Here is my finished piece for this months Pencil Play Collective 'Spring Cleaning' themed doodle.

I wanted to design a scene that had lots of things going on and different things to look at. 

I don't often get the chance to really work in to a piece so I had a lot of fun with this.

As I love drawing characters and animals I decided on a more literal take on the theme. I chose to draw a nice cheery spring scene where the sun was shining and there were lots of animals happily cleaning away. 

The little rebel in me couldn't resist adding a little bit of mess to the scene too though! I decided on a little mole who through innocently tunnelling up to join the fun ends up making a right ol' muddy mess!

...and this is the initial sketch where the idea started from...

Here is a link to PPC's website, go and check them out, they're a lovely ol' lot they are!! 

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I've been working on some top secret stuff recently, the kind of If I told you about it I would have to destroy straight after kind of stuff!

So until I can reveal all I thought i'd show you how I recently applied one of my birdie designs to a duvet cover for little girls.

'TALENT'

Here's my submission for this weeks Illustration Friday topic: 

'talent'