My new sketch

Hi everyone,

Oh dear, it would appear that I haven't posted anything on here since Jan! To say that my blog gets neglected would be a bit of an understatement so thanks so much to everyone for not getting bored of waiting and buggering off!
Anyway, I've been very busy working on commissions which is great but, clearly, not so good for dedicating time to my blog 😆
Here's a sketch I did recently...........

I will make sure that it's not as long till my next blog post. I've been suffering from a case of artists block lately (is that even a thing?!) so need inspiration for my next drawing project. I think that a inspirational museum or gallery trip will be on the agenda very soon!!
Watch this space.........  🎨



Jenny

PS; More of my artwork can be seen on my pinterest page;  https://www.pinterest.co.uk/jbcrosstitch/my-artwork/

Owl update

Hello again,

Just a quick update. You may remember a couple of posts ago when I posted this owl drawing. Well, I entered it into a facebook competition and.....it came second! I'm absolutely thrilled although I must admit that I'm such a perfectionist that I was also a little disappointed that it didn't come first! Oh well, practise, practise, practise   :  )

Take care everyone.

Jenny

My recent drawing

Hi everyone.

Here's my latest drawing. I did it for an online facebook challenge, the group is called 'united by art' . They will be announcing the winner this Sunday....very exciting! It was only for fun and you don't actually win anything, except for the glory of being the winner I suppose!
I loved working on this picture although the background became a little tedious toward the end! Therefore, the bottom right hand side area took me only about half an hr which is VERY quick for one of my pieces af artwork.  :  )
I hope you like it anyway. I used polychromo pencils on stonehenge paper, size approx 11 x 14".  If I don't post anything on here again about it...it means I didn't win the challenge! Watch this space............................... 

Have a lovely day everyone.

Jenny

My new artwork

Hello again,

Just a quick post before I hit the sack! I decided that I may as well upload my recent artwork onto here. I've recently discovered a love of using coloured pencils and I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm hooked! Here's a couple of my coloured pencil drawings......

This is a drawing of my youngest daughter, Heidi. Heidi really dislikes having her photograph taken which I think is pretty evident from this picture! It took me around 20 hrs to draw and I used polychromo and pablo pencils with a bit of pen for the sparkly areas of her dress and tiara. Heidi chose this photo because she 'looks like a princess'......Oh, how right she is!!!! I especially enjoyed working on the hair on this drawing but the less said about the tiara, the better!

This is my eldest daughter, Isabelle. Isabelle loves having her photo taken and immediately demands I take her photo whenever she spots that the camera is out! This drawing is from a photograph I took of Isabelle at the Leicester space centre. The reason I chose to draw this particular picture was because it was one of the very few photos were she was completely unaware that I had the camera out! I much prefer to work from a photo that hasn't been been posed for, I tend to find that they look much more natural. This one took around 15 hrs and was drawn using polychromo and pablo pencils on stonehenge paper.

Hope you all like my pictures anyway.
Now I'm off to bed so I have plenty of energy for more drawing tomorrow!
Night folks.
Jenny x

New labour of love artwork by me!

Hello everyone. Just a quick post to show my latest artwork. I have created this one using just a black pen and lots and lots of dots! Hope you like it.............

Hope you all have a great weekend.


Jenny x