Portrait of a very handsome Springer Spaniel - Work in progress

For my sisters surprise 30th meal I wanted to give her an extra special gift, so I thought what could be a better present than a portrait of her very handsome springer spaniel pup called Max. 
I thoroughly enjoyed this project and would LOVE to start doing pet portraits on a regular basis! - New business idea perhaps? 
Here are photos of my work in progress to the finished piece! I must say I am dry pleased on how he came out, took me a total of around 6 hours of many layers, textures and shading! Would love to know what you think.

 

 

Starting on something a little bigger..

Last night I set myself up on a board! Working on something at a larger scale than normal, it's a special commission for someone special. I will post up the process when able!
But here is the exciting blank canvas.

Sunday sketches

Just a couple of yesterdays Sunday afternoon sketches - Penguins, Jellyfish and ..Cats? Shows how my imagination is quite varied eh! Hehe.  

Birds eye view..

Just come across this that I painted last Autumn (another Autumnal affair) So I thought I would share it with you, It's a birds eye view flying over the suffolk countryside, of course. 
 I've always envied birds and their ability to fly whenever they wanted, catching a glimpse of the beautiful patchwork of fields and farm land that fill our landscape. For me to do this i'd have to hop on a plane every time! So, my imagination kicked in and I jotted this down. I think it's one of my favourite pieces and I may just include it in a picture book idea i have occurring in my mind at the moment. So watch this space. 

Dip Pen Pheasant Sketch

Driving around Suffolk over the weekend we came across a gathering of slightly confused Pheasants in the middle of the road, we had to drive very close for them to realise they may be in danger. I found them rather amusing to watch just 'doddling' around in circles not knowing where to go. They're beautiful but daft and have no chance escaping the hunters, I think. 
But alas they inspired me with their golden feathers to create this Dip Pen sketch which I plan to paint in all the colors of Autumn. 

(please ignore the frustrating spilled splurge of ink!) 

@Dailydoodle - Triceratops!

Todays Dino Doodle for the @daily_doodle dinosaur week! 

(lots of D's in that sentence) 

..I think he looks quite cheeky. 

'Skipping through the trees' - Todays Doodle

My lunchtime doodle of the day, a little girl girl happily skipping through the trees..

(excusey on the terrible lighting) 

#GBBO Iced Bun - fully sprinkled.

Decided the last photo didn't quite do it justice so I scanned it in and had a play around on photoshop brightening it up and making it shine. Scrummylicious!

#GBBO Inspiration.

I don't have much of a sweet tooth myself but having previously watched the Great British Bake Off  I suddenly had the urge to paint some Iced Buns! .. Don't they look delicious?

(excuse the bad quality photo, it was taken in the evening so not much light) 

Hello, again.

Okay, so here we go again. 
I once had a blog that sadly got lost in the midst in the wonderful (yet very large) 'World Wide Web' which surely i must have deleted? Any how, I decided I needed/must get back into it so i'd like to begin my new blog with just a few little Autumnal doodles I did this afternoon in my sketchbook, though we have only just arrived in September its not quite Autumn yet, to my disappointment that is, as Autumn is my all time favourite and I long to go on long walks getting my wellie's good and muddy! - My favourite days are when they're super sunny but crisp and fresh with that bitter chill in the air. Just delicious. 
So here I am today on what still feels like the left overs of summer, doodling away my wishes for Autumns arrival. 

(I have no doubt that there will be a lot of Autumn themed doodles and illustrations this month!)