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Art with A Pencil

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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

    Posted on Monday September 22nd, 2008 at 13:20 in Autumn, drawings, sketches

    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

    Posted on Monday September 15th, 2008 at 12:20 in coloured pencils, drawings, fabriano classico 5, Horses

    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.

    Posted on Friday July 4th, 2008 at 12:33 in canines, Dogs, drawings, graphite pencil

    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

    Posted on Wednesday June 4th, 2008 at 12:56 in coloured pencils, Dogs, drawings, 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

    Posted on Friday May 23rd, 2008 at 13:37 in Dogs, drawings, graphite pencil, labrador.

    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

    Posted on Saturday May 17th, 2008 at 09:27 in coloured pencils, drawings, Horses

    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

    Posted on Friday May 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 in big cats., coloured pencils, drawings, 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

    Posted on Wednesday April 30th, 2008 at 02:49 in big cats., coloured pencils, drawings, Horses, lions

    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.

    Posted on Saturday April 19th, 2008 at 02:59 in drawings, graphite pencil, Horses

    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

    Posted on Sunday April 13th, 2008 at 12:11 in drawings, graphite pencil, Horses

    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

    Posted on Sunday March 23rd, 2008 at 05:51 in artwork, coloured pencils, drawings

    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

    Posted on Friday March 21st, 2008 at 14:07 in coloured pencils, drawings

    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

    Posted on Monday March 17th, 2008 at 13:35 in coloured pencils, drawings

    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.

    Posted on Monday February 25th, 2008 at 13:00 in cheetah, coloured pencils, drawings

    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

    Posted on Friday February 15th, 2008 at 13:06 in big cats., cheetah, coloured pencils, drawings

    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

    Posted on Wednesday February 13th, 2008 at 09:35 in coloured pencils, drawings, german shepherd dog

    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

    Posted on Friday February 8th, 2008 at 13:32 in coloured pencils, drawings, kitten

    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

    Posted on Tuesday February 5th, 2008 at 13:01 in coloured pencils, drawings, kitten

    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

    Posted on Wednesday January 23rd, 2008 at 13:34 in coloured pencils, drawings, greyhound

    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

    Posted on Monday January 21st, 2008 at 09:57 in coloured pencils, drawings, greyhound

    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,

    Posted on Thursday January 17th, 2008 at 13:03 in coloured pencils, drawings, greyhound

    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

    Posted on Tuesday January 15th, 2008 at 03:17 in coloured pencils, drawings, greyhound

    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

    Posted on Wednesday January 9th, 2008 at 13:57 in coloured pencils, drawings

    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

    Posted on Sunday January 6th, 2008 at 12:58 in coloured pencils, drawings

    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

    Posted on Wednesday January 2nd, 2008 at 13:01 in coloured pencils, drawings

    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...

    Posted on Wednesday January 2nd, 2008 at 12:44 in collie, coloured pencils, drawings

    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

    Posted on Monday December 10th, 2007 at 13:39 in big cats., coloured pencils, drawings, tigers, wildlife

    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

    Posted on Thursday December 6th, 2007 at 13:41 in big cats., coloured pencils, drawings, tigers, wildlife

    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.

    Posted on Monday December 3rd, 2007 at 14:27 in big cats., coloured pencils, drawings, tigers, wildlife

    I worked some more on this day, coming together nicely now, and am quite pleased with is so far....

  • A few new Drawings

    Posted on Monday December 3rd, 2007 at 01:30 in big cats., coloured pencils, drawings, tigers

    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...