Snowshoe Hare, Wildlife Painting

Snowshoe Hare, chalk pastel on board

I painted this wee hare because, well, he was too cute not to. What more can I say?

I have prints and cards of him now as the original has sold. You can find them here.

Cheetah Cub I, Wildlife Painting

Cheetah Cub I, chalk pastel on board

The original painting was of a cheetah family, the mother and 3 cubs. It was OK. But as time went on, I began to hate the way I had painted the mother, and the composition stopped working for me; so I cut it up.

I now have two cheetah cub paintings that I am much happier with. This is the first.

I'll post the second one at a later date.

Winter Wolf 3, Wildlife Painting

Work in progress 5

Winter Wolf, chalk pastel on board, 38 x 39.5cm

Finished, and I've included my first ever video of my work too! Winter wolf is for sale on both Etsy and Folksy.

Winter Wolf 2, Wildlife Painting

I realised after a while that I needed to redraw the ear. Sooner rather than later.

Winter Wolf 1, Wildlife Painting

 

I have started working on a wolf, just because I love them. More stages to come.

Art Materials

As you can see from my blog title, I have changed the picture from a selection of my paintings to my work space - I thought you might like to see what I work with.

Moments after I took the photo, I had a barrier to my work. No surprise really, I had set a cat trap - an open box just begging to be filled.