The White Wolf

The White Wolf 

I have been working on a few commissions recently.....which are intended as Christmas presents for loved ones of the clients. As a result of this, I'm not yet able to display them here....as I dont want to spoil the surprise, should they happen to stumble upon them online. So for now, here is a mixed-media drawing I recently completed - it is worked in graphite and charcoal and depicts a beautiful White Timber Wolf at a water hole. It has been drawn from a photograph, and by kind permission of the photographer Carla Coulthard of
Carla Coulthard Photography. 

It is for sale online via the Affordable British Art gallery

Black Arab Stallion drawing......

Well, today I have been mostly finishing off a drawing of a black Arab Stallion. 

I'm doing a number of equestrian-related drawings to build up a stock for an Exhibition I am hoping to be granted in a new venue....so you might get a bit fed up of seeing horsey stuff for he next wee while. For me, though.....it is like going back to my first love....as a girl I was horse-mad...and when I wasn't mucking about in the stables and with the horses, I was often to be found drawing them.
Hope you like this one....I've put it in a double mount for now, and will get it framed nearer to exhibition time. Think I may just have some prints made of this one too.
Next up.....another drawing of Watch Out Jose.....a full head pose this time, rather than just his eye (see the previous post regarding the drawing of a close up of his eye). 

....and now for something completely different

 ...for me, anyway. I recently did a printmaking workshop with Sheila McFarlane in St.Cyrus. It was great fun. Here are the results:

                   

Back to (near) normal....

Oh dear.....what a hopeless Blogger I've been.....must (will) try harder (Hangs head in shame). In my defence....I have been incredibly busy getting ready for the North East Open Studios event. This is an annual event in which Artists from all over the North east of Scotland open the doors of their studios and workshops to the public. I've taken part in NEOS for several years, however, last year I had to withdraw due to experiencing a flood in my studio which meant  lost a lot of my work. So this year, I looked forward to getting back on the bandwagon.
I invited a fellow artist friend, Angela Arnold, to share my "venue" as she was having trouble finding somewhere to show her work....her own home studio being unsuitable.
In total, we had almost 70 original paintings and drawings on show, with repro-prints and cards also available for sale. 

Here are some photos of the artworks on display:

                                                                  

We had some fantastic feedback from the visitors, and both Angela and I made sales and received some commissions.....so I'll be busy painting and drawing in the coming weeks.....I'll post some photos of my work as and when it is ready.

Portrait of Rebecca....finished

I've been a bit quiet recently.....due to a family illness and bereavement....but I'm getting back on track now.

I've now finished the oil portrait of Rebecca......and here it is:

Her mum has seen it an loves it.....and as for Rebecca herself, well she just gave a coy little smile when we showed it to her.

I've also been working on a pencil portrait of a beautiful semi-long haired German Sheppard dog. Unfortunately he is no longer with us and his owner was heartbroken when he died. She only had an old, poor quality photo of him, so her husband commissioned me to draw him from the photo.... I do hope she likes it.

Here he is:

Portrait of Rebecca

Well, after an enforced break from the current portrait commission I'm working on to draw the Stallion below, I find my oil painting has dried enough to let me continue with the next layer.......unfortunately, this painting pre-dates this blog, and so I didn't start off doing it as a work in progress, so have no photos to show you of it yet. As it's almost finished, and is a commission, I'll wait till it is done and the client has seen and approved it before posting a photo here. However in the mean time, here is a photo of an oil painting of a yellow Labrador dog I painted a couple of years ago. Although alive at the time I painted it, Sebastion is sadly no longer with us.....but what a beautiful boy he was.....and very well known in the village where I live....everyone knew Seb, moreso than his owner Mandy, who walked him every day in the village.....he was such a friendly boy and without exception, when he was out with his owner for a walk, everyone used to stop and say hello to him. I miss seeing him around the village now.....but the good news is that Mandy now has a lovely chocolate labrador pup...and he is starting to become as well known as Seb was.

Work In Progress...........completed....I think

Stage 5

Well, it's now just short of 2am and I've finished.....I think!!

I've spent another 7 hours, in two sessions throughout the day and a third late this evening. I'm a little tired now, so I'm going to leave it for now and put it away for the next couple of days and then I'll have another look at it with fresh eyes. I find this helps to me to see anything I'm missing at the moment because I'm "too far in".....unable to see the wood for the trees...that sort of thing.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you've enjoyed this little insight into the evolution of a drawing. I've enjoyed doing this work in progress.....might think about doing another one soon.....just have to find a subject.