Trees and Seeds

This is a drawing made from a photograph that I took last Wednesday as I headed out on a longish walk on the downs. The trees may look familiar; they are the "Skyline" trees on Plantation Hill, featured in several of my paintings and drawings.

Sharon

Three quick portraits of Sharon, a friend who is organising an event at which I will be drawing portraits for charity.

From left to right: Conté, Derwent Drawing Pencil, digital drawing.

If you go down to the woods today...

2013 - Derwent Drawing Pencil on black paper (A3, cropped to ~A4)

Teddy bears can make interesting subjects. Many seem to have a character all of their own - especially the well-loved ones. Only one of the bears in this post dates from my childhood - but I had him before I was one year old, and he is certainly in the "well-loved" category. He's worn pretty well, though - I wonder if he's obviously the elder bear?

1998 - Derwent Drawing Pencil on white paper (A5)

1998 - Conté pastel pencil on white paper (A5)

A bit of car

This is an alternator that my husband acquired, disovered it was non-functional, and left in the garden.

Return to St. Peters Church

This is my second lunchtime sketch of this charming little church.

Garden Gate

A sketch before breakfast? Oh, why not?

Praa Sands - sketches

The day before we went to Marazion (Mount's Bay), the weather was dull but we were itching to visit the beach. The kids took their bodyboards; I took my sketchbook.

Self Portrait in Derwent Drawing pencil, on black paper

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Barnacle

Meet Barnacle, the Lifeboat bear. He usually sits on my car dashboard, but yesterday, during my son's guitar lesson, I let him sit on the steering wheel.

Derwent Drawing, cropped from A4