Renly Baratheon colouring finished

I managed to do this one in 2 takes, not sure if I'm getting quicker, or more slack with my detail (I can be such a 'glass is half empty kind of person sometimes):

I've done the line drawing for Robert Baratheon, which I'll be colouring in this week.

The big news of the week has been the referendum in the UK, whether to stay in the EU or leave. After the votes were counted 52% (just over 1.2 million votes difference between remain and leave) were in favour of leaving. I voted to stay in the UK, and feel a bit disappointed that the UK will leave the EU. However, both my boyfriend and myself are still confused even though everything has happened (he voted leave). I've been of the opinion 'If it isn't broke don't try to fix it', but other countries in the EU now want to leave the EU, which suggests the EU has problems. Also, my boyfriend now regrets voting leave, as do many other people who thought their vote wouldn't count! It just feels like people voted to leave to stick it to the man and didn't research the facts (although from the Leave campaign they didn't have many facts to research). It's all a bit weird, and even now people are quitting the Labour party, and over 3 million people have signed a petition calling for a second referendum (where were these people when voting was happening?!). I'm not happy with the decision, but that's democracy for you, but I feel like the margin that the leave campaign won with should've been more than 52%, it just seems a bit indecisive to me.

Anyway, apologies for the political post this week, I wouldn't normally do it but the referendum could seriously affect my future. Something a bit more relevant to my blog, I'm starting a free graphic design course with Shaw Academy tomorrow, it runs 2 webinars a week for the next month, and I'm excited about starting!

I'll sign off with my Pinterest of the Week, it's good to see with practise and dedication you can improve in what you want to do: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/314548355205789845/

Jaime Lannister colouring (mostly) finished, plus a portrait of Winston Churchill

I've really got my head down this week and finished off Jaime Lannister. There are a few bits I need to sort, but they won't be worth another video, so here are my progress videos:

Something did happen last week though after I uploaded one of my videos to YouTube. The music I add to the video comes from the Free Music Archive. I've always credited the artist, and also put the rights of the music in the description of my video. However, one artist decided they wanted to make money from their music I put in my video, despite the rights not stating this would happen. I couldn't be bothered to fight with them, so I've just replaced it with a free track on YouTube. I've since discovered that the artist puts theri music on YouTube but expects royalties. I'm a bit peeved about it, as my videos aren't intended for making money, so the fact that someone wanted to make money from my video pissed me off. YouTube don't even tell you when an artist claims copyright on the music, so it's something I'll need to keep an eye on.

I logged onto my DeviantArt account yesterday, and came across a Weekend Sketch Challenge, which I thought was interesting:

Sir Winston Churchill

Just in case you've been living under a rock we have a referendum in the UK on Thursday determining if the UK shoud leave the EU. I'll be voting, but I'm not sharing which way I'll vote as it's nobody's business but my own.

Also, I have to say my bullet journal has transformed my life! I've been using it every day, and I've noticed things are just better in my life. I'm pretty much just using it as a to-do list, but it's become my calendar too, so I can keep track of all of the courses I've signed up to.

Well, lastly, instead of a Pinterest of the Week, I'll leave you with the following video, I was listening to it yesterday as I started my Sir Winston Churchill sketch, and thought it had some good information:

The start of Jaime Lannister!

Well, my laptop is still working! I also had a fantastic holiday, I didn't want to come back, who would with pictures like this?

Porto Cristo, Mallorca

The day after I came off holiday I decided to make my back yard a usable space, it's a good suntrap for the afternoon and early evening, and it was just a dumping ground before. Now it's nice: 

Anyway, I've not done much art again since coming back (and I did zero on holiday), but I've been working on Jaime Lannister today:

I did do another Cersei Lannister test on the new paper, and I really didn't like it, so I've gone back to my original paper that I did Cersei Lannister on, and I'll be using that going forward. Plans for next week it to just carry on with this project :) There's a website coming back online, I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before, it's called Briefbox. They were hacked last year, and took the opportunity to sort out their security, and upgrade the website too. I'll have a look at it when it's back online. The owners post briefs online for you to work on (ie logo design, graphic design, illustration, etc), but they're made-up. It's quite good to use to practise. The old website is still accessible: http://briefbox.me/

I've also come across a concept I like the look of: A bullet journal, you can read more on it here:  https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/how-to-start-a-bullet-journal?utm_term=.do6YMLDBQb#.brOxvy6M3A

Anyway, I'm off to watch the Canadian Grand Prix (my favourite, Jenson Button has just dropped out of the race as his engine set on fire), so I'll leave you with my Pinterest of the Week: https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/314548355205688849/ For once it's not anything arty, but I feel like since just before my holiday and after my tolerance to idiots is improving!