taii gordon.

#3.

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Okay! Here we go, here is #3, my drawing of the beautiful Taii Gordon. This took me a couple of weeks rather than doing it all in one sitting- I felt I should bide my time and just go with the flow rather than rushing it and getting frustrated with myself and the drawing! Many a time, I have rushed things and just got flustered and annoyed and just given up in a huff, so I just drew it bit by bit, whenever inspiration possessed me. I wanted it to be as realistic as possible, freckles and all, and I'm really rather glad that I did it slowly because I think taking my time meant I could really pay attention to all of the details and I did my best to try make them look as similar to the photo as possible. In the end, I think that it turned out as good as I could have ever hoped it to be! Taii actually saw my drawing on Tumblr, which was very exciting, and she said this: 

"Amazing!!!!! Your amazing!! Im insanely jealous of your drawing skills though!! Thank you very much for drawing me and spending time on my face lol :-)". 

WIPs.

I really am proud of this drawing, and while it was hard work, I'm glad I stuck at it and finished it! I hope that you like it. :) oh, I'm actually going to be starting my next drawing in the next week so fingers crossed that one goes well! Hopefully soon, I'll add some 'work-in-progress' photos from my instagram to this and the last two posts I've done to show you how things went as I drew them. So, keep your eyes peeled for the eventual post about my next drawing in the next month, if you'd like to, and I'll add the WIP pictures as soon as possible. :)

Lots of love, Mari-ann ♥

raspberry dreamcake.

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Last month, I saw that Nirrimi posted a link to a blog with a recipe for a raw cashew dreamcake (in the end, once I'd made it, I called it a 'raspberry dreamcake') that she was going to make for Matt's birthday and I just had to give it a go! It was so fun to cook again and try something new... These are the photos that I took at almost each step of the recipe while Emmy and I prepared and put everything together in the kitchen! (I've realised that I really like taking pictures of things as they go along to a final result!) :) On a side note, I really want to try and start introducing more raw foods and meals into my diet to see if I can reap the apparent benefits of it all! I'll let you know how that all goes as time goes by.

If you'd like to have a go, click on the link above for the recipe and all of the ingredients! Hope you're all happy and well, and, if you do try to make this, or anything else really, I hope you have lots of fun :)

Lots of love, Mari-ann ♥