WINTER HARES

I have finally got down to doing some new pieces for etsy

and thought it might be nice to do some ACEOs.

I've been meaning to draw more hares
 and spied some mountain hares at the weekend while hill walking.

They don various shades of grey & brown and turn white for winter

Some of them are half way to turning white
 and others are already there.

We sometimes call them blue hares-
 for the beautiful shades of their coats.

I've done a series of four at different stages of their winter change,

hope you like!

I took some photos of the process....

I'm working on a very smooth watercolour paper

Step1- a quick pencil sketch

Step2- drawing with a dip pen in Indian ink,

 mistakes still optional!

Step 3-Add light washes of acrylic ink, small changes can still be made and final details picked out with the dip pen.  

The finished article!.

 I will be posting these in Imogens Attic on etsy later this evening.

Thanks Eliza!

http://elizakprints.blogspot.com/2011/11/handmade-for-holidays.html

One of my papercuts has been featured on Eliza K's blog along with a few other papercut artists.

Nice start to the morning!

I'm going to be busy over the next couple of days

making new work for etsy.

There will be new listings in my shop on Wednesday if you want to take a peek

London visit

Just back from a week in London.

We spent time with our lovely family

and did some touristy things.

 The Da Vinci exhibition was brilliant and well worth the 2 hour queue,

We also came across the Grant Museum,

a Zoological collection of skeletons, skins, taxidermy and things in jars,

facinating and sometimes gruesome, not recommended for the softhearted!

I

Talking to trees

I wandered through the trees this morning

and said hello to a few oaks stranded among the pines.

they nodded back to me and dropped a few leaves,

very polite.

I think this a place for dreaming big dreams.

Morning Glory

I often have a walk in the morning,

it gives me time to mull things over, gather fresh ideas

and generaly clear my mind of any clutter.

This morning  I collected a few things,

including some chanterelle mushrooms.

It was a golden , blustery Autumn day,

back home I painted some of the collection,

you'll notice there are no chanterelles,

I couldn't resist and cooked them in butter for brunch.

YUM!

This painting will be added to my etsy shop soon