It’s been a busy week here at the shed, and I’ve had no time to blog and hardly any time to sketch. One rare pencil drawing from me this week:
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Sunday Sketchblog #65
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged dog, drawing, illustration, pencil, portrait, puppy, sketch, sketchblog, sunday sketchblog on May 19, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Sketchblog #64
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged dogs, drawing, illustration, pen and ink, puppies, puppy, shiba inu, sketch, squirrel, sunday sketchblog on May 12, 2013 | 4 Comments »
A bit of a mixed bag this week… Pebbles has been to the grooming parlour and had his flowing locks clipped, so he’s not quite as much fun to draw at the moment…
Then I had an unwelcome visitor in my garden, who was nonetheless quite funny to watch (particularly when he couldn’t work out where I’d moved the peanut feeder to)…
…and finally another attempt at a shiba inu…
What I’m rapidly learning is that dogs with short hair are much harder to draw than those with long hair!
Sunday Sketchblog #63
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged birds, dog, drawing, illustration, pen and ink, puppy, sketch, sketchblog on May 5, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, you guessed it, it’s Pebbles again…
…a brief break for some birds (clearly need more practice with birds!)…
…and one last puppy sketch.
That’s all for this week, I will have to try and put something other than a dog in my book next!
Sunday Sketchblog #62
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged birds, daffodils, dog, drawing, illustration, komondor, orkney, pen and ink, puppy, sketch, sunday sketchblog, wildlife on April 28, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
More little sketches of Pebbles the pup this week…
Not as good as the last lot, I definitely think that the watering can series is my favourite so far. I ran out of photos to work from, so I turned to some other hairy beasties…
Meet George (the big one) and Hoolie. They’re komondors, and are owned by friends of mine who live in Orkney. Hoolie is one year old this week, and will eventually have a fully corded coat like George’s.
A couple more sketches, the last two for this book as I have finally reached the end of it.
I always feel a bit emotional reaching the end of a sketchbook, but do enjoy looking back at everything and of course there’s something exciting about a new book and all those blank pages to fill!
I think I’m on my tod for the Sunday Sketchblog this week, Hayley‘s got quite a lot on her plate, and Jenna got married yesterday so please join me in wishing her all the best!
Sunday Sketchblog #61
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged dog, drawing, illustration, pen and ink, puppy, sketch, sunday sketchblog on April 21, 2013 | 2 Comments »
I’ve finally found my muse…
This wee scrap of a pup is called Pebbles, and I sketched him for the first time a couple of weeks ago. He’s proving to be hugely inspirational for me, so expect to see more of him in my sketchbook in the future!
Sunday Sketchblog #56
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged daffodils, drawing, flowers, illustration, narcissi, narcissus, painting, pogle paints, sketch, timballoo, watercolour on March 17, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Another busy week here, topped off with a weekend of decorating and DIY, and to be honest I am so tired I’m amazed I’m managing to get this blog post out on time!
I loved Jenna’s sketch of an apple at various stages of being eaten, and so my little sketching project this week has been a vase of daffodils. I’ve been sketching them each day at around the same time, and having started on Monday I’ve only missed one day (yesterday).
I did actually haul my tired backside down to the studio very late last night with the intention of getting another sketch done, but upon close inspection the flowers hadn’t changed: it’s the first day all week that there’s not been a marked difference in them – clearly fate was smiling on me!
It’s my intention to continue charting the progress of the daffodils with a daily sketch until they fade entirely, so wish me luck!
If you’ve enjoyed this post then please visit Jenna and Hayley to see what they have in their sketchbooks this week.
Sunday Sketchblog #16
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged drawing, illustration, rabbit, silhouette, sketch, sunday sketchblog on June 10, 2012 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been very quiet on the drawing front this past couple of weeks, confining my activities with pencil and paper to the creation of potential new designs for my gocco. Part of the reason for my lack of productivity has been the state of my studio: it was an absolute tip. On Thursday I gave in and spent pretty much an entire day tidying it, which was fruitful in several ways. Firstly I now have room in which to work, secondly I now know where everything is (and, just as importantly, what I’ve actually got in there), and thirdly I came across a box. I’d clearly shoved it in there at some point to make more room in the house, and then forgotten about it. It contained some photo negatives, a programme from the Royal Opera House (signed by Darcy Bussell, very random!), a letter from the Queen’s secretary telling me that my letter had been passed to the Education Minister (I’d written to complain about Thatcher taking away the school milk), and this…
It’s beautiful, isn’t it? My dad often did things like this for me when I was little and I don’t know where they’ve all gone, this seems to be the only survivor. I love it, and I’m thinking of turning it into a gocco print. I think he’d like that.
Weekword: Bird
Posted in Weekword, tagged birds, drawing, illustration, sow & sew, sparrowhawk, weekword on June 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The lovely Sally over at Sow & Sew is the host this week, pop along to her blog to see who else is playing along.
When I saw the word Sally had chosen my first thought was of the birds which come to my garden. I don’t get many (thanks to the neighbourhood cats, and a sparrowhawk…), but I do take great pleasure in watching them when they do get up the courage to visit my feeder. Recently I’ve had great tits, and my house sparrows have appeared once more (they vanished for months after the sparrowhawk took one of them, right in front of my eyes!).
So, yes, I was going to post some photographs of the birds in my garden, but my camera isn’t very good when it’s zoomed in and the pictures aren’t great. What to post instead then? The answer was right in front of me. Literally.
That drawing (pencil on paper) was done by my dad, in 1971, and it’s hanging up in my living room. It’s been there for years, and yet I rarely notice it. I did notice it today though, and had a proper look at it for the first time in years. The detail is incredible, and it’s such a beautiful drawing. I thought it would be the perfect thing for this week’s Weekword, so here it is and I hope you like it. If you’d like to see another piece of my dad’s art click here.
Ready, set… gocco!
Posted in Print Gocco, tagged birthday card, dandelion clock, happy birthday, illustration, notecards, postcards, print gocco, printed wonders, puppy, stationery, xtina lamb on May 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »
You might remember that, a couple of weeks ago, I attended a print gocco workshop run by Xtina Lamb. I really enjoyed the workshop and fell completely in love with print gocco. Since then I’ve been thinking of designs (and buying up as many supplies as I can afford), and this week my plotting bore fruit and I now have a small range of cards available in my Etsy shop.
At the moment I have three designs: a birthday card , an illustration of a dandelion clock (entitled ‘Make a Wish’ ), and a playful illustration of a pup. Three very different styles, but I’ve been bubbling with ideas and couldn’t settle on just one style just now so I did a bit of everything! I’m planning to add more designs to the range but will probably wait another month or so before doing that (need to sell the cards I’ve already made first!).
Are there any designs you’d like to see?
Sunday Sketchblog #14
Posted in Sketchbook, tagged dandelion clock, illustration, print gocco, sketchblog, sketchbook on May 14, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Yes, I know it’s Monday but it was a busy weekend and there were exhibitions to blog about! I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about designs that will work with print Gocco, and here’s what I’ve got so far…
Looks ok, some fine detail but in theory this should work with the system. I’m going to pop down to the studio after dinner and see if it works (I had a bit of a failure trying to expose a master screen last week, which was hugely disappointing). If it does then I’ll post an update later this week!
Jenna, over at Timballoo, did manage to post her Sunday Sketchblog on time – go and see if she got calaised away with it all… 
