After creating The Striding Elephant, I thought it was time to have another go at painting an animal. The savannah, and African plains, seem to be a recurring theme with the animal creations, doesn’t it? Anyway, an update on where we are in the pandemic response that kick-started this hobby. Well, at the time ofContinue reading “The Beast of the Savannah”
Category Archives: Original Work
A Stormy Day in the Channel
This creation was probably the first in the hobby that wasn’t related to, or inspired by an aspect of, the pandemic of lockdowns that were implemented for public health measures. This creation was inspired by something very different. It was inspired by shock, disgust and anger towards an issue that still remains very current. AcrossContinue reading “A Stormy Day in the Channel”
Table Over The Cape
This creation was undertaken as life in the UK was becoming somewhat normal again. We were easing out of the third national lockdown and the Prime Minister of the UK, Boris Johnson, had outlined that the so-called ‘unlocking’ of the country would happen in stages. It was a strange time, but what we know asContinue reading “Table Over The Cape”
A Farmer in Huncoat
As mentioned in other posts, the hobby of creating through art started during the coronavirus pandemic. This creation was formed after the third lockdown. The UK went through three lockdowns and all were different from each other. The third lockdown, which came into effect in January 2021 was caused by the rapid increase of infectionsContinue reading “A Farmer in Huncoat”
The Striding Elephant
The magnificent animal, that is the elephant, was the subject of this acrylic piece – it was the first creation made with acrylic paints. Pastel chalk was proving to be fun and could produce some decent creations with them, but I wanted to explore further in the art world and so invested in a setContinue reading “The Striding Elephant”
Sunset on a tropical island
This was the first piece that I created with chalk pastels after ordering a pack of pastels from Amazon. The piece is done on an A4 sheet of printer paper and is based on the tropical part of the globe that you were not able to travel to due to restrictions. The coronavirus pandemic sawContinue reading “Sunset on a tropical island”
Rocky, the Rockhopper Penguin
This pastel drawing of a rockhopper penguin was completed in December 2020, following the end of the second national lockdown in the UK. As we ended the second national lockdown and in the full swing of winter, I thought it was best to pass the time of a weekend afternoon by getting out the sketchContinue reading “Rocky, the Rockhopper Penguin”
Artwork in Progress 