I've run out of hares, so I had to make some more. These paintings were made primarily from ink with touches of watercolour here and there along with some white pen. I've started to invert the colours on images that I use as references which is helping me create some interesting results.
Chameleon Commission
As a result of my first little pop-up gallery, I received a commission to paint a chameleon for a child’s bedroom. Four paintings, a lot of frustration and one week later, here he is! I tried a few species of chameleon to draw but I thought this veiled chameleon looked especially pretty.
I used Indian ink first, then I let it dry overnight. In the morning I painted the chameleon with ink and watercolour, then finally added the background and white pen.
My First Pop-up Gallery
When you spend your days immersed in creation, splashing paints and playing with putty rubber, it can be easy to miss just how far along you’ve come.
So, with just a bit of hesitation I took along some of my favourite pieces from the last year to my first event, the Colliers Wood Pop-up Gallery. And it couldn’t have gone much better. The organisers generously gave me a stall to set-up my prints, greetings cards, and original watercolours. It helps to look back, to look back and say “I made that!”
I met lots of other talented artists and bumped into my amazing college art teacher too.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by my stall, asked questions, said kind words and gave a new home to one of my pictures. It was a huge amount of support, all of which I am very grateful for.
I am especially pleased that the Pied Kingfisher and Scribbly Hares found new owners.
Spring Hare Studies
It's April, so obligatory hares this week! I work in a giant supermarket, a hub of inspiration with all those scan-able rabbit novelty things this spring … So here we have it, graphite and pen continuous-line drawings of hares on sugar paper and card. Remember to click or tap on the hare-y face you want for the un-cropped version, enjoy!
Companion Bird Studies
Ditching the watercolour painting this week in favour of a more relaxed sugar paper session. Still continuing on with my continuous-line drawing I was able to produce a cockatiel, budgie and poicephalus parrot using black and white pen.
Peacock Studies
What annoys me about watercolour painting is that is loses my lines. I have really got stuck into the continuous-line drawing, when I finish the drawing on the watercolour paper thinking it would make a nice painting — it doesn’t. It masks the drawing underneath and it is so frustrating.
So I tried something a little simpler, using sugar paper, graphite and pen I was able to showcase my lines and reveal my peacock — and I'm happy with it!
