Portrait competition

I am very proud to announce that my pastel painting "German Shepard" was placed in the march portraitcompetition on PictureDraw.

It was given the 6.th place

You can see a WIP of this painting in may-june 2008 postings on this blog.

world of dogs - update

So - here you have another update. This progresses slowly (it is colored pencil after all), and I really enjoy painting the different textures in the composition. Thank you for looking.

world of dogs - update

World of dogs - update

Here are my latest progression - little grumpy face in the middle, don't you think ?

World of Dogs - update

I finally got time to work more on this

Blog Award

I am very proud to have recieved a Blog award from Vic - be sure to take a look at her beautiful animal artwork.

World of Dogs - update

Here is an update, worked several more hours on it.

The digi-photo is taken in late evening making the colors not quite true to RL.

World of Dogs - new update

Here is a close-up of the first pug. I've used 8 colors on this.

World of Dogs - update

I finally got a shot in daylight making the colors look much more true to RL - but you will have to accept the distortion then.

I've given the wall more color and started the first doggie

World of dogs - update

Here is an update - I do have a hard time scanning the colors to look like in RL. The reeds are to pink here

World of Dogs

So far my cadillac-drawing is still in the garage.

Instead I have started a drawing in a series that has also been on my mind for a long time. The themetitle is "World of dogs".
I've made several thumbnails, with different breeds.
This one is titled: World of Dogs "Good companion" - Pugs.

You can see I did alter the thumbnail composition a bit, like leaving out the dog at far left.

This is pure colored pencils on Hähnemühle Nostalgie paper. Size approx. 10 x 17.9 inches.

Story behind the picture:
This is a constructed composition, but I want to tell a story about these cute dogs; They are placed inside a livingroom, as they are not a breed that really have a job for humans, but instead another important role as being a wonderful companionship.

Eyes of the Wildernes I - Wolf

As I've changed the banner to this wolf drawing I better show you a small wip.
The drawing has an underpainting with inktense pencils. They are to be used as watersoluble colored pencils, and are very saturated in colors. But they are ink and therefor permanent.
Here you can first see my underpainting with inktense and then the finished drawing with colored pencils added. The paper is Artspectrum Colorfix, original a pastel paper with a lot of tooth, but I liked it for colored pencils as well.
Story behind the picture:
This wolf with his glowing eyes and diverse fur (due to shedding) really caught my attention and it is my intention to show the viewer a look of the wild beast within this magnificent animal.

A bit silent

I haven't been updating my blog lately - I know it. But the reason is I've put my Cadillac drawing on hold - it began to get a bit on my nerves. I do intend to return to it later on, but for now I need a break from it ! And at the same time a new idea demanded to be tested. Well, I tested - and it just didn't work out as I imagined. That just happens sometimes. I am not the kind of person who can work on more drawings/paintings at the same time. It just makes me less concentrated. So - I've started out a new drawing - so far an outline. It has taken me quite a while - gathering photoreferences, setting up a composition in thumbnail (the easy part), making it look fine also in scaled size -, but the lines are on the good paper now. I really hope this will work out: I feel I have used quite a lot of time not getting anywhere, especially due to the failed idea before this one.
I'll put something on the blog later, when I get the feeling this one is gonna work out.