WIP 3

Worked on this for a few hours today after a weekend lay off, I hope to have most of this poodle finished by tomorrow, then its on to her sister...

Poodle Commission WIP 2

As I'm away in London over the weekend I will be unable to continue working on this commission until Monday, so I thought I post were I'm up to after a few more hours, still a long way to go.... but it's starting to take shape

Poodle Commission WIP

I've had to put the Spaniel drawing to one side whilst I work on the first of two commissions I've received, both have to be completed by Xmas 18th Dec to be exact, The first is a head study of two Poodles, the owner has given me permission to show WIP updates on my blog, This is where I am after the first few hours, all comments welcome.

Spaniel WIP Cont'd

Due to other work commitments work hasn't progressed very far with this drawing, though I hope to have it completed within the next couple of days.

Spaniel WIP Cont'd

Note to self!! ''always draw from reference material which shows dog with mouth closed'' A little more work completed today, with hours spent on dogs mouth hence note to self!

Springer Cont'd

Work is progressing slowly but surely, as you can see I'm now onto the area that made me take on this drawing the wavy hair on the ear's, i've soon realised that this cant be rushed, and you have to let it develope as you go along.

New Drawing new challange

I have a new drawing on the board today and a new challenge, I realised that I have as yet never drawn an animal with wavy hair, so searching through my files of dog pics I came up with a Springer Spaniel, before drawing commenced I also pulled out my drawing bible, 'Mike Sibley's Line to Life'' book. I had forgotten that on the front cover is a Spaniel similar to the one I am about to draw, I wanted to make more effort on the eyes and hair texture so spent a couple of hours re-reading the relevant pages. This is where I've got to after a few hours, and will post more as I go along, as always I look forward to any comments.

''Jack'' Completed

Im calling this finished, I think if I play about with this any more I will do more harm than good, its not 100% as I wanted in fact its a long way from there, but for a first attempt at a portrait I'm reasonably happy, iv'e learnt a few things on the way and that makes it all worth while, it will be interesting to hear what Jack has to say himself!... finished size is approx 8 x 7 inches drawn on mellotex off white paper using 2h, hb, and 2b mechanical pencils

''Jack'' WIP Part 3

Just a progress update on this portrait of Jack, hope to have it completed by tomorrow...

''Jack'' Work in Progress Part 2

This is where I'm at after a few more hours work on Jack, still working on the shading to create the form, but its slowly coming together, I suppose the the real test will be Jacks opinion when he view's it.......

''Jack'' Work in Progress

Something new for me, a portrait! Jack is a tattooist and artist, friend of my step son, and of the family, I think he has great character in his face and hope to capture it with this first portrait attempt, Ill post more as I go along.

Pecking Order Completed

Finally finished my latest drawing today, I think as much time was spent getting the grass looking right as was spent on the Rhino, but at least I have it somewhere close to the desired effect, Titles I may use are either ''Pecking Order'' or ''Stepping out'' unless something else is suggested. Drawing size is 16 x 10 inches approx, drawn on Mellotex off white paper which is my favourite as it gives warmer tones to the drawing, time was approx 35 hours. I look forward to recieving any comments and title suggestions.... ( As you can see I've decided to go with Pecking Order)

Do I hate drawing grass!!!

I must have drawn this grass 15 time and just cant get the hang of it, I know how i want it to look but just cant get there.... from now on no more grass in my drawings. if you want to see how grass should look check out Nolon Stacey's blog page...

Almost there

As you can see the face is now taking shape, a few more layers to go to get the definition and form I want to achieve, then its onto the grass which is my biggest fear, I always have probs getting it to look like real grass

Update on WIP

Slowly getting there! progress is slow as I have to apply a number of layers to achieve the desired skin effect, this I am doing section by section before I move on as I dont want to be working on top of completed areas, even though I use a paper hand guard, I Hope to post more tomorrow, all comments welcome.

New Work update

Not a lot of progress over the last few days due to other commitments, but the Rhino is starting to take shape, will post more over the weekend.

New Work Day 2

It looks like little progress has been made, but I know that this drawing is going to take around 50 hours to complete, this is due to the fact that to achieve the correct skin tone on this Rhino, I need to lay day a number of layers using 2h, hb & 2b graphite, and then more layers to achieve the texture and form I require, so progress may be slow but I hope you enjoy seeing it all come together. I have included a close of of the horn which still needs a little work.

New Work on the drawing board

Not a lot to see here yet but this pic gives you some idea of the size, the paper is A2 Mellotex as always, no title as yet but a few floating about in my head, more will be revealed as the drawing progress's

Cheeky Girls Completed

Cheeky Girls completed in approx 20 hours, drawn on Mellotex paper, finished image size is approx 14 x 10. already had this one mounted and its being included in the selection of drawings I'm submitting to the Nottingham Society of Artist, this is in the hope that I will be excepted as an affiliated member.

'The Cheeky Girls' aka 'Mavis and Olive'

Well I didn't get very far working on this drawing at the exhibition, but it was great having so many people interested in the way I work and wanting to talk. So I picked up the pencils again today for a few hours, As you can see I've changed the title a little to The Cheeky Girls aka 'Mavis and Olive' these are the nick names for my wife and sister who are not only sisters in law but also the best of friends, and I suppose could be thought of as a couple of old birds! hope to have it finished by tomorrow. all comments welcome...