Hi everyone. Whilst we were on holiday I went into an art shop for a look round and I found an inexpensive book on how to draw woodland animals in simple steps, so I bought it and these are my first two attempts, totally drawn using the examples in the book, but I was pleased with how they turned out.
The squirrel I did whilst I was away and I only had some inexpensive watercolour pencils, but the mouse I did just the other day with my Intense Pencils and both were using a waterbrush to take the colour from the pencil. I did them in my sketch book and I always intend to just colour sparingly but get carried away and the paper, especially on the mouse, did warp badly otherwise I might have turned them into cards. Anyway here they are.
As someone has already asked the book I bought is called How to Draw Woodland Animals in Simple Steps by Susie Hodge and is published by Search Press. There is a whole series of them..in fact I nearly bought one on trees, but thought I would try this first. Thanks for visiting today and I'll see you again soon.
8 comments:
Oooh Pat, these are wonderful. I think I might need a copy of that book that you bought :) Your drawings and colouring are exceptional and I especially like the mouse, it definitely needs to be framed. It looks like you've found a new talent here, so I really hope that we might see more of your lovely drawings in the future x
These are beautifully done and I imagine you really enjoyed working on them. Shame about the paper buckling on the mouse, he deserves to be on heavier paper then he'd be fine for a card or putting into a little frame.
Pat, you are a wonderful artist, these are fabulous! Keep sketching! xoxo
Wow, that book was a real find for you, you made two wonderful and lifelike drawings!! Hats off, Pat! If you want the paper not to warp, wet it slighly on the underside with a spraybottle and immediately tape it ( maskingtape) to for instance a plastic plate of your cutting machine or something similar. It really does do the trick! But you need to use like 270 g/m2 paper.
WOW!!! Oh Pat you did a fabulous job here... They are amazing as is the colouring Well done to you!!!
WOW! These are just amazing, Pat. xx
WOW!!! Pat these are absolutely amazing drawings, well done you, and so beautifully coloured, you've got the fur perfectly, never easy to get right. I might have a look at this book, Kate x
AMAZING!! Your artist talent really shows with these adorable handdrawn and painted woodland animals, Pat! Great work!! xx
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