American Kestrel - Pastel

American Kestrel - Pastel

This beautiful bird lives next door to us. 
Absolutely loved drawing this cheeky little chap who's called Pip.

Summer - Pastel

Summer - Pastel

Tried to capture my friends beautiful dog in pastels.
Those curls were quite a challenge, but lots of fun to do. 

Shetalnd Pony - Pastel

Shetland Pony - Pastel

This is the second of my friends Shetland Ponies.
Beautiful creatures to try to capture in pastel.

Shetland Pony - pastel

 Shetland Pony - Pastel

This was one of my friends beautiful Shetland ponies.
I loved the challenge of drawing my first detailed pony. 

Pen and wash

 Siamese - pen and wash

I thought I would have a little practise of pen and wash before we have our art group theme evening using this technique next term.
It's another technique I've fallen in love with! 

 Siamese 2

I enjoyed doing this pose in pen and wash.  My favorite bit was drawing the cute little paw pads.

 Siamese 3

Bengal

This was a challenge trying to get the bright colours on the lovely Bengal cat.

Blue tit

Blue tit - pastel

Feathers and fur and such a joy to do in pastels.  It was great fun to draw this beautiful little bird as a wedding gift for my friends.

Honeysuckle watercolour

Honeysuckle - watercolour

More fun painting flowers in this loose style. 

Clematis bright

Clematis - watercolour

More experimenting with washes of loose watercolour.  It's been a joy painting these lovely flowers.

Clematis

Clematis watercolour

Trying to experiment again with watercolours. 
I wanted to paint this wonderful climbing clematis we used to have in our garden. 

Lulworth Cove - Oil

Lulworth Cove - Oil 42cm x 53cm

I thought I would challenge myself and try to paint a seascape.  It was really quite difficult tackling the water, but I felt myself get to grips with it more and more as I worked.  I was quite happy with the result. 
I hope to paint more seascapes in the near future.  It was lots of fun.
  
This is based on a photo I took whilst on holiday at Lulworth Cove  a couple of years ago.  Beautiful place to visit.

Frosty morning

Frosty morning - oil

I painted this for a beautiful old gilt frame I had recently restored. 
This is based on a photo of the river near our village. 

Apples in pastel

Apples in Pastel

I painted these a while ago in watercolour, but wanted to see how they might turn out in pastel. 
Loved trying to get the shine to look right on the skin.