Completed this illustration for Christmas, so only now posting! I loved painting this original illustration. Used various separate photos for reference. On a5 Aquarelle watercolour paper, using Windsor and Newton ink and Windsor and Newton professional watercolours.
I took a few photos earlier this month of some local dogs swimming in the slipway, which then inspired some doodling... Shake it off! 💦 Ballpoint pen on cartridge paper. This is a sketch of a lovely retriever named Ben, who has been launching himself into the local slipway for his daily swim for as … Continue reading Some ballpoint pen sketching…
These were created following a suggestion by my mum during lockdown. I had a play with a couple of pen and watercolour sketches of sloths, with the idea of creating a captioned illustration for my Redbubble shop. Sloth, pen and watercolour. Sloth, Pen and watercolour. I loved painting these, sloths are such characters and have … Continue reading Sloths, pen and watercolour
This was created during lockdown and was based on a photo of a raven I'd taken last year at Suffolk Owl Sanctuary. Corvid Confusion, PaperMate InkJoy ballpoint pen on paper. The reference photo I used wasn't great quality - a bad combination of a slower shutter speed versus a darker enclosure behind bars, but it … Continue reading Corvid Confusion, ballpoint pen
Another drawing that has been on my to-do list for a while! Pastels on Pastelmat. I love PastelMat paper - it's now my favourite base when working with pastels, as the chalk sticks to it so well. I generally use a mix of Conte Crayons for their definition and bold colours, and a mix of … Continue reading Guber, pastels
Sakura Pigma Micron pen and Winsor and Newton watercolours on smooth watercolour paper. This was completed following a request from a friend. I worked from a supplied reference photo, and although I had a little trouble getting his colouring onto paper, I love how it turned out in the end!
Guber, Pen and Watercolour on A5 watercolour paper. This sketch was created for a work colleague using a few of her photos of her cat as a reference. I used Sakura Pigma Micron pens for the initial sketch, then added colour with watercolours.
A few photos I've taken around the UEA campus over the past month. Most of these have already been shared on social media as part of my '365 Day Art Challenge'.
Broke out my watercolours for this, as felt I needed some bright colours while looking ahead to Spring on a cold and dreary winter day! Spring Geese, Winsor and Newton watercolours and Sakura Pigma Micron pen on Daler Rowney Aquafine paper. Photo reference from Pixabay.
I quite often start drawings and then put them to one side for a while before going back and finishing them. I started this drawing earlier this year at a local pastels workshop, using my own reference photos that I'd taken of a black swan cygnet in Dawlish in 2017.
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