Little Owl WIP

I started working on another acrylic painting this week.

I've had this idea swimming around in my head for a bit now and got a chance to try and paint it out. The image in my head plays out like an old storybook; a little owl loosely tied up in string surrounded by a few friendly (or are they?) rats checking out the scene.

I've still got a lot more work to do but I am pleased with the direction it is heading. Based on the outcome, this painting will hopefully be heading up north for an animal-based show in the spring... more info to follow :)

Have a spectacular weekend everyone!

Something New

I've been sketching a lot of rats recently.
'Home' is a quick little painting I worked on this week, but it isn't quite finished. Almost, but not there yet. I left my watercolors alone for this one and turned to an old friend; my acrylics.







Hope everyone had a fantastic Valentines Day! Onto the weekend!

An Inky Elephant

I cleaned out the area behind my art-desk this week.
After finding 3 secret-caches of ferret food, a rubber mouse and many nerf gun darts, I also found an old blank canvas. *Yay!*

I had been wanting to make an elephant of some sort, so this was perfect timing.

I used Pitt Artist pens for the black lining, and watery acrylics for the elephant. The background is a mix of acrylics and glossy gel medium, which I liked at first but I am not so sure about it now. It has a subtle sheen, but as it's a bit sticky I'm afraid it's going to suck up the circulating dust and get grimy. Another reason to experiment with epoxy-resin I suppose.

New work wednesday!

Wood, acrylics, gloss medium and a spray bottle. I love these things right now.

I am pretty interested in exploring this new process. I've always loved drawing lesser-celebrated animals (hello possum portrait!) and the method of layering the pigment with gloss has me pretty much entranced. I've started a few more pieces with heavy india ink application as well, but I've had to lessen my reliance on the spray bottle.

In other news, I am about 30% done with my sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project and am really excited to visit one of the tour locations. My theme is 'Time Travel' which has made for quite a few headaches thus far. Oh the paradoxes!

I am also trying to finally get my Etsy store up. I removed the store section of my website back in the summer while we were travelling and I have yet to find the time to put it back up again. I'm thinking Etsy might be an easier route at this point.

Moral of the story: So many things to do, so little coffee to be had!