Happy (Belated) Mother's Day

I ♥ U Bear
5"x5" Coloured Pencil on Pastelmat

Happy Mom's Day!

Playing catch up here with my celebrations....all that special treatment over the weekend must have got to my head!! Seriously, had a lovely, lovely time and hoping all the other moms out there did as well.
In honour of our special day, I have finally completed this commission for an extremely patient client....Thank you so much Linda!

(I'll post the second half to this pair tomorrow)

Kitten Candy

"Kitten Candy"
5"w x 5"h
Colored Pencil on Pastelmat paper

This is the second of my whimsical Christmas still life. A little brighter, this ginger kitten is all decked out in her best green dress for Christmas, (as long as she doesn't get Candy Cane all over it!)

Kitten Candy is up for auction on Ebay!

"A Prezzie for Lizzie"

"A Prezzie for Lizzie"
5"w x 5"h
Colored Pencil on Pastelmat paper

Here is one of my whimsical Christmas still life completed.

She is beige-grey bunny dressed for Christmas in a mixture of dark browns, olive greens and reds with a touch of yellow thrown in.

This is colored pencil on Pastelmat, again just loving that surface for my pencils :-)

Miss Lizzie is up for auction on Ebay!

WIP - Christmas Cuties

Between Christmas commissions, I took a break and sketch out a couple of toy animals. These Christmas cuties will be finished off with color pencil on Pastelmat paper, similar to my previous Teddy bears. Hopefully, I can post the finished pieces by this weekend!

ACEO "Sunday Best"

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"Sunday Best"
ACEO 2.5" x 3.5" watercolour on HP paper

Okay, so it seems I am developing a little theme here...but this time it's Miss Kitty instead of huggable bears, although I think she is just as adorable, and all decked out in her finery. For church perhaps or a Tea Party :-D

I changed mediums here; this ACEO done in watercolour. I am trying experimenting with the pastelmat and coloured pencil at this size, but am still having a bit of a difficult time getting the detail I want. Might have to stay with slightly larger sizes with the pastelmat.

A Very Sage Bear

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"A Very Sage Bear"
5"x5" Coloured Pencil on Pastelmat

These teddy bears are talking.

I swear.

Each time I go into my studio, my reference pics of them call out to me..."Draw me, draw me..."
;-)

Here is "A Very Sage Bear...." Enjoy!

New paper-Pastelmat

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"Teddy Bear Blue"
Coloured Pencil on Pastelmat 5.75" x 5.75"

Here is my next pencil painting using my new papers, the Pastelmat.

This little still life was taken from some of my old reference material. Way back when.... I had the opportunity to illustrate some wonderful hand-made stuffed animals and got a few of them on loan. I took reams of pictures but unfortunately the job never panned out. They all were beautifully made though, even their clothes were especially sewn/knitted for them!

I am going to try another painting, but use both papers this time to show the difference, although right from the get go, I can tell you I love this pastelmat :-)