A GIF tryout

A picture from sketch to paint I very roughly tried to put together to make a gif 

Wolf in sheep's clothing

Pretty poor attempt at depicting the phrase, a wolf in sheep's clothing. It was meant to just be a rough sketch for a commission. Just some brain storming, thank goodness, so I can forgive the misproportions. :D  

Dragonfly

No people this time, but a ... dragonfly. It landed in my balcony and didn't move for nearly the whole day. It seemed like it was dead but its legs moved briefly when touched. But it didn't fly and let the breeze turn it over on its back and move it around without any resistance. Anyway, it was nice and intact and still for sketching.

When I returned to it later it had disappeared, so I'm hoping that it was just heat exhaustion, and that it had gained its strength back and flew away!

A painting based on a nature reserve not far from my house in Bristol. I have seen so many urban foxes around this city! Was trying to think more about shape - big and little, pointy and round shapes...

Finding directions

Unfinished doodles...

Watercolour imaginary landscape

A few drawings

Quick vacation sketches

My favorite tree

The Ponderosa Pine is my favorite tree in Yosemite. Its bark (left) looks like jigsaw puzzles. It was named by Spanish explorers who thought it looked heavy and ponderous.  

girl in bright pants WIP

Reworking a canvas from 2012

This was a boring painting (stylized mountain scene from when I lived in Switzerland) that I knew I would change one day, but didn't quite know what to do.... A few days ago, I added the top layer of thick, dark blue lines. I like that it sort of feels like knotted mangrove trees. To me, the white things are cloud-like, but a friend said it looked like dolphins entangled roots or something.  I think it's done, but who knows. :)

I've sold a few cards to people who aren't my friends or my mum, since they went into the shops. This one is the most popular..by which I mean have sold 6...People like cats, I conclude!

Sketchbook messing around

I haven't done any art this week, been more focused on teaching plus exam season has started so earning some cash but very busy. Instead here's a picture my 11 year old student, Mia, did - it's a backwards story about WW2!

Just Practising Expressions :P

Sketchbook exchange with Jackie & Vicky

Vicky made a sketchbook and said the theme was "native plants" so I finished this collage type drawing/painting.

I'm uploading this one early cos I'll be away until late Monday, when we'll be driving back from visiting Reza's family.

It's the second illustration for the commission. Phew, think I'm done. Learned a lot and it was a nice process, but certainly not very money for time efficient! Hope she likes it! This is the one which Philip from Fine Art modelled for. 

Pumpkin Protection

I haven't been posting for a while because it's the hottest part of the year here now and so very exhausting. But there was a tiny bit of rain this week so here's a quick sketch of some people on a scooter I saw -not while walking (way too hot for that!)- while in the car. Apparently the heat was too much to wear a helmet, so they used it instead to transport a precious... pumpkin?

 

the first of the 2 commissions for somebody's story book pitch I mentioned a while back is finished!