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Yey!  My first complete drawing of 2012  Martha the Giraffe Planning to get her framed to suit her colouring I think She will shortly be for sale on my new look website…..when I get it finished. I have a commission to do next It really will be my most creative year yet!

The eyes are my favourite part of any drawing and if I don’t get them right then the drawing is ruined for me.  Giraffe eyes are big and beautiful and full of character and an absolute joy to draw. You can see my interpretation so far: As I said yesterday, this drawing is taking a [...]

I took this photo on holiday and just loved the way this giraffe was peeking through the  compound and thought I would just draw what I saw there.  I have to confess I named her Martha….I just thought it suited her and I could not find out her name. Progress on this drawing has been [...]

A while ago one of my favourite artists, Andrea Joseph, asked for advertisers for her latest ezine. I could not resist as it meant she would draw the ad. What could be better for my first ever classified?   It is part of ‘How to Draw Like a Loon’ which is full of Andrea’s wonderful [...]

So far this year my creative streak is in full swing. I have been sewing and knitting as well as drawing. I want to do a series of close up images to allow me to draw more eyes and faces. Here is the start of the first drawing.

I have seen this a lot over the past month or so and it sums things up for me. I would love to tell you where it came from but I can’t track it down to one owner. Whether you think you are an art lover or not, we all love pictures, images, illustrations and [...]

Yesterday was the last day of my holiday and, as it was a lovely day I decided to head out with the camera and see what the day brought. Taking photographs is a huge part of my creative life as I draw from my photographs and photograph my work.  At the moment I depend on taking lots [...]