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I am a coloured pencil and graphite artist, drawing pet portraits and much more.My blog is about current works in progress, materials and techniques, trials and tribulations, and things that either inspire me or send me mad.
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Autumn
Hi all,Today is the first day of Autumn, and I was thinking to myself what is it about this time of year that makes us artists want to grab our sketchbooks, run outside and draw ? I think it is a comb...
Billy
Hi all,Its been a busy week, with my nose pressed to the drawing board, catching up on unfinished works and starting new ones. Its strange really, I have four or five bits of work that have been start...
Graphite Dog and Horse Update.
Hey all,Its a been a busy and tiring week, and I am feeling a little under the weather, so all I can say is "thank god its Friday" lol.I did finally manage to do some work on my current wip, and you c...
Jess....Jack Russell
Hey all,It has been a busy week, and at the moment I am surrounded by mounts, frames and pictures which are all being prepared for the dog show this coming Sunday, and the weather is looking good, whi...
Chocolate Labrador Drawing
Hey all,What a week this has been, firstly I get a bad case of deli beli, and spent more time in the loo than I would like and then we lost our Internet connection, so spent a day or so getting that s...
New Wip
Hey all, Well I have finally managed the time to start a new wip, and this is another of my two favorite horses. It will be in coloured pencil to the size of 10 x 8 inches,and is very similar to th...
Two Lions
Hey all, May is now here and hopefully lots of long warm and sunny days, the winter seems to of dragged on forever, and I am looking forward to kicking off my boots and slipping on my sandals...
Two in one
Hey all,Its been a wet and windy week, not too much sun and for me too its a brought a cold and cough, so am feeling a tad crappy this morning. Its strange I very rarely get colds/flu but on the odd o...
More Horse Update.
Hey all Well I should of have this finished by now, but this week I have had a low spell, so did not achieve much in the way of art. I am so enjoying working in graphite again, and it is easy...
Two Drawings,Two Mediums
Hey all,Been a busy week one way or another with the bloomin fridge packing up and now it looks like the tumble drier as gone as well but as they things happen in threes so wonder what will be next !A...
Snowy Sunday
Hey all, Well its turned out to be a cold and snowy Easter, as expected and so typically British lol, still never mind, I am here warm and comfy in my room with Bluebell fast sleep wrapped in my dr...
Happy Easter
Hey all,Just wanted to wish all my readers a very Happy Easter.....it looks like it will be a cold one here in the UKI am so very behind with all my unfinished projects, and as the pile gets bigger I ...
Pink Flower Finished
Hey all, I have finished my pink flower drawing, and found it very relaxing doing this just to please myself. I only used three shades of pink in the end, along with yellow and green for the center...
Picture Updates.
Hi all,Last week was not so good for me, I was feeling kind of deflated and emotionally drained with one thing and another so did not get much artwork done as I would of liked. The beginning of this w...
Big Cat series
I have not forgotten my Big Cat series of drawings, but as time is always limited and my pencils are busy on other things, these are on the backburner, but I am determined to finish them all by the en...
German Shepherd Pup
This is my latest drawing finished yesterday and is a Nosy German Shepherd pup looking out from his pen. Still a few bits to tweak here and there, but overall I am happy with it, the size is 12 x 10 i...
Friday Blues
Another week has flown by, and as the days start to get longer it seems Spring is round the corner. I already have snowdrops, crocus and some daffodils in bloom, but we also tend to get a really cold ...
Orange Kitty Update
Well this is my update on the orange kitty, but to be honest I am not sure wether I have buggered it up or not ! I have been posting this up under the critque section on the pet and wildlife forum, b...
Greyhound 8
Methinks this almost about done, although I do put a picture aside for a few days look at it every now and then, debate about a background and wether I am totally happy with it or not. The scan is cr...
Greyhound updates
I have almost finished this now, and as usual have left the ear till last lol...not sure what it is with me and ears !!!!. The scan really does not do this justice, as it never seems to pick up the li...
Greyhound Update,
Hmmm sorry about that, seemed that I pressed the wrong button and sent a unfinished post with nothing in it but one sentence....lol.Worked a little more on the greyhound today, slowly building up the ...
Tiring Week
My apologies to all readers for my delay in making a post, the last week has been manic with one thing and another, so I have been bit a bit deflated and tired, but as I always say onwards and upwards...
Water Lilly
I started this drawing before Xmas, but never got time to work on it until now, and needing a break from the animal stuff, thought I would do a little more today. It is almost finished, but there are ...
Cat Update
Almost finished this one now, so I am going to let it sit around for a dayor so to see if I really like it or not....
Cat Drawing
I may of mentioned before that there are some animals that I am not so confident in drawing, one of these is horses and the other is the humble domestic moggie. I mention this now because looking thro...
Collie dog update...
I have been working feverishly on some new pictures, and still developing new ideas for pictures, so my am keeping my banger ranger sketch book close by.It really is amazing how one can struggle to ge...
Runabout Monday
I am going to own up to having a really lazy Sunday, where I lounged around watching TV , pigging out and well basically doing nothing, and it was pukka lol. I did have ideas for a different sort of d...
More Tiger
I am really enjoying doing this, and in actual fact I am doing two side by side, the other being a Cheetah, so it makes it all the more interesting, going back and forth between spots and stripes lol....
More Tiger Update.
I worked some more on this day, coming together nicely now, and am quite pleased with is so far....
A few new Drawings
Thought it was about time that I got started on some new pieces, and this one is the first in a series of drawings that I want to do, of the Big Cats. I have long loved the big cats, after visiting Ke...
