I'm back!

Well, I will be :)

After a break of two years I'm feeling the art bug again. I've got something mapped out in my mind that I want to try, and now I have the space to do it! I expect to start over the weekend, and at least get an initial sketch in.

Excitement!

Like a Tiger *grrrrrrr*

So, after much angst and gnashing of teeth, I have finally finished my first animal oil painting! I couldn't post it here when I finished because I was giving it to my husband as a surprise for Christmas and I know he has sent this link to people...

I'm pretty damned happy with it. I am especially pleased with how the feet turned out given they were looking awfully like horrible blobs for a while there! It's 16"x20", and I've had it framed in a dark almost-black wood (which as it turns out is slightly warped so I need to take it to be redone).

Oh, and Jay's reaction? He was rapt :D

Dinner!

Okay, first a quick warning: this picture may disturb some people. To me it is nature in all it's stunning and savage glory, which does indeed involve the animals I love to draw having to catch and kill their own food.

That said, it's not exactly gory, so don't worry about that


I came across this picture and it attracted me immediately. I don't know if it's because I was feeling kind of like the zebra at that point in time, having just been handed bad news from work However, drawing it was pretty therapuetic, I must say.

It's about 10x15", on drafting film, using Polychromos and Prismacolour pencils.

Wow

I didn't know what else to title this one :) I know you've already seen this one, but there's a reason I'm showing it again - I've just found out it's won first place in the Novice category at a show I entered into about a month ago! I am so thrilled! It's a very small competition, but there was more than 1 entry so I did well I think *heh*

A Man and his Horse

It has been 1 year since I started drawing! And in a fit of vertigo-induced madness I decided it was a good time to try my first horse, my first material and my first person all in one big new drawing! Who on earth thinks this is a good idea? That's correct, crickets chirping...

Anyway, this is approximately A4 size, and for those that don't recognise him, it's Jay and an anonymous horse from Moonlight Retreat, a fantastic holiday cabin down on the Great Ocean Road near Apollo Bay. Coloured pencil on drafting film. Jay likes it, so we'll be framing this one to go, well, somewhere :)

And Baby Makes Three!

This is the last Snow Leopard for a while :) It was a bit larger, about 12x18 inches, drafting film, coloured pencil. Ref photo by Albert Valentino from pbase.

I have also just about completed my very first picture with a person in it. It's still freaking me out somewhat, so stay tuned...

Snow Leopard #2

I can't think off a snazzy title for him! Any suggestions gratefully received :)

He's a smaller one this time, only 6x8". Coloured pencil on drafting film, and the reference image was from the fantastic Albert Valentino - he has a whole heap of new photos I suggest you look at! It's easy to try to draw something that's been captured so beautifully.