April Newsletter

The idea is not only to keep you updated on my work, but also to give an insight into other things that I enjoy, hoping that you may enjoy them too.  So as well as painting tips, materials recommendations, drawing exercises, sales, promotions, exhibitions. etc.; I will cover recipes, recommendations of books / movies, events, interesting places to visit and much more.  I will be inviting fellow artists to collaborate, so we can all learn about their work and be inspired. 

I would love to get your feedback, your ideas of what would you like to see and read in future issues, and anything you would like to share related to the topics we have been talking about, or anything else you think may be of interest to the wider art community.  For this, I invite you to leave a comment below or contact me directly on info@giselarobinson.com.  I am really looking forward to hearing from you !

xx

Gisela

Hello to all ! I’m Gisela, the creative mind behind the illustrations you’ll find here on my website.  I’m a freelance illustrator and artist from Argentina -Buenos Aires- who, after falling in love with Shropshire, is now based in Shrewsbury with my Salopian husband, our three children, and dog – Gaia.  I studied design, media & communication and worked for many years in marketing for HSBC.  After having my children, I wanted to work from home and retrained by studying illustration and then specialising in editorial illustration.

Initially I designed illustrations for publishers and children’s magazines; but I now also have a range of merchandise based upon my illustrations – items such as stationary, tote bags, pouches, magnets, pocket mirrors, greeting cards and postcards.  I also sell originals and prints of my art work in my

online shop as well as local outlets in Shropshire such as the VAN Art Gallery, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery and QUBE Art Gallery Oswestry among others.  I also paint commissioned works including murals, some of which can be seen in the streets of Shrewsbury and in local shops.

I love using different mediums in my artwork, such as watercolour, gouache, acrylic, ink, graphite as well as digital.  If I had to choose my favourite, it would be watercolour and gouache. I just love them !  

Tell as something about yourself

I have been chasing a creative path my whole life but it has taken so many different routes it´s hard to know which one to mention.

Your Inspiration

Life – I´m a weirdo people watcher

Favourite Media

Everything, Multi Media to the highest level … I just can’t stick at one thing. For a long time I pursued digital art but now I’m more hands on.

How do you stay motivated and proactive ?

If I don’t push myself to follow what I love I might as well go and work anywhere. You need to work a lot harder to make very little money in the creative industry – it shouldn’t be that way but it is. You also need to sit back and do nothing so the ideas come but it’s really hard to do when there’s no guarantee of work at the end. It can mess with your head. 

What are you working on at the moment ?

Art – I am working on a ’Scrawl’ subscription box. They want to create a box containing my favourite products for live sketching.

Commercial – Cherie did this has a new range I am hoping it will be ready in time for DRAWN

DRAWN – Too much to do as always it’s a race to opening day. I spend nights dreaming about the mundane stuff that no-one else sees.

…and it’s school holidays – Pearl isn’t lucky enough for me to be taking her anywhere but I do have some fun art projects for us to try ! You may notice I keep drawing her on my Chérie Jerrard instagram page !