Day 69: A really good drawing of fox cub:)

Well I was determined to come back with revenge on my own drawing. After the horse drawing disaster ( although people have been really kind to me about that one) here is a drawing I am really happy with. Instead of assaulting the paper with B pencils and smudging, I was following advice of an wildlife artist and drawing with H pencils from left to right so not to smudge, using a brush after eraser rather then hand to keep a crisp finish. Happy with that:)

Day 38: Star-Dog

Star-dog was my project for day 38 but as I didn't save it properly, pictures disappeared and then we had to go away and I couldn't rectify the situation. Now we are back and here he is, all toothy and happy. I had starts on my mind that whole day and it reflected in the work.

Day 35: Art-doll

Since I have been poorly for few days my making has been non-exsisting, fever and sewing machine are not best friends. Today, as I feel better and as my blog has been featured on http://makesomething365.blogspot.com/ yay!! I decided I am well enough to continue. I think I will just add these three days on and if it takes longer then a year to complete, so what...

Anyway, I went back into the studio and already felt that little devil called lazyness telling me that I was maybe feeling too tired and maybe not good enough and maybe I should go back to telly instead. Seeing right through that, I decided to make a clutch bag...yeah, if my fuzzy brain could put instructions together I would have made one. Instructions read as well as hieroglyphs so I abandoned that, instead I decided to make a doll. But not one of those complicated with all the joints and stuff but a one piece one.

This doll, who is still nameless is made in one piece following instructions by Mindy Lacefield, http://www.timssally.com/.

Basically instructions are as follows. Cut one piece of calico and draw a doll shape on it with soft pencil. Paint face with white acrylic and when dry use acrylics to paint in the features. Transfer shape of dress on to a tissue paper and cut out. Then glue scrap paper on top of the tissue paper. ( I used an old National Geographic) When dry, machine stitch paper dress on top of calico. When you are happy with your embellishments  add another piece of calico to be back of the doll, sew all around, I did not turn this doll so seams are visible. Leave one side open to stuff through or cut in the back.

When the doll gets stuffed it kind of changes appearance which I was a bit unexpected but fun... 

Day 29: Polar Bear

I downloaded a free app today with pictures of wild life and liked this polar bear so much that I made a drawing out of it. It looks kind of stoic, if I may say so :) Otherwise I have been painting whole day long and I am really tired now...

Day 28: Happy Little Horse

I'm posting lots of drawings at the moment because my work is taking me that way. I am actually working on an important painting, important to me that is, so I don't really have time to drag the sewing machine out as it tends to take up the whole day but it will be back. 

Anyhow, here is a portrait of an icelandic horse who turned out like a quite happy little chap, with a smile and all...