Natalie Heaman

The Art Garden 🌱

  • Ducklings

    A throwback to the Spring! Aren’t they adorable?

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  • May, June, July Hobonichi Catch-up

    Oops it’s August 1st and I haven’t shared any pages since April. I have been incredibly inconsistent with these “most days” pages. I’ve thought about putting it down, but the book is almost filled so I want to keep at it. Once full, I’ll re-evaluate; I may continue in the future with a time-limit, 15 mins or less, or something like that. All of these recent ones have been quick and messy, it’s better than nothing!

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  • 2026 Life Drawing Compilation

    Some pages from life drawing sessions so far this year! I’ve only gone to three sessions, but aiming to go more regularly in the second half of 2026. I also attended my first long pose session, which was a tough adjustment. With short poses, I’m usually trying to capture the overall form and force of the pose, but with long poses I find I’m more interested in tone, and exploring that using colour. Long poses or short poses, either way it feels good to just draw for 2 hours!

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  • April 2026 Hobonichi

    Very belated April pages! And it’s already the end of May – time to scan the next round of pages already!

    An ink drawing of a white dog with spots, with a crown floating over her head. Her eyes are closed and she looks pleased. It’s captioned “April 1st, Roxxy would have turned 20!”
    A pink acrylic ink pen drawing; it’s a pink square with negative space silhouettes of flowers.
    An acrylic ink pen drawing of a rubber duck wearing a heads scarf. It’s captioned “Granny Duck” “Yugoslavia, approx. 1960s. At the Rubber Duck Museum”
    Wet gouache paint colours with lines inked on top. The drawing shows stanchions with a “no parking” sign. Behind it, a small bird sits on a nest; further behind it as bushes and trees. It’s captioned “At the bird sanctuary. 5 parking spots blocked off because a tiny killdeer made a tiny nest in the parking lot”
    A gouache paint sketch of a bowl of soup and half a grilled cheese sandwich. It’s captioned “The power of tomato soup and grilled cheese!!!”
    On a wash of blue watercolour is an ink silhouette of a small dog at the end of a leash. The drawing is captioned “Lenny at the beach”
    A gouache sketch. The page is divided vertically. On the left is a tree in a forest with a large dark hole near its base. On the right is a dark doorway between two trees. These are both scenes from the movie Hamlet, the one on the right being a theatre backdrop. This page is captioned “Hamlet was beautiful and moving”

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  • Birds, birds, birds!

    2026 has been a good year for bird sightings! My camera struggled at the heron rookery, but I got some decent pics despite limited zoom. And then many species seen at the bird sanctuary!

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Blog Index

PROJECTS / SERIES
Gouache Creatures Series, 2019
Somerset Series, 2021
Thrift Store Catch & Release
Beautiful Day Records

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Dungeons & Dragons
Figure / Life Drawing
Pet Portraits
Character Art

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Daily Challenges
Bookbinding
Writing
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