Bobby the Dog ...

Working on this portrait involved tilting the head of the dog, removing his lead, back and shoulder, and adding in some of his neck and chest ...

There were lots of colours in this white dog! And as you can see, I left his head at a slight angle for the cute factor!

And his dear owner loves it :-) 

A Pup called Bailey ...

These two pics show colour build-up on this lovely boy, he was a pleasure to create and the portrait made his owners very happy as Bailey-Dog is no longer with them ...

Also to create this work, i removed the collar for a cleaner look, and drew in the fluffy head top which was cut off from the photograph! Pet portrait, anyone?

Famous, but sad bear comes to The Raggy Rat ...

A very famous bear, well ok a slightly famous bear, has come to stay with me ... She arrived with a postcard showing her rather fabulous portrait ....

 

... and was squished inside a tiny box and sent to me by an artist with a sense of fun! She didn't look best pleased, as usual!

 

 Bear was a lot smaller than i imagined! But that's ok, she is going to come to France with me on the Dorset for Singing Tour De Normandie!

 

 More about the artist here on the back of the postcard too ...

 

Hmmm, the accommodation may need some sorting out?

 

Now Enjoy Gordon's video all about Sad Bear ...

Mika .... Artwork finished ...

do you remember me making a start on this drawing?



its of this beautiful collie, Mika ...



well i finally found the groove and finished it ... if you want to see it in the flesh, you can visit it Here!



The girls worked along side me on the day I completed it ... 2 mikas, a traffic light, a strawberry, a row boat with oars and a flower - daisy is 4 years and home educated ...



three mikas, strawberry, raspberry, daisy flowers, matty is 4 years and home educated ...



i love their drawings. I love how they started with the amazing ears Mika has!

Artwey 2010 is over .... normal service is resumed ...

did you take part? did you follow the art trail?



have you found this blog as a result of coming to Artwey?
i would love to know if you did ....

Artwey 2010 update - the middle weekend ....

some pics from the middle weekend of artwey open studios 2010 ...



the raggy rats would love to see you this weekend if you can come ...



molly the barn owl likes the attention, too ...



you can take home a molly or other soft toy card, of help your self to some cards and badges or other plush team members ...



we have already enjoyed lots of lovely visitors ... sign the guest book, too please !



some happy little girls play in my garden ....



meet some bunnies ... maybe have a cup of tea?



sweetie the rat might also get out of bed and say hello to you ...



see you saturday? cat xxx

finished the goats - all ready for exhibition on portland ...

come and see them at the beach hut studio ...

Artwey - launched at pilgrim house, Spirit of the Sea Maritime Festival ...

i spoke to ruth meech about Artwey and she agreed it would make good reading and we will eventually be featured in the dorset echo magazine ... she put an article for us in the echo newspaper, and featured my Shimmery Fish plus a picture of andrea from the files.


remeeber when i started blogging? i was working on three big marine-themed projects, two puppets and a lobster costume. all came back to me to help promote artwey, and my work too.


the tompot blenny's top-knots have drooped a bit in the last two years! Thanks to Coastlink for the loan of puppets and costume.


and here is some of my work at Pilgrim House.
i shall have to show you my new goat sign properly, and the story behind it ...


nopt the plush team cards and the new Artwey postcards ...

WIP painting progress - mostly collage ....

you can see my fox front feet peeping out from under the death of marat !

matty may not like the snow very much ...

but she really does like to paint ...

sorry if i have presented it upside down matty!

art revisited

something i produced before i was a cheeky blogger!