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Heather Ward Wildlife Art
http://heatherwardwildlifeart.blogspot.com/
Heather M. Ward is a wildlife artist and illustrator. This blog contains descriptions of her recent art and works-in-progress, drawing tips and book reviews.
- Added on: Jul 10th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Heather Ward
- Listed in: Drawing Wild Animals
- Tags: colored pencil animals pencil wildlife charcoal pyrography
Recent Posts
Cat in the Grass
Last year, I drew one of my cats, Quark. I figured it was high time I drew the other one! (Of course, I now have two additional cats, but I will get to them in due time.) So here is my buddy Lepton, the only male of the four. We let the adults outsid...
Bear Kiss
Here they are, mother and baby. Since the last post, I finished the fur, added detail to the mountains, and darkened the water. I am so excited with how this drawing came out that I am going to do a series of mother/baby drawings.Prints and the origi...
WIP - Polar Bears Update
I am getting more excited about this piece the more I work on it. The polar bears are really starting to pop! And the baby, which I have no direct photo reference for, is coming along rather well, I think. I am working in two layers for the faces: ch...
Charcoal Class a Success
Saturday I taught my first art class, an introduction to the tools and techniques of charcoal. I passed out all the tools I use routinely and the different papers I have tried. I did several demos and we spent the rest of the day experimenting and pr...
2010 Calendars
I now have two calendars available on RedBubble. The first is the same as last year's, just updated to 2010 and with a new title, and the second is a collection of work from this year. Take a look!...
Pumpkin Time!
Time for carving fun! I tried a new technique with my pumpkin this year that allowed me to use essentially three values. The mid-tone is achieved by carving away only the top layer of the rind. This allows some light to pass through the flesh of the ...
