Kill me now, I’m making Frozen birthday cards. I’ve never been much of a girlie-girl; even as a child when it came to Disney I was more “night on bald mountain” over “little mermaid”. Inevitably though when you have kids, they get invited to parties […]
NOTE – THIS IS NOT MY ORIGINAL ARTWORK!! (my version on right) I’m at the stage where I want to start getting comfortable with use of solid black shading… It’s a style I find so powerful and effective but every time I’ve dabbled it, it’s […]
I got organised for tonight’s life drawing session, for once. Even got there early! I wanted to break out of my comfort zone (chalk) and try my new (preloved) watercolour set. All are 25 minute poses. Drawing 24 – Lucy 1 As usual I start […]
A gift for a friend. Technically this should have a appeared earlier in the collection but I was holding off posting it as I wanted them to see it first.
Here they all are, in full digitally rendered glory. I know I did say somewhere that I was going “analogue” or “unplugged” in this drawing challenge but the temptation to get back to my old ways was just too great! In case you’ve not seen […]
Facial studies of lovely Ree and Ani, for a piece i’m working on.
Drawing 19 – Ruth 10 Pencil and chalk. Chalk is turning out to be my comfort zone, but I like warming up with it. Drawing 20 – Ruth 11 Went a bit wey-hey with this one… “Chalk meets Bond Girl” treatment. You might not see […]
My family must think I’ve abandoned them. So finishing my series of turtles — at least in sketch stage — I present to you Leo, the strategist. I think out of the lot this one is probably the most inspired by the new film. And […]
I’m going to group them in one as they’re all in the same sitting… Drawing 12 – Ruth 4 Lovely Ruth was model again.First drawing was pastel only. Found a set in a drawer i’ve apparently owned 15+ years but never used. Not as spreadable […]
Wow 2 in a day; you’d think I wasn’t a working parent living in a house torn apart by repairs. Mikey here, the optimist, following on from drawings 9 & 10’s theme of Reptiles Unmasked. Funny with him I didn’t really have a clear-cut direction. […]
I liked the way Raph turned out so I’m motivated to do a series with his brothers. Here’s Donnie, the thinker. I am finding it challenging to make individual portraits of the turtles without any of their signature weapons or masks, and in a re-designed […]
I liked this sketch a lot so I took it a step further, while still adhering to the challenge of improving my “unplugged” skills. 11″ x 15″, ink, watercolour and acrylic. UPDATE! I had to redo him, somehow the deviant look in the sketch wasn’t […]
1000 Drawings by Cat Byrne 