Saintly

Just a sneak preview of a detail of what I'm sending to CPSA competition. I'm running very close to the deadline but should have it finished & entered soon. I scanned the progression of the work & will post that as soon as the artwork's entered. (Prismacolor on Stonehenge paper)

Saintly Model

This drawing I really enjoyed. Minnie was finally snoring loudly, deep asleep, so not moving. I was able to draw carefully with an ink pen w/staff and a bottle of ink. It had been a very long time since I'd practiced this. Again, there's no pre-drawing with a pencil, just concentration and observation. Each stroke counts, but I was loving the feel of the medium.

Saintly Model

Here's Minnie, new position, but snoring again. This is bamboo brush with ink. I loved returning to a medium that I used to use. It's great for reconnecting with drawing skills because each stroke must be "seen" on the paper ahead of time. There's no pre-drawing in pencil here, just ink & brush & observation of the model.

Saintly Model

Minnie finally settles into a position, snoring, presenting herself as a great model. This is Ebony pencil on drawing paper.

Saint Asleep, as model

Minnie, our St. Bernard, acting as my model as I work in Conte' Crayon. She began to shift around, so I abandoned this drawing.

Poodle

This fellow was snoozing between shows at a dog show I visited a few months ago.

Jazz

Jazz has come back home to Monroe, Louisiana. She's staying in the family and will soon be worked with a professional trainer.

A Change in the Wind

SOLD! (October 2011)
watercolor on watercolor canvas

Are Those New Shoes?

pencil on paper, 7" x 5"

Horse Silhouettes

This is also a prototype of the wall sculpture/drawing going to the Southeast Arkansas Arts Center. The final piece will be about 31 inches high and 10 feet long, with drawings of horses within the silhouettes.

This is the prototype for my wall drawing/sculture which will be approximately 31 inches high x 11 feet long. There will be hundred's of horse drawings within each horsehead. This work, along with three other large, new pieces, will hang at the South Arkansas Arts Center, in January 2011, an exhibition of three women artists: Donna McGee, Tommy Sue Slaughter, & me.