More sketches...

I just finished this drawing of Pansy as she was falling asleep on my bed, she had one eye open and then her head dropped on her paws signaling the end of the drawing. 

I'm really enjoying drawing with black and white charcoal on toned paper. I paint the paper with a pastel coating to make a sand-papery surface which is fun to work on. The middle tone really helps me produce something effective in less time than on a white or black surface as I only need to add highlights and low-lights.

I copied this quickly from the illustration in an advertisement inside the Drawing Magazine.

Name Suggestions Please!

Now give me your ideas for a name for this painting. I call it Pansy Cat and that fits for me because my cat Pansy's nature is portrayed perfectly in it. However I am going to enter it in Southwest Art's Artistic Excellence Competition, and I need a good name to enter it as it has potential to hold a dramatic name. 

How dose the picture strike you? What words would you use to describe it? And what would you name it? I'd love to hear as many suggestions as possible! Thank you! =)

Pansy in the Window

This is a pastel painting I did some months ago and I'm not sure I ever shared it with you. It is of Pansy in our bathroom window. I was quite excited about it when I began. The bright light was pouring in and yet not shining directly on anything you can see except the curtains leaving everything else in shadow and reflected light. I liked all soft colour shades and the toned wallpaper. The taps are another part I loved doing, I just added those little highlights and they came alive. But I never properly finished it because someone laughed at it and then I suddenly didn't feel like doing anything more on it. Which just shows how fickle I can be and how the slightest comment can affect how any artist sees his work, especially if he had thought it rather good!

You can tell it was summer because Pansy is in her sleek summer coat. She's got a huge ruff at the moment.

Pansy Drawing

When I work in the craft shop in our local village I often take something to draw as it is not usually busy. It's really good because I have a full day which I can spend on one drawing which doesn't happen much at home. And only interrupted now and then to make coffee or sell something to a rare customer! 

I did this drawing of my cat (Pansy again though we do have four other cats to choose from! Pansy's the prettiest!) in the shop the other day and found out another benefit of working there, it sold before I was half way through drawing it!

Pansy Completed

Here is my Pansy finally completed. 

Done in pastel pencil on aprox. A2 mat board.