I completed this dog portrait yesterday - spurred on by the fact that I received another comission which is a bit of a rush job. This turned into a bit of a mixed media painting rather than just pure pencil, but when doing these portraits, none of them are the same and I have to follow what the image demands. I'm very pleased with how this has turned out and am hoping the receipient will be too. This has been executed using Derwent Drawing pencils, watercolour, and acrylic white, on pastel paper.
My next commission is of a toucan - about as far removed from a pet portrait as you can get, lots of colour to be used although I am only allowed to use the 8 pencils Derwent are sending me. This could go either way, be enormous fun or a complete nightmare!
Another rush job was a tiny knitted feather duster....luckily it was quite easy to manage. I had an hour or so to spare after that to get on with this, my lovely woad cowl. It's an interesting pattern, free with this month's The Knitter magazine, looks very lumpy in the early stages so I am hoping when I have progressed a bit further it will all come together. The yarn is beautiful, and must be rich with lanolin as my fingers are so soft after knitting with it!
1 comment:
The dog portrait is lovely. Can't wait to see your scarf. The yarn looks beautiful. :-) xoxo
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