Robin TL Sketch blog

sketches and scribbles by illustrator, animator and cartoonist Robin Tatlow-Lord. Please see my portfolio site for contact details and more polished work!

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I completed a particularly wacky and complicated family portrait commission recently, here is a bit of detail. G&Ts and a goat - whatever floats your boat! #illustration #illustrator #commission #watercolor #watercolour # brushpen #goat #goats #ginandtonic https://www.instagram.com/p/BrJ2ud8DnDa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hbdxcc4haumq

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Another Saturday, another creation at Pom Pom! Awesome 'personal armour' project with @mitchographer 💖💜💙💚 @carclew #pompomsa #drawing #kids #illustration #illustrator #kidsartspace #arteducation #artteaching #childrensart #primaryschool #schoolholidays #illustrationartists #crafts #cardboard #oilpastels (at Davoren Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqRtJF2jatm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bcnt24b6auit

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Yesterday I ran a Tea Party Sketch Tour for kids & families for #worldteagathering2018 at the @artgalleryofsa ! We took inspiration from works in the gallery to develop ideas for fanciful tea party scenes. Lots of intrepid little artists sprawled all over the gallery floors! ❤👩🏻‍🎨 #artteaching #childrensart #kidsart #arteducation #artclass #drawing #illustration #imagination #artgallery #publicprograms #clashingpatterns (at Art Gallery of South Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpyrxRWjgnF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pf92zbd2mg2p

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Last week at @carclew 's #pompomsa , @katekurucz ran a self-portrait workshop for the kids ... which was also hugely popular with all the adults present, both parents & staff alike 😉 I used to do quite a lot of realistic acrylic painting and it was lovely to revisit that mode of close looking & patient likeness-chasing after many years. So here is me at 34, an impression! (...Though I didn't get time to add the grey hairs 😅 ) #artistsofinstagram #portrait #selfportrait #painting #acrylicpainting #artworkshops https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo-Vz16gC05/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11x5t7uf37w4i

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Second round of new Lord Mayoral candidates from the Adelaide Town Hall Open Day yesterday! Who would get your vote? Feat. gorgeous guest creations by the always amazing @mitchographer and @cmthring 💖💖 #illustration #illustrator #drawing #characterdesign #characters #kidsart #coloring #artactivities #unicorn #monsters #animals @cityofadelaide #adelaidetownhall https://www.instagram.com/p/BoqhGOag_n3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15gfs14x4gyay

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I'm at the Adelaide Town Hall Open Day today, creating a menagerie of marvellous new Lord Mayors! Bring your family down from 12 to 3pm, there are heaps of fun activities for little ones! #illustration #illustrator #drawing #characterdesign #characters #kidsart #coloring #artactivities #dinosaur #animals @cityofadelaide #adelaidetownhall (at Adelaide Town Hall) https://www.instagram.com/p/BonX3rDAq8b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ir25ma818y2n

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Another kid's art workshop at #pompomsa that made me think 'why don't I just do this ALL THE TIME...?' I ❤loved❤ @zoefreney 's Tree of Life activity... particularly with neon paint! Swipe for progress! @carclew #drawing #painting #illustration #illustrator #kidsartspace #schoolholidays #illustrationartists #cats #garden #flowers #neon #spring (at Davoren Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/BogSoaTgsSW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1f6goitxronza

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BOOK PORTRAITS 2018 - post 2! More awesome young readers from @loveyourbookshopday at @mostly_books 💖📚💖 #illustration #illustrator #drawing #portrait #caricatures #cartooning #brushpens #kidsbooks #youngadultbooks #childrensliteracy #youngreaders #bookshop #loveyourbookshopday #loveyourbookshopday2018 (at Mostly Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnUqd9Dgdpn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18j0th5wpm6mo

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BOOK PORTRAITS 2018 - post 1! For the 2nd year running, I had the pleasure of combining my 'day job' with my illustration practice for @loveyourbookshopday at @mostly_books ! It's a hectic day, but a great time, and excellent to meet eager young readers 💖📚💖 These posts are late because I've been on holiday 😉😎 #illustration #illustrator #drawing #portrait #caricatures #cartooning #brushpens #kidsbooks #youngadultbooks #youngreaders #bookshop #loveyourbookshopday #loveyourbookshopday2018 (at Mostly Books) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnStPEsgRyT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yxyiml1mfiic

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It's Love Your Bookshop Day and that means another chance for me to bust out my patented OTT Media Grin(tm) for today's Advertiser! I'll be drawing kids' portraits from 11am at Adelaide's oldest independent bookshop, the utterly charming @mostly_books 💖📚📚📚💖 #illustrator #drawing #kidsportraits #caricature #adelaide #bookshop #loveyourbookshopday #independentbookstore #independentbookshop (at Mostly Books)

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I could not be more proud to have contributed to the @cityofplayford 's @salafestival public art project, Square Eyed! As the artist / facilitator, I worked with forty funny, energetic and creative kids from Elizabeth Grove Primary, who came together at @northernsoundsystem to draw, paint and speak about what they love about their community. This became an interactive, audiovisual lightbox installation, which was launched on Tuesday night. Well done kids, you are awesome!! 💗 #arteducation #artteaching #childrensart #primaryschool #drawing #publicart #kids #imagination #colorful #lightbox #lightinstallation #painting #kidspainting #communityart (at Shedley Theatre)

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catching Colours of Impressionism at @artgalleryofsa in the final hours of the final day: a photo essay! I normally keep my insta just for illustration stuff - but yesterday felt like a particularly pretty & poetic day, bookended by beautiful light and color 💗 Paintings by Maximilien Luce, Berthe Morisot and Paul Signac 👨🏼‍🎨👩🏻‍🎨🖌 #artgallery #impressionism #coloursofimpressionism #light #dusk #northterraceadelaide #adelaide @botanicgardenssa (at Art Gallery of South Australia)

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Winnie considers my latest creation brought home from another busy day at Pom Pom kids' art space - this time, a posca pattern & line drawing workshop with @arlonhall 😻 @carclew #pompomsa #drawing #lineart #linedrawing #poscapens #illustration #illustrator #cats #catsofinstagram

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Winnie considers my latest creation brought home from another busy day at Pom Pom kids' art space - this time, a posca pattern & line drawing workshop with @arlonhall 😻 @carclew #pompomsa #drawing #lineart #linedrawing #poscapens #illustration #illustrator #cats #catsofinstagram

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making a sad little comic and it feels so good!! (... because I love drawing ❤) #drawing #lineart #linedrawing #illustration #illustrator #brushpens #blackandwhite #illustrationartists #comics #minicomics #cartoonist #cartoonistsofinstagram #phonecall

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Monster cuties! The pink doggy one is a self-portrait... the sassy teal lassy is obviously @carlysnoswell ! Thanks for the inspiration @mitchographer , such a great beastie time was had at #pompomsa these school holidays!! @carclew #drawing #illustration #illustrationartists #art #monsters #creatures # creaturedesign #characterdesign #colorpencil #rollerskates #sassymonsters

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A second little monster! Off to make some more today! 💖 @carclew @mitchographer #pompomsa #kidsartspace #monsters #characters #drawing #papercraft #colorful (at Davoren Park)