Friday 18 November 2011

Meerkats finished

The Meerkats are now done and all I need to do is pack them up and send them off to their new home. I have called it  'The Lookouts'.




Wednesday 16 November 2011

Christmas present commission

I had to put the meerkats to one side for a few days so I could get on and do Orchid, for a Christmas present.
I have used a very limited pallet, it didn't really call for lots of colour and she looks like a monotone.
Pencils used: Karisma, indigo, goldenrod, burnt umber and a little pumpkin red in the eye.
Paper: Fabrianno Artistico HP
Measures approx, 10" x 8"



Now, back to the meerkats which is almost complete.

Pencil on toned paper

Here are a couple of experiments using graphite pencil and white coloured pencil, plus a touch of white gel pen on grey paper. I am reasona...