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Horse & head collar new drawing underway

March 11th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

Finally found time to say hi to my drawing board and coax my pencils into a serious work-out. After a week of marketing and organizing, I left them lying dormant! Definitely time to shake them back in to action.

Here the first steps in a new piece, non-commissioned and loaded with understated emotion.


Horse & head collar accurately describe the first scribbles done on Mellotex paper. I have used a 2B clutch and a little 6B in the dark areas.
Hoping to get another grand session in tomorrow (after sifting trough some paper work.)

Promise to post the result.

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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All about organising, thinking and preparing…and writing

March 4th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

As my solo show approaches at great speed, I’ve been running left and right, phoning, listing, planning, scheduling, correcting, stressing, tweaking, thinking and writing ( most probably all in that order!)

The writing has been the new challenging fun part. After months of work, my book “My Colours of Graphite. Black on Grey on White”, finally boasts dotted “i’’s” and crossed “t’s” and looking (nearly) ready to greet the big wide world.

Once a date for the exhibition was set, it seemed like a nice idea to bring out a small book- a retrospective covering the last 15 years of my life. A very special and sincere way to pay tribute to all the people who have believed in me and supported me along the way.

It’s looking great, over 80 of my drawings have come together to show the world just how powerful a single pencil can be. As you can well imagine my scribble friends are on a pedestal as we retrace the 15 years we have spent together.

The launch is scheduled for the beginning of April…. Stay tuned.
If you would like to pre-order your copy please feel free to send me a note at info@sheonahamiltongrant.com

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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“Hawk” Graphite portrait winner from Facebook

February 28th, 2010 | Posted in Debbie Flood

This is “Hawk” 8 x 10 Graphite Portrait. This portrait was created for Stacey Huston, a wonderful wildlife photographer who won this Graphite portrait through my facebook fan page contest! Congrats Stacey!

Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com

©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Calle’s second drawing portrait finished

February 25th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant
Untitled
Pencil on Paper. 34×46 cm
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Managed to finish this piece last week before the confetti and funny masks took over!
Calle’s portrait is now at the framers.
Can’t wait to see him behind glass all “poshed” up.

The tails’ swing and movement added the finishing touch I was looking for. The thickness of the hair pushing the movement forward towards the viewer. The size of the piece also adds to the over all feel of power.
Overall a nice result which I hope will make my patron smile.

p.s: please excuse the missing right boot tip…technical problems swallowed it…whole!

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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Taxi. New drawing of canine pup.

February 14th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant
Taxi
Graphite on Paper. 28×21 cm
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Taxi is little and full of fun and bounce. She settles down once and a while and when she does these are the wee eyes that peek up at you full of innocence and sincerity.

This portrait was done in December and a delivered over mince pies and Xmas cheer.

Will be taking the next few days off to spend Carnaval with my familly. The idea of being amoungst mad crazy costumes is strangely very alluring. So it’s one great big Helau from me (German festive cry at this time of year).

Back soon with streamers and confetti in my hair !!!!

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Dressage drawing: new progress made

February 11th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant


I’ve tacked him up.
Both the bridles and saddle have been added (still need refining).
The tail is still to be added. This is where I hope to emphasize his power and create extra movement.
I like the paper, not in love with it but we are good buddies.
The tooth allows for much faster results as not as many layers are needed to create darks. I’m not convinced I will achieve the detail I do with Mellotex. Only time will tell.
Back up to draw a swishing tail!

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Guest Artist Thank You

February 11th, 2010 | Posted in Karen Baker Thumm

“Tall, Dark and Handsome” 11×13 pencil drawing – prints available

I’d like to make a special announcement today and send a big Thank You! to Kelli Swan. Kelli is a phenomenal pencil artist who invited me to be a guest artist on her blog this week. Kelli is an expert at drawing a variety of subjects but mostly draws dogs and horses in her unique style. She sells prints and notecards as well as originals and can do custom artwork for you. Be sure to look around her blog and enjoy her wonderful art.

Pencil Art and Drawings

The drawing above is one which is included in the guest blog.

©Copyright 2009 by Karen Baker Thumm. See original post here.
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Dressage drawing in progress

February 9th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant


Here is Calle frozen in time.
The reference was taken last summer during his daily work out.

For this portrait I am using a Strathmore Bristol smooth and a lot of 6B pencil.
I don’t have a lot of experience with this paper. It is much toothier than I am used to.
So far so good…. let’s hope we continue working in harmony;)

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Graphite painting contest, win a free 8 x 10 of your horse!

