Bold Beauty

This is my new latest drawing. It's a copy [NOT TRACED] of the cover of Bold Beauty, from the Winnie the Horse Gentler series. The only things I used were: paper, soft pencil, blending stick, and kneaded eraser.

Bengal Tiger

This is my most recent drawing, copied [NOT traced] from a tiger calendar. I think the hardest part was getting the proportion right. I tried to draw it as I usually would, just copying by sight. That didn't work so I turned both my paper and picture around so they were upside-down [like the top was faceing me]. Then I copied [NOT traced]. It worked out really nicely, I think.

This is the first cat that I've ever drawn that actually turned out OK. I was really surprised. I almost always use pencil for my artwork, as I did for this one. Do you ever wonder how you would feel if you woke up in the morning and realized that life really didn't mean anything at all? Or what would happen if you couldn't remember who you were?...

I've named this horse Amberetta, which means "beautiful jewel". This is one of my best drawings of a horse, although my scanner makes all of the shading a bit choppy. The legs were really hard to do, and as you can see, they are still a little off. Oh, well. As Aslan (from 'The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe') would say, "What's done is done." My mom wants me to try to sell some of my drawings at a local cafe, but I really don't think I am ready. My drawings aren't good enough yet. >sigh< Maybe in ten years. Or fifteen. Or fifteen thousand.

These are my shoes. They were pretty easy to draw, and I really enjoyed doing them. I'm not sure why, but I love Converse All Stars. I love to draw them, I love to wear them. They are so awesome!

Pointillism

After trying pointillism, I fount it very addicting. The only downer is how long they take to do! I'm usually a very impatient person, but I found this to be an exception. How they turn out is totally worth it, though. Of course they're not as good as "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat, but I found them fun and relatively easy to do.

Avamire the Unicorn

This is one of many unicorns I've tried to draw. I've dubbed it 'Avamire' for a cool location that I found in a book about unicorns. I'm a bit too old for this but they are really fun to draw and shade, while not being as common as a horse. This unicorn happens to be white, which is why only the necessary shading is done to make it look as realistic as possible. I'm welcome to any tips or advice; please comment if you have something to say.

My first art blog

I apologize that the image isn't the best; my scanner isn't the greatest. This is my first and only drawing of a White Tiger. I usally use pencils for my art, as I did now. Doing the leaves was no easy or fast work, and I had to darken the backgound more than once. I've been attending an art class for a while, and have been learning about shading and shadowing. If you have any comments or tips on how to make my art better, by all means, please tell me; I'd love to hear your comments.