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Coronavirus: Swansea mum's doodles of life in lockdown | Coronavirus: Swansea mum's doodles of life in lockdown |
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A mother has been contacted by families across the globe after sketching her children's daily life in isolation. | A mother has been contacted by families across the globe after sketching her children's daily life in isolation. |
Every day Angie Stevens has been sketching her three children, husband and pets at their home in Swansea. | Every day Angie Stevens has been sketching her three children, husband and pets at their home in Swansea. |
The sketches show her daughters painting a rainbow in the window, her son washing his hands and their dog lying in toilet roll. | The sketches show her daughters painting a rainbow in the window, her son washing his hands and their dog lying in toilet roll. |
"I try to draw the little things and make a laugh out of them," she said. | "I try to draw the little things and make a laugh out of them," she said. |
The drawings illustrate things that have quickly become normality for many people during the lockdown. | The drawings illustrate things that have quickly become normality for many people during the lockdown. |
The 46-year-old first started sketching her children when they were young, but started a daily diary a few weeks ago when she became ill and had to stay in the house. | The 46-year-old first started sketching her children when they were young, but started a daily diary a few weeks ago when she became ill and had to stay in the house. |
The sketches show her two daughters, Millie, now 16, and Evie, 12, painting a rainbow in support of the NHS in their window, and her son Gruff, 10, giving her a hug. | The sketches show her two daughters, Millie, now 16, and Evie, 12, painting a rainbow in support of the NHS in their window, and her son Gruff, 10, giving her a hug. |
"More than ever now we can annoy each other with the little things," she said. | "More than ever now we can annoy each other with the little things," she said. |
"Like someone putting the forks upside down in the drawer. It's funny to draw about it." | "Like someone putting the forks upside down in the drawer. It's funny to draw about it." |
As well as life inside their home, the drawings show her neighbours clapping for the NHS and people social-distancing at supermarkets. | As well as life inside their home, the drawings show her neighbours clapping for the NHS and people social-distancing at supermarkets. |
"It's a very strange time at the moment and none of us have ever been through this before so it's important to keep spirits up," she said. | "It's a very strange time at the moment and none of us have ever been through this before so it's important to keep spirits up," she said. |
"Our community has been great and we have some elderly people in the street who are being looked after by all the neighbours." | "Our community has been great and we have some elderly people in the street who are being looked after by all the neighbours." |
Angie, married to Myles, 48, has been contacted by families in America and Spain who have seen her drawings on her Doodlemum blog while in isolation. | |
"It is nice to know that I am making people smile and that we are all in this together," she said. | "It is nice to know that I am making people smile and that we are all in this together," she said. |
"We are all just trying to muddle along and stay sane, possibly this is something we will need to look back on." | "We are all just trying to muddle along and stay sane, possibly this is something we will need to look back on." |
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