February 6th, 2010 | Posted in Debbie Flood

Enter to win a Free 8 x 10 Graphite of your horse. Here’s how:

Go to my Facebook Fan page.

Suggest my Facebook Fan Page to your friends, by clicking to the left of the fan page, on “Suggest to friends”, invite your friends to be a fan. Then when you are done there, write a message in the status on my fan page that you invited friends. I will put your name in a drawing for one free 8 x 10 Graphite of your horse.

The winner will be announced Feb 15th. & Tell your friends they can enter also by inviting their friends!

This prize is worth $95.00

Here is an example of an 8 x 10 graphite painting.

This is a White Paso Fino. If you are interested in this Graphite work, it is available for $95.00 plus shipping. More Graphite’s can be seen on my Facebook Fan Page.

Thank you and have fun!

Debbie

Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com

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“Her big easy chair” Graphite painting of a Friesian

February 5th, 2010 | Posted in Debbie Flood

“Her big easy chair” 8 x 10 Graphite, $95.00. Inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thank you. Now if this isn’t a fairy tale scene, I don’t know what is! This is the stuff that little girl dreams are made of. The princes’ flowing dress, and the silver band that holds back the woman’s hair. And of course the big black horse to trot away on. This Lady is riding side saddle. This is how Ladies rode back in the day, when they were to be proper and lady like. I hope you enjoy today’s graphite painting. I am taking on Graphite commissions now, if you would like to have your horse created into a lasting memory. All graphites are created on an 11 x 14 white Stathmore Graphite paper. The completed image is in the 9 x 12 to 8 x 10 range, with no background, for $95.00 plus shipping.Contact me through my email when you are ready to book your special portrait. Thank you.Debbie

Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com

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Finnegan, new canine drawing

February 4th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant
Finn
Pencil on Paper, 18×14 cm
Sheona Hamilton-Grant. All rights reserved.
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This is Finnegan.
Finn is an Australian Cattle Dog mix.
Finni (as he is affectionately referred to) lives in Michigan with Kimberly Santini and her family.
I met Finn (cyberly) a few years ago and knew so little about him.
Finni is one heck of a character.

His Mum’s words draw a great picture:

“He’s a dear guy with a strong affinity for frisbee, snowflake and raindrop herding, and good neck rubs. Evan learned to read with him – they still snuggle together every night reading comic books or listening to music (Finni likes Green Day and Lady Gaga).
He takes squirrel patrol duties very seriously and also excels at yard work (picking up sticks and other debris alongside the kids). He sings along with “Happy Birthday” and the Michigan State Fight Song . He’s a great snuggler with the boys, moving from bed to bed during the night (he’d probably sleep with Annie, too, if he could figure out how to get up the ladder into her loft!).
He’s also learned to pick up the boys’ stinky laundry and put it in the hamper – however, we began discouraging that when we found him sneaking socks out and stashing them for a later retrieval (and treat).
He’s just a genuinely willing guy, eager to do whatever you ask at a moment’s notice. A quick learner with boundless amounts of energy.
Our household would be very dull without that crazy scrabble of nails on the floor, followed by that goofy face asking to be brought along for a ride…”

Finni’s portrait is on it’s way to his home … I wonder what he’ll make of it?

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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“His Royalty” Graphite Painting

February 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Debbie Flood

“His Royalty” 8 x 10 image size, Graphite. $95.00. Inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thank you I worked on two watercolors today. They both have been works in progress for awhile now. But I wanted something else to play with too. I was browsing through my images and found this Friesian with rider in costume, that my mother had taken the photo of down in Florida, a couple years ago. So I slapped down the paper, hauled out my Graphite pencils and away I went. I have recently been chatting with another artist that I met online and the subject of Zorro came up, and the Friesian horse, so I will dedicate this painting to my new artist friend! This reminded me of that conversation.

Have a great rest of your day!DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com

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Laureus signed, new equine drawing

February 1st, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

“Laureus”
Pencil on Paper, 27×36 cm
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What great company he was, alert, attentive, kind and oh so handsome.
Here’s the finished result of another good week’s work.
I wanted a three D effect.
In order to achieve this I pushed the contrast in the neck and accentuated the detail on the nose . I also used a large format so when the portrait is seen “live”, Laureus really comes into the room.

There will be a little canine study next. Running off up to the studio to finish him.
Have a great Monday.

