Hello from Leanne.

Thank for spending time visiting Ladybird's Flight. I am no longer regularly adding content to this site.

I began this site to explore my creativity in 2017 and now I have have a website Leanne Barrett: Writer Artist Reviewer dedicated to my explorations in art and children's literature. You can also find me on Facebook and Instagram.

So please scoot on over to my other website where you will find out about my writing, illustrations and many other things that I am exploring.

Thanks!

Leanne Barrett

Thank You and Hello to Leanne's Writer and Artist Page.

Thank for spending time visiting Ladybird's Flight I will be taking a break from regularly adding content to this site.

I began this site to explore my creativity and while I am still exploring my creativity I now explore it on my website Leanne Barrett: Writer Artist Reviewer and my business Facebook page.

Website: leannebarrett.com 
Facebook: facebook.com/leannebarrettwriter

So please scoot on over to my other website where you will find out about my writing, illustrations and many other things that I am exploring.

Thanks!

Leanne Barrett

52-Week Illustration Challenge: Week 49

Week 49: Purple

52-Week Illustration Challenge Week 48

Week 48: Africa

52-Week Illustration Challenge Weeks 40 to 43

Week 40: Rope

Week 41: Bookshop

Week 42: Door

Week 43: Friend

52 Week Illustration Challenge: Week 38

Week 38: Jump

'The Parachuting Hens.'

52 Week Illustration Challenge: Week 37

Week 37: Queen

This is my illustration 'Queen of the Pond.'

52 Week Illustration Challenge: Week 36

Week 36: Printing

Raining cats and dogs. 

For this week's illustration I wanted to create something that could become elements for a stencil. Later I would like to explore reprinting this design in a variety of colours where the clouds, cats and dogs are in a monotone colour (like this one black on white) on coloured paper OR printed in a variety of colours. 

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

52 Week Illustration Challenge: Week 30

Week 30: Home

Mouse's House underneath the veggie patch. 

This was one of those pictures inspiration just hit me and I drew it in bed before I began my day. It however is unfinished and without colour as I ran out of time to complete the illustration before flying to Melbourne.

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

52-Week Illustration Challenge: Week 29

Week 29: Swing 
This week I wanted to focus on doing a more 'illustrative' type of picture. The illustration is a girl swinging off a rope into water.

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

52-Week Illustration Challenge: Week 27

Week 27: Bush Countryside
There were a lot of ideas swirling around in my head for this theme. The distant hills, the mid-ground of farmland with its lone paddock tree and leaning on fences made out of wood from local trees are very strong images for me. We may have farmed sheep but a lone cow seemed right for this illustration.

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

52-Week Illustration Challenge: Week 26

Week 26: San Francisco

For me San Francisco is the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, information technology companies like Cisco and the iconic houses on the tv shows Full House and Charmed.

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

Harmonious Circles

Today I attended my second Sylvia Marris art class.

We painted circles in harmonious colours using acrylic paper and paints plus I added in some watered down ink. We used stencils, pens with stamps, brushes and q-tips to assist in the design creation.

I loved exploring the different ways that circles can be used.

To see more about the creation of this artwork go to my Art Explorations page.

52-Week Illustration Challenge: Week 25

Week 25: Past

This week I had firm idea that I wanted to paint a pair of dinosaurs and when I sat to sketch the idea was already fully formed in my mind.

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

Dinosaur Illustration Ready to Paint

Ready to begin painting the PAST theme illustration on a quiet Saturday night at home alone. With Guardians of the Galaxy 2 playing in the background - cranked up the sound a little bit.

To see complete illustration see here.

Developing Plot

Today post it notes help me develop my plot and identify the holes in my story.

See more about my process here.

52-Week Illustration Challenge: Week 24

Week 24: Multiculturalism

This week I wanted to show my Polish heritage. This illustration shows the national dress that my aunts, my little sister and I have all worn. My Polish grandparents arrived in Australia in 1950.

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

Interviewing Characters that Count

After being inspired by the Cate Whittle workshop that I attended on the weekend I interviewed my new character, Lillian May Stewart, who is in year 5. (Note: Lilly's name might be changed as there are currently a few younger reader books whose main characters are named Lily.)

Now that I have interviewed Lillian May Stewart I have a much better understanding about her personality, likes, dislikes and how she reacts to situations. Lilly is beginning to become a believable character, not just some light weight, flimsy little girl.

To see more about this workshop go here.

52-Week Illustration Challenge: Week 23

Week 23: Texture

This week's illustration comes from the art class I did with Sylvia Marris.

Once I completed the piece I felt wow that has great texture so here is my whimsical painting. This is a style I'd really like to explore again the parring back to shape and line to create images.

See the 52-week Illustration Challenge page for more information about this art work that I have created.

I'm a reviewer again!

I'm so pleased that I have been able to begin to review children's books again for Kids' Book Review.

Thank you to the Kids' Book Review Team for welcoming me back to the fold after so many years away while I was President and Vice President for CBCA ACT Branch.

So far I have reviewed three books for KBR which can be viewed on their Website or Facebook page or using this link.