Toytown Gothic

This may be the first in a occasional series. It's a loose pastiche of the well-known painting by Grant Wood, American Gothic. My sketch is drawn in Conté.

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)

Heartstone

Some time ago, my young daughter gave me a heart-shaped pebble that she found on a beach. I kept it, and eventually I made these two pictures of it.