Part 6

Very little work has been done over the last few days due to other commitments, but thought I would show how I'm working on the background, grass has never been a strong point, so it may change to dust and rock along the way....

Part 5

Only about 4 hours work managed today, but I did complete the blocking in of the remaining leg and most of the shading, I also worked on the cub again. as you can see there is still a lot of paper to empty, my intention now is to fill in the background so they look like there walking across the Serengeti, due to other commitments, I wont be able to start the until the weekend, Ill post as soon as there is and update...:)

Part 4

Getting there, just the front right leg to block in and then tone, once the two lions have been finished its onto the background....

Part 3

Two WIP photos to show today, as my camera battery died on me last night, so I was unable to post. I have spent around 6 hours working just on the rear leg of the large lion today, this is due to the very small pencil marks I make to try and create the fur texture, this is achieved by a 2 layers of 2H and then tone and form is applied with a HB again maybe 2-3 layers, I then blend the two together with the
2H, the darks of the toes are drawn with a 4B, any thing that looks to dark is brought back with Blue Tac

Part 2

With this posting I'm sure you can now see where I'm going with this drawing, I spent a little time shading the cub and will go back to him at the end, the last 4 hours have been spent on the male lion, getting the fur tones and form on its face has been more difficult than I thought it would be, but I'm getting there, hope to post more tomorrow.

In his Fathers Footsteps new WIP

This is the first part of a new drawing, ''In his Fathers Footsteps'' this little cub is 5 x 2.5 inches and has taken approx 5 hours, the finished drawing should measure approx 21 x 14 inches, so there is a lot more paper to cover, I will post more tomorrow and hope you like the way the drawing and the story developes...

Fearless

After over 40 hours of drawing time, my latest work is finished, measuring 20 x 10 inches it is my largest piece to date, my biggest problem all the way through, has been to think of a title, so I looked through all my Pink Floyd cd's for insperation, when I reached the album that turned me on to the Floyd back in the 70s
''Meddle'' the track ''Fearless'' jumped out at me, it just seems the perfect title. Hope you like him, as much as I did creating him....

Wip 6

Only a few hours drawing managed today due to family and friends visiting, as you can see I've been working away at the rear legs, not happy with the right one tucked under his body, something doesn't look right so will have to work on that next time, hope you enjoy the updates and they are not to boring, look forward to your comments ( still no Title )

Wip part 5

Working my way down the body and bringing the rear legs into play, almost 30 hours and still going strong, but still no title!

WIP Update

This is where I'm at after 22 hours of work, and I would guess there could be another 20 hours to go, as you can see i've put down the first layer on his right leg and have also started on his left leg, the paws are the most trying part at the moment as there not shown on the photograph I'm working from, so Im using references from other Tiger pics, still no name for this piece.....

Wip continued

And so after a few more hours of work this is where I am with drawing with no name, most of todays drawing time has been taken up with the right side of the face and the whiskers, also managed to draw in some of the chest and right leg, more tomorrow I hope.

WIP

Not to much time at the drawing board today, but thought I would post an update, refined the whiskers a little, and for a change of scenery started working down the leg, hope to post more over the weekend.

Dejavu

Well here we go again, after 13 hours of re-drawing the Tiger I am approx back to where I was when it all went terribly wrong!! this time I have negatively drawn in the whiskers and hidden the indenter in the draw, I will refine them later... will post more as I progress.

A Lesson learnt!

This was to be my new piece of work, until after 6 hours of drawing I decided to attempt the first whisker by indenting into the paper, having practiced a few times with different darning needle points etc I made my first mark and knew straight away that not only was it not wide enough for the whisker in proportion to the drawing but it was also not smooth enough to give a realistic effect, I had considered drawing them using the negative drawing effect and now wish I had tried that first. I have tried to disguise the damage by drawung leaves in the background but in my eyes it still stands out and slaps you in the face, so this is now heading for the filing cabinet marked dustbin, and I am starting all over again.... not a waste of time really as another lesson has been learned.......

up close and personal!

Finished this piece sooner than expected, drawing time approx 25 hours, size is 8 x 5inches, drawn on Mellotex paper, using 4b, 2b, hb, and 2h Grahite, I seemed to have spent more time sharpening the 4b pencil than I have drawing, but I'm fairly pleased with the outcome, hope you like it too, all comments welcome.

New Work update

As you can see the head is almost finished, just a little amount of editing needed around the ear, then onto the body, I now see stripes when I close my eyes....hope to have this finished by the weekend.

New Work

It's been a few days since my last posting due to work and family commitments, but here is my new WIP, no prizes for guessing its a head portrait of a Zebra! I have shown progress over three days, with a close up of the eye area showing the indenting technique used for the eye lashes, drawn on mellotex paper, size when completed will be approx 8 x 5 inches.

Caught in the Act

After approx 35+ hours I'm calling this piece finished. Seeing it develop from the top left hand corner to a finish in the bottom right hand corner has been the most enjoyable part of this drawing for me, Image size is approx 8 x 5 inches, drawn on Mellotex paper which is the only paper I will be using from now on, due to its strength, I only used 3 pencils 2h hb and 2b, and lots of Blue tac, hope you enjoy looking at this as much as I did drawing it, all comments welcome.

English Setter ''Molly''

After a few more hours work, I'm calling this finished. I've toned down some areas and fine tuned and cleaned up others. Drawn on Bristol Board, image size is approx 7x5 inches which is larger than normal for me.

''Molly'' English Setter WIP

I started this new work yesterday, and as of this evening have spent approx 12 hours working away trying to get her looking right, she belongs to a couple of friends Roger and Marina, and was photographed by a mutual friend who gave me permission to use the image, there is another full days drawing and refining work left, until I can call her finished, so I hope to post the completed drawing tomorrow.