Planet Phoebe Friday – 'Balance'

Happy Planet Phoebe Friday! Here is a NEW Phoebe to remind us what the weekend is for...

Balance – "Sometimes you just need to stop and take a moment.."

Balance – "Sometimes you just need to stop and take a moment.."

Phoebe felt completely spun out. She had been going in circles for what seemed like forever. It was time to stop before she spiralled out of control. But because she had been spinning for so long, when she tried to unwind, she couldn’t get her balance. Closing her eyes, she tried to focus on the straight line of the imaginary horizon until finally her equilibrium returned. Feeling centred, steady and calm, she was now ready to take another step. 

"Sometimes you just need to stop and take a moment..."

Have an amazing weekend... see you next Friday! x

Planet Phoebe Friday – 'Paint it Out'

Sometimes I like to just paint - nothing in particular - just how I am feeling. Using what ever colour and brush I feel like and listening to my favourite music, I let out how I am feeling onto a large canvas. Its such a good release – getting lost in the paint strokes and the music – the end result is always a surprise too! I then photograph the painting and use it as a background for one of my Phoebe illustrations.

Here's a favourite Phoebe illo of mine with one such background...

Phoebe 'Paint it Out' – for this background I seriously needed to paint it red... not sure why?

Phoebe wanted to paint. She had vermilion on the brain. All she could think about was painting scarlet, vermilion, crimson... in fact, she just wanted to paint everything red. What did this mean? Was she angry? Mad? Going mad? She didn’t care. She just wanted to get the red out of her head...

Paint it out... xo

PLANET Phoebe Friday – 'magic'

Welcome to Planet Phoebe Friday!!

Finally... this is my first ever Planet Phoebe Friday post. Phew! That's a lot of 'f's! From now on (hopefully for forever) I will be posting a new or favourite Phoebe every Friday for you to enjoy! Every Phoebe illustration I create has a quirky tale – maybe you will find some wisdom in it – hopefully it will at least give you a bit of a laugh in this crazy crazy world. Here's the first one...

'Magic' by Kaz Sagovac

'Magic' by Kaz Sagovac

Phoebe wished she could do magic. The shower drain was clogged again and needed to be cleaned out. Yuk! It was definitely her least favourite thing to do. It would require lots of preparation – tea, chocolate, goggles, gloves. She dived in and got to work. After pulling out a humungous hair ball the size of a small rabbit, Phoebe decided she needed a reward for her bravery. Later as she sat sipping a chai latte, relieved that the next shower wouldn't turn into a swimming pool, she remembered one of her favourite lines from 'Rocky and Bullwinkle'... "Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat..." 

Hmm... maybe she could do magic?

Rocky and Bullwinkle was a classic kid's cartoon that used to be on TV when I was a kid. I loved it then and still do... 

See you next Friday for the next Planet Phoebe Friday! Until then... x

Hellooo from Planet Phoebe!

This is my first post from Planet Phoebe... so exciting!

Phoebe needed her own platform (soap box?) so I created this website just for her so that she could communicate with the world in her own very Phoebe way. She constantly interrupts my life with her whimsical tales (in the form of art and words) which means I am forever scribbling, sketching and writing, trying to keep up with her seemingly endless supply. I now have at least a zillion tales that need to be finished and shared.

Phew... she is such a demanding character!!

Anyway I hope you enjoy the whimsical art and tales from Planet Phoebe... x

This is Phoebe, my beloved character that continually interrupts my life with her many crazy dramas... x

This is Phoebe, my beloved character that continually interrupts my life with her many crazy dramas... x