Baby Giraffe drawing growing!

Another couple of busy days in the studio and you can almost see the full extent of this drawing,just a hoof to add to the giraffes front leg.I found the head and neck quite tough going as I had to work standing up,which is something I'm not used to when working in graphite but fortunately as I work down the giraffes body I can now sit making life more comfortable.

Baby Giraffe drawing update

A few hours more work in the studio and the baby giraffe is starting to appear.Most of the completed drawing so far is in shadow and next i'll start adding contrast in which should really bring it to life.

New large drawing in progress

Happy New year to everyone,i hope you've all had a fabulous festive break.Great to be back in the studio again after the extended break and working on another pencil drawing.This time the subject is a baby Giraffe and ive had to re-arrange my usual working arrangements to fit this large drawing into the studio in such a way that I can still work on it satisfactorily.the image itself is roughly 39" x 12" and ,as such,was too large for my usual draughtsmans board.ive created a new temporary drawing board from a piece of conte board cut down to precisely the right size for this one drawing.the whole board is then sitting on my oil easel so that I have to work on the piece standing up,its a little ackward but I'm getting the hang of it.I'm hoping to have it completed before I fly out of the country on the 19th of this month for an extended reference trip of a month in the Far East.

Merry Christmas to all

A Merry Christmas to each and every one of you.Thankyou to all for your generous comments and just for looking this past year.I hope you all have a peaceful Christmas wherever you may be.

Serval kitten drawing complete

Serval kitten  50cm x 30.5cm graphite and carbon pencils on paper

Sales at London International Horse show,Olympia

This weekend is the last opportunity to view a selection of my original works and limited edition prints on stand N26 the Collier and Dobson ltd fine art publisher stand.The show has run from 16th-22nd December and this year has been a very successful show for me with all three of the above images selling thus far as well as lots of prints including my latest release 'Watching' my African leopard portrait.I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry Christmas and hope that you will all join me here on my blog in 2014.

Serval kitten drawing almost complete

Progress with this drawing has been a little slow but luckily I have the festive season to blame for the many distractions over the last couple of weeks.suffice to say that i'll be very happy to have this finished before Christmas.