This is my drawing of Stella, a liver and tan German Shepherd. She’s lovely and has an easy going temperament. It was a pleasure to do her portrait!
The drawing is on Fabriano Artístico hot pressed watercolour paper. The pencils used are Faber Castell polychromos, Caran d’Ache luminance, Derwent coloursoft & lightfast pencils.
Reference photo is courtesy of Stella’s owners.
Corgis are lovely little dogs. I know three personally. Two of them are Welsh Pembrokes and the other a Welsh Cardigan. Although the two breeds differ in appearance the personality and temperament seem to be the same. And they love to play!
I never got to meet Molly but I know her mum quite well. She was a rescue and was lucky my friend gave her a good home. Molly is sadly no longer with us but still in my friend’s heart.
I did a Christmas arts and craft fair last November. To add a bit of Christmas to my work I thought a couple of birds in the snow would be nice. It was fun because I hardly ever get a chance to draw or paint birds. This Blue Jay is one of the illustrations I created to put on a greeting card. The pinecones seemed pretty festive too I thought.
I had a lot of fun and plan do do more shows in the new year.
I don’t often get the chance to draw cats. A photo of a sleeping cat in Pixabay looked like a good subject to paint. I settled on doing the portrait in watercolour instead of coloured pencil. Photo credit: Kavowo
I’m pretty sure this is a White Tailed Deer. The caption for the photo was of a Brown Buck so I know he’s a male. His antlers captured my attention and I thought he would make a lovely subject for a portrait.
I’ve used Faber-Castell Polychromos, Caran D’ache Lunimance and Derwent Lightfast and Coloursoft pencils to create this drawing. The surface is Fabriano Bristol + paper. This paper is great for coloured pencil, ink and watercolour pencil work.
Photo Credit: Steve is the photographer of the reference photo I found on Pexels.
His instagram: cdn_rebel
I often use reference photos from free stock sites like Pexels and Pixabay. This picture of the boy and his dog captured my interest as the subject for my next drawing. I’ve used coloured pencil on smooth bristol. A drawing takes longer to complete than watercolour but I love working in both mediums.
Photo credit: Sam Lion on Pexels
My latest drawing is a mate of the little burro that I painted before. There were three horses in the paddock with him and he was the boss.
I love drawing animals but horses and dogs seem to be the most requested for commissions. While most of my work has been drawing, I also work in water colour portraits.
Pencils used in this drawing are Faber Castell polychromos, Caran D’acné luminance and Derwent lightfast, coloursoft and procolour.
The paper is Strathmore bristol smooth 300 series
My Mom’s backyard was full of wildlife. There were rabbits, squirrels, a groundhog and a skunk (who used to exchange homes in midseason). There were also chipmunks. And this fellow is one of the many.
I think that him and his little pals hitched a ride in my car one day when I was heading home because they seem to be here now…everywhere you look.
This little guy looks after several big horses at the equestrian centre near me. He’s the boss! We were actually able to take some good photos of him (mainly because he’d push the horses away when we tried to photograph them). I was going to do a full body painting of him but thought a head portrait would be better and allow for more detail.
