Day 15 and this one made me smile so could not resist drawing it. I draw a lot of dogs but I like the quirkiness of the composition and the smile :) The inspiration for this one came from Justin Veenema on Unsplash[...]
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Pet Portraits
Day 10 And it's done. This is smaller than my normal commissions but the photograph was not the best quality so I had to keep it small to disguise the lack of detail available to me. I have a happy commissioner, we have to wait to see if the recipient is happy. We are now 10% of the way through this project. I would love to hear what you are thinking[...]
For the first time in my project you are seeing half a drawing. There are two reasons for this: Its a bigger drawingThere is a lot more detail This is a commissioned drawing so I am taking more care over it too It will be finished tomorrow :)[...]
Day 2 is a subject that is closer to home for me but I could not resist. The inspiration for this one was another Pexels image which you can find here I was blown away with the response to yesterday's drawing, you are all amazing! I was asked two questions yesterday which I will answer here: Are these drawings for sale.....yes they will be as soon as I[...]
My new website is still under construction but for the next 100 days I will be drawing every day. This is the next stage of my plan to refresh my portfolio and to get together a new body of work to exhibit This is ‘Old Blue Eyes’ Drawn from my own photograph taken on holiday a few years ago. This was my trial drawing to see what I could achieve with a tim[...]
That is my plan...to have an arty new year. It has been a long time since I was able to escape into the world of art. A few things got in the way and stopped me taking refuge in the activity I enjoy most, but things are changing. Mainly my mindset with a determination to make time and energy to enjoy my pencils (and other art forms) the way I always did. I d[...]
I consider myself very fortunate that I can draw beautiful creatures of all shapes and sizes and I love nothing more than seeing the reaction of the recipients. When the portraits are for gifts I don't always get that reaction so when this portrait for my sister-in-law's niece was to be delivered I gave strict instructions for the reaction to be captured on film. [...]