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Minggu, 26 Januari 2014

Animal Art Adventures

Posted: 26 Jan 2014 02:50 PM PST

Big Ben
52cm x 44cm, Coloured Pencil on Pastelmat
Original sold
Copyright Laura Hardie, please do not use without permission

I was looking at my blog stats the other day and noticed that last year was my worst year for posting since I started blogging back in 2006 – only 17 posts for the whole year! That's not good and if I keep it up I'm not going to have any readers left, so I have decided, in an effort to be more organised, Sundays will be my 'blogdays'! And I may even manage to fit extra posts in during the week if I surpass myself :)

Was also looking at what drawings I haven't got round to posting on here and Big Ben is one of them ……. finished him at the end of last year. As with most of my Clydesdale drawings I got the reference for Big Ben at the Royal Highland Show and I have to say he was definitely a favourite of mine and stood out from the other Clydesdales. He was such a character, oh so handsome, and very interested in me and my camera – he just had to see what was going on!

And I couldn't do just one drawing of him now could I ……. nope, had to do another which is currently on my easel waiting to be finished. Commission to do first though.

Copyright Laura Hardie, please do not use without permission.

Senin, 20 Januari 2014

Animal Art Adventures

Border Terrier

Posted: 20 Jan 2014 12:27 PM PST

Myrtle
10''x 8'', Pencil on Strathmore Bristol Smooth
Copyright Laura Hardie 2014

So with the Christmas holidays now over it's back to the drawing board for me and looking forward to what 2014 brings. I have some great commissions lined up and my head is full of ideas for drawings which will hopefully make it onto paper and canvas - definitely going to dust my brushes off this year and do some painting. Just need to make my mind up if I want to do watercolours, acrylics or oils …… or all three! If time (and money) allows, I'm hoping to have a trade stand at a couple of horse shows. This will be a first for me so a lot of organising there but I've got my application forms all ready to go. And then of course there are the exhibitions I want to enter work in to, so it's going to be a busy year. I may also have some exciting news to share with you all but more about that at a later date if all my finger crossing has worked.

Started the year off drawing this little lady, a Border Terrier called Myrtle, and what a character. Her wiry fur certainly kept me very busy for a while! Back to the smooth, short hair of a horse next.

Jumat, 13 Desember 2013

Animal Art Adventures

A couple I forgot .....

Posted: 13 Dec 2013 03:35 PM PST

Charlie
8''x 6'', Pencil on Mellotex
Copyright Laura Hardie 2013

I've been sorting through all my photos trying to tidy everything up and save them in various folders and came across two recent(ish) drawings that I realised I hadn't shared here on my blog. Guess that's what happens if you don't keep your blog updated! Anyway, here they are …….. both were commissions so have sold and gone to their new homes.

Sky

12''x 10'', Pencil on Mellotex
Copyright Laura Hardie 2013

Selasa, 10 Desember 2013

Animal Art Adventures

Gift voucher anyone

Posted: 10 Dec 2013 10:54 AM PST

10^thDecember and only 15 more sleeps to Christmas, I swear it's creeping up faster this year! I really must make a start on Christmas shopping and writing those cards that have yet to be bought. Another year where my promise of being more organised never quite happened! Glad to say I'm more organised with my work however and have all orders needed before the 25^th drawn and posted so I can now hopefully concentrate on other things.

If you're like me and looking for last minute ideas for what to get your loved ones then why not give them a gift voucher for one of my drawings ……… or maybe a Limited Edition Print. Just a thought I wanted to throw out there :)

Minggu, 24 November 2013

Animal Art Adventures

NEW Limited Edition Prints

Posted: 24 Nov 2013 05:17 AM PST

'Gentle Giant'

Limited Edition of only 50
Image Size: 26cm x 39cm

Mounted Size: 37cm x 49cm

£75

He's been a long time coming but I've found him – no, not the man of my dreams sadly but a fine art printer ……....... in Edinburgh! You would think in a city like Edinburgh, and with Google at my fingertips, this would be a relatively easy search but it wasn't. More a frustrating one. Anyway, search is over and I now have two new Limited Edition Prints available to purchase and ready to go to good homes.

'Serene Splendour'
Limited Edition of only 50
Image Size: 27cm x 36cm

Mounted Size: 38cm x 46cm
£75

Probably a bit early to mention the 'C' word, I try and wait until December for that, but they would be a great present for someone or why not treat yourself. For further details on both please email me.

Selasa, 05 November 2013

Animal Art Adventures

The Clydesdale

Posted: 05 Nov 2013 08:59 AM PST

Giant George
27cm x 36cm
Coloured Pencil on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper
Copyright Laura Hardie 2013

It. Is. So. Cold!! Definitely starting to feel the colder weather now. I've had to stop working for the day as finding it hard to draw with half frozen fingers but typing my blog post I can do.

A subject I am loving to draw just now is the Clydesdale horse - I have a huge soft spot for these gentle giants and always look forward to seeing them at the Royal Highland Show each year, where I get most of my reference photos. I finished two coloured pencil drawings recently of Clydesdales, both of which I am happy to say have sold - one is currently making its way to the USA as I type.

The Gentleman
28cm x 33cm
Coloured Pencil on Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper
Copyright Laura Hardie 2013

And on my drawing board just now …………. another Clydesdale :)

Jumat, 25 Oktober 2013

Animal Art Adventures

Should I stay or should I go.......

Posted: 25 Oct 2013 03:06 PM PDT

Gentle Giant

26cm x 39cm, Pan Pastel on Pastelmat

Please do not use without permission

Have been thinking a lot recently on whether to keep my blog going or not - I'm terrible at keeping it updated for a start and wonder if, because of that, I actually still have people looking in and seeing what I'm up to on here. Do I still have readers out there? I'm sure there are ways I can check stats to give me such information but, being the technophobe that I am, wouldn't know where to start on that. Note to self, I really must try and embrace technology more instead of shying away from it. Been told on numerous occasions, for one example of many, that I should be tweeting on Twitter but always assume it will be complicated and frustrating to get my head around so avoid it. Anyway I digress.

I blame Facebook. Totally. Since having my page on there I've spent my time keeping that updated with new work and information and neglected my blog. I've also sadly neglected reading other blogs as I follow so many artists now on Facebook. It definitely appears to be the way most artists communicate with the world outside their studio. Staying on the subject of Facebook, if you haven't yet seen my page and would like to follow my work there, I have a link to it on the sidebar to the right. Would be nice to see you there.

But then there is a big part of me that doesn't want to scrap my blog. I've had it for seven years now and it's nice to have that record of all my goings on both at the drawing board and away from it. It's a bit like a diary in that way. So for that reason alone I'm going to keep it going – for now anyway.

Was just reading over my last post and see that I mentioned working in Pan Pastels and that I had started a drawing with them. Well, it's finished and I can now share it with you, see above. I'm really pleased with the result considering it's my first. I'm familiar with pastels and have used them on numerous occasions but never the Pan Pastels and it was the huge, fat sponge tool applicators that took a lot of getting used to for me. I say 'huge' and 'fat' because compared to the fine points of my pencils that's exactly what they were and felt like. I thought there was no way I was going to get any sort of detail using them but the more I worked and played with them the more I learned and liked (also had the help of a couple of pastel pencils for the finer details but that's allowed:)) Was really enjoying myself at the end and I'm looking forward to using them a lot more in my work.

I've also finished a couple of Clydesdale Horses using coloured pencil and will share those in my next post.