Wip Wednesday

Something I am working on at the moment: Hartmann's mountain zebra. Currently sketched on Saunders Waterford high white watercolour block. It will be painted with watercolours later on this week.

Work in progress Wednesday

This is a work in progress of my Chapmans' Zebra painting. Acrylics on a Fabriano Pittura pad. Its unusual for me to work with such a muted colour scheme.

Sketching Saturday

This is one of (hopefully) a regular schedule of blog posts. Sketching Saturday, every Saturday i intend to post any sketches that i have worked on during the week. It could also be Sewing Saturday but i haven't done any sewing for a couple of weeks now :(

For a change i decided to dig out some photos i had taken of zebras, with the intention of learning the difference between the different types. Marwell Zoo happens to have 3 subspecies: Chapman's, Grevy's and Hartmann's Zebras, however i have only managed to get good photos of two of them.

This is a Grevy's Zebra, lots of stripes.










This one is a Chapman's Zebra, really big black stripes, easier to draw lol.

Second drawing of the Chapman's, on Pittura Acrylic paper ready to be painted in acrylics. Refined the sketch as the jaw was too long on the first sketch and the mouth wasn't right.

And here is a finished sketch of a Bald eagle i drew over 2 weeks ago and forgot about, whoops.

Another Chainmail bracelet

Using blue, light blue and purple jump rings.

I made this one just a bit longer so its easier to get on. So pretty :)

Adventures with Chainmaille

Or Chain mail, however its spelt.

Byzantine weave, this was tricky to get started but once I had the technique down there was no stopping me.

100 silver rings and 48 coloured rings to make an 18cm bracelet. Just under 2 hours to make. Makes a nice changed to work on something different and new, i can see more chainmaille projects in the future lol.

Valentine Dragon

I made a big sister for my two dragons:

See what i mean about big?

It wasn't intentional to make her bigger, but i wanted her to stand up and hold something and she just ended up being that big.

Wings! my first time putting wings on and i am pleased with them.

I really love the tail on this dragon. Made completely from Fimo polymer clay.

A heart for you.

Blue Dragon

Still practising making dragons, this one i like the neck but i think its body is too big and the head to small maybe.

Front view, At least this one didn't split in the oven this time.

Made with a different brand of polymer clay; Premo by Sculpey, it was nice to work with, not too sticky nor hard.

The blue one is just a big bigger then the brown one.