Fun Times with Welsh x3

It has occurred to me that it's been a while since I've posted any of my random notes on the Welsh language. So, have a few silly vocabulary doodles.

Odds 'n' Ends

I know that I've been promising to post some finished pieces, but I'm afraid that my scanner is very much gasping its last. It has served me well for going on six years now, and it's tired. So, sadly, you won't be seeing larger, finished art until I've replaced it. Hopefully that will be within the week. Fingers crossed - I've got to figure out what the best one I can afford is. Wish me luck!

In the meantime, here are a few more things from my sketchbook:

Victoria and I decided we were each going to do drawings of our favourite American Girl characters as adults. Here's my initial drawing of Felicity in her early twenties. I have to admit, I am really pleased with how this came out. I will scan it again (read: better) when I've replaced my scanner, but I wanted to share this now.

A slightly closer look.

La Fée Verte! I really have no idea what inspired me to do this, but it was fun.

There's a Welsh kids' song called "Gwenni aeth i ffair Pwllheli" (Gwenny Went to the Pwllheli Fair) which is great fun. It's about a little girl who keeps getting in a rather lot of trouble, despite having very good intentions. I think it would make a fun series of illustrations. So, here are the initial couple of doodles. We'll see how it goes from here.

Te i'ch croesawu i'r ty!

This was my tea advert for Illustration Squared. Paned Gymreig does actually exist (it's what I was drinking at the time), and I decided to make mine based on Victorian advertising posters.

Welsh Pronunciation

So, the following project began recently when I decided to start learning to speak Welsh. I quite enjoy learning languages, and it occurred to me that an interesting study aid would be to make comics utilizing the phrases, grammar and vocabulary I learn as I go. It would help me get used to using them in context, and would be a fun excuse for drawing.

And thus it was decided: I would make foreign language study comics for myself! Since I will be posting them here, I will also include vocabulary lists and translations. But, I thought that the best way to start would be with basic pronunciation.

So, here we are, starting with Welsh (Cymraeg):

That's all for now. I will start posting the actual comics soon, so stay tuned! They'll be rather short on plot at first as they're really meant to be educational aids. We'll see how they progress, though - I've a fair bit planned!

Also, I've promised my mother I'll help her learn French, so you may be seeing some French comics and worksheets from me as well.