This is a quick graphite pencil sketch of Blue, one of my neighbor’s Irish Setters. Like most Irish Setter dogs, he’s terrific, friendly, always waggin’ that big tail. He was staring at me for attention when I snapped his photo, and when I saw the photo I had to laugh right out loud. Blue has one of [...]
Zoe, the short haired calico cat who has befriended the squirrel family, was taking a quick bath on the rock in the garden. I had to do this graphite pencil drawing of her very quickly, sketching her in first. I knew the trees and shrubs would remain long after she left the scene. However, I [...]
My neighbor recently adopted Sadie, a wonderful dog, a Basset Hound, from the local animal shelter. This dog has a very laid-back attitude about everything, almost like she’s the observer of life rather than an active participant. In this graphite pencil drawing I wanted to capture that attitude…you know, the “entertain me” thing. If I were going [...]
Here’s a graphite pencil drawing of my own dog, Keebler Alf, who is definitely a mixed breed dog! A mutt I found playing in traffic 17 years ago now. I have no clue what breeds combined to create this guy, but when I snapped the photo of him, he had taken over my favorite easy [...]
This is a graphite pencil drawing of Joey, a very smart Boston Terrier. I’ve never actually owned a Boston Terrier, but did foster one a while ago. He, too, was very smart, however, he had a horrible farting problem. I don’t know if that was because of all the diet changes he had been through [...]
This graphite pencil drawing of a siamese cat reminds me of “Two-she”, a beautiful stray siamese cat who showed up at our front door one morning when my son was only 3. She hung around for weeks when I finally said, ”We’ve already got a female cat. I don’t think we can keep her.” My son replied, [...]
In this graphite pencil drawing of a British Blue cat, I focused on two things: the backlighting and those eyes. Capturing light reflections in eyes can sometimes be a tricky thing, but it’s critical, in my opinion, to the success of a drawing. How’d I do? UPDATE: May, 2011 My graphite images are now available as signed art prints [...]
Meet Twiggy, a chihuahua. A spoiled rotten chihuahua who belonged to my surrogate Mom. I did this graphite pencil drawing of the little darling as a surprise for Mom’s birthday. I think she liked it. UPDATE: May, 2011 My graphite images are now available as signed art prints at my etsy store! http://www.etsy.com/shop/nolimitsart If you like my graphite [...]
This is a graphite pencil drawing of my friend’s male Pomeranian dog, Rascal. He’s tiny, but doesn’t know it. He pees on everything, marking his territory. I plead with his owner to get him neutered. He refuses. That’s gotta be a guy thing! I like Rascal, he’s a darling little dog, but he is no [...]
This graphite pencil drawing/sketch is of Loki, a Siberian Husky who adopted us! We lived in the country at the time, and he simply showed up one day. We put signs all around the small town saying we’d found him, but got no response, so…….about a month went by and I did the responsible pet-owner thing, I [...]
