Busy, busy

Despite the apparent lack of activity here on my blog, I have been really busy in the studio.
I donated a couple of prizes to the launch of the super cool Neigh-Bours site and a show that was held at Glen Austin Stables.

A couple of the winners here... The chestnut is described by Adele as: one of the most amazing horses I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Her name is Maclean but we just use to call her Mac or Macaroo.

And a graphite of Prinz won for Cheryl...

Teddy

Teddy was Chyenoa's beloved Jack Russell. She describes him as being mischievous and naughty - simply in everything. That is exactly what you can see in his photos. He loved rabbits and bird watching! Hence the little Masked Weaver Chyenoa requested - giving Teddy something to look at. Chyenoa's other dog loves can be seen here.

Skye

Sally Ings writes of Skye:
I have raised a Border Collie / Australian Shepherd pup (Skye) to adulthood who is a serious bundle of energy and unlike batteries never seems to run down. She certainly keeps Landro (GSD) on his toes.
Sally has a coloured pencil portrait collection, these are her cats too.

Cute L'il Blockbuster

Here they are, the cutest dogs with beeeeg personalities. Peanut and Ruby were a pleasure to draw. Ruby being such an interesting colour and all. When I told Brigitte that I'd battled to match her coat colour, she asked me what colour she was. I replied "several!"
This project worked really well, the photo doesn't do the mini-portraits any justice though. They are highly detailed, but the colour pencil doesn't photograph very well!

Not quite a triptych

This is the centre piece of the Dachsie triple Colour Pencil portrait. Had to combine a couple of photos to get the composition I wanted (comp is on the left). The final size of each art work is 100mm x 150mm - the size of a jumbo photo. That's a lot of detail crammed into a small space. I really enjoyed drawing this - coloured pencils make such a change after using pastels for so long.

Shumba

I love the way cats get comfortable on the furniture, and look perfectly posed whilst merely BEING. Shumba is cocooned up against a mock leopard print cushion - quite appropriate, considering his name... Shumba is an African word meaning lion.

Dashing Dachsies

I met Ruby and Peanut this morning... two incredibly good looking Dachsies who live with Brigitte Cox. Peanut (lighter one) is a VERY busy dog. He's also a bit shy and not keen on having his photo taken, but I was able to sneak a couple of nice pics of him. Ruby is just beautiful, sweet and curious, making her easier to photograph.