©Copyright 2009 by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. See original post here.
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Back To Easy Rider

January 30th, 2010 | Posted in Karen Baker Thumm


“Easy Rider” 11 x 14 pencil equestrian drawing

Well, it seems that my little painting of the JRT has made a hit. His owner sent me more photos of him and her new JRT and has given me permission to use one of them for a painting. It seems that I may be going to the dogs these days.

But, in the meantime, I made more progress on Easy Rider. I had hoped to get enough of it done to use in an ad in Horses In Art magazine, but a lingering sinus infection has slowed me down for the past week. So, I sent in another image instead. If you aren’t aware of this magazine, it’s a real treat for the horse art lover. You can subscribe online, too.

This dressage horse equestrian drawing will need some tweaking yet, and the background needs to be finished, but it’s coming along nicely now. Considering how long it’s lingered in the studio, that’s a very encouraging thing!

After an unusually long January thaw, we’re now back to real winter, with strong winds and blowing snow and icy roads. I’m SO glad I got new tires on my Subaru three weeks ago because they saved me from an accident soon after. The car ahead of me lost control on black ice when he put on his brakes (not a wise thing to do), but I was able to slow down enough without a bit of sliding to avoid him as he ran into the snowbank. Whew! Good winter tires DO make a difference!

At any rate, the weather makes the studio a cozy place to be on a blustery day, and I’m busy planning my next work to land on the easel or drawing board. Today we ran errands in Traverse City, and I picked up a new AC adapter-charger thing for my laptop. Now that I’m back in the studio fairly regularly, I’ll need it for viewing reference photos beside the easel. I have so many great digital photos to work from now, and I’m anxious to create some great art from them. I plan to create a series of Horse Show Dogs paintings in addition to the horse art works.

That’s all for now, folks. Have a great weekend, everyone!

©Copyright 2009 by Karen Baker Thumm. See original post here.
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Shameless trumpet blowing…

January 29th, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant
“Complicity”Graphite on paper, 37×26 cm

copyright Sheona Hamilton-Grant

Please forgive me should this sound off key: not the world’s best trumpeter…

Two of my three entries have been accepted to this year’s Art Show at the Dog Show.
It’s tremendous news which has brought one beaming smile to a winter trodden morale.

“Tall Grace”

Graphite on paper, 39×22 cm

copyright Sheona Hamilton-Grant

Complicity and Tall Grace will be packing their bags (or rather packed into a crate) and flying off to the other side of the water, to Kansas.
Yipee!

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Moving Forward

January 29th, 2010 | Posted in Heather Anderson


The title says it all. Sometimes you just know it is time to pick up the reins and move forward, and for me, the time has come. I have an idea where I’m headed, but I know there will be lots of wonderful, serendipitous surprises along the path. It’s not such a different path from the one I have been on . . . still painting dogs and horses and cats, still using watercolour, a little graphite now and then, and some coloured pencil, but the approach needs to be different. My approach to painting and my life in art needs to be a bit different too. When new things are being gathered in, some old things have to go, and I’m doing some closet cleaning, so to speak. Things that haven’t been working are on the way out, and new ideas and ways of doing things are being implemented. It’s also time to houseclean the people who treat me in a negative way. After all, I have a wonderful cheering section (and I cheer for them right back) of friends who enrich my life, and I hope I enrich theirs. In this fast paced world, they are the ones with whom I want to spend time (real and cyber). So as the New Year unfolds, I am moving forward with optimism and confidence. We’ll see where this new trail leads. This 8 x 10 quick graphite of a Morgan Horse is already sold, but small matted prints are available.

©Copyright 2009 by Heather Andserson. See original post here.
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Laureus in the midst of circles

January 21st, 2010 | Posted in Sheona Hamilton-Grant

This last week has seen me spin around in the strangest circles…keeping me both on my toes and at the loosing end of time management.

Amazingly, there have been scribbles and crosshatching appearing on the drawing board.
My subjects’ name is Laureus.
He’s a rising star.
A gorgeous model.
An inspiration.



These are the first 10 hours into the drawing. I’ve decided to go big.
The tools used:

  • surprisingly only a 2B with a touch of 6B for the very dark areas.
  • Layers, lots of layering.
  • Mellotex paper (in Super white) available from Mike Sibley

I’m not sure how many more circles I’ll spin this week… hopefully not too many and I’ll be able to post an update soon.
Now … what time is it?

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Norwegian Fjord

January 17th, 2010 | Posted in Bethany Caskey

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©Copyright 2008 by Bethany Caskey. See original post here.
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