Good Evening Sirs and Madams

[Gardener - Illustrator] ...is that going to be my tagline? Do I dare put "artist"? New year, new blog. A month and a half late. ;) Happy Valentine's Day! Well, before updating my profile, I shall give a brief synopsis of things as they stand now. Actually rather dandy currently. I have completed the academic side of my year-long apprenticeship in horticulture, and have just 4 days left in the employment side of it. I was (am) working in a lovely oasis in South East London called the Horniman Museum and Gardens. There I have learned a lot of gardening and life skills that will help me so much in the future. Thanks Horniman! (Thorniman!) Before that I was lucky enough to enjoy a foundation year at Camberwell College of Art, specialising in illustration. There I learned what techniques were available to me, and met a lot of interesting people, and was encouraged more, but it was not for me. As I came away with the Foundation Degree I began a correspondence course with the RHS for their Level 2 Diploma, and have now done all of the coursework, just need to take the exams at some point, probably after brushing up on their way of doing things for a few months! Though I sure as hell have the practical experience now! After my year at uni I found myself unemployed and bored, so I began to volunteer at the Horniman, and I did this rather intensively for six months before attaining the apprenticeship. And that brings us back here! I am about to move in with my fiancé and begin a new life in the country. I will soon be a full-time mum to a little puppy (99% sure it will be a Labrador!) and wife and housekeeper for my dear Thomas. Of course that will leave me a lot of free time still, in which I plan to draw, paint and garden to my heart's content and hopefully produce something half-decent as a result. ...I should probably come back and read this through but I bet I just watch a movie and chat on Facebook and forget all about it. ;) ...also it doesn't seem to let me do paragraphs. The Colour Factory I'll be colouring this at the weekend so that it no longer looks like a whale came in the room. I'm glad arting has started now, but unfortunately, still with a week to go, I am now super frustrated! At least I am relaxed enough to create.