Thursday, October 29, 2009

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Dog Montage Drawing- work in progress


After taking a "break" due to an Art Show last weekend, I took a moment to complete the centre pose early this morning while everyone was still sleeping. Like many, I work best when undisturbed as any distraction can break my focus and cause me to abandon the work for another day or more.

This image is rather pale compared to the original. The final scan will better represent the actual portrait.

Now it is off to another smaller pose...

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Dog Portrait update


Molly's center pose is almost complete. The short fur on her face was painstakingly added one hair at a time but well worth it as I like the overall effect it gives to this drawing. Once again you can click on the image to see a jumbo view.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Architectural-type graphite drawing...something different


I've been wanting to draw a structured, high contrast piece for sometime now and I've had the opportunity to work on this for about 5 hours. This type of subject does not require my concentration as much as when I am working on an animal piece and so I choose to work on this when I want to simply relax and feel no pressure. I simply follow the lines and apply different shades of black. What could be more simple?

Dachshund portrait update


I am working on the main central pose for this montage portrait. Drawing the gazilions of hairs truly makes the time fly buy! Click on the image to see a jumbo view of the details.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Dachshund portrait (montage) part 1



I've been busy lately working on several pieces at once...including this graphite pencil commission of a montage of "Molly", a dachshund dog. This portrait (12"x22") will feature one larger central pose surrounded by 4 other smaller poses. Shown above is one of the smaller poses of the dog sleeping that I just finished today.

The other projects I'm working on will be posted shortly on my blog. One is a painting of a shitzuh show dog in pastel, and the other is an architectural type graphite drawing of one of Canada's iconic landmarks.