned it in tonight, just before the theme is changed over.

For those of you that don’t know Illustration Friday, it is a wonderful site aimed to get people making by offering up a theme each Friday, which anyone can then submit to the site. They also have a blog, which often has interesting interviews or articles on artists.

Feathers instantly struck me as an appropriate talisman - they got me started drawing again, and I find them everywhere. They may only be seagull feathers, but they are still perfectly formed and just as beautiful on a patch of city lawn as at the beach.

Owen and I went for a picnic in the park near our place a few days ago.  A twenty minute bike ride through the sunshine and (thankfully) cool air and we were at the bend in the creek. After a small spread of thermos tea, bread, cheese, olives, orange cake and homemade lemonade, we lay in the grass talking about how great it was to be on holiday.

I picked up a selection of fallen eucalyptus leaves around us on the ground, with gorgeous rusty reds and blushing browns.