"Hunter's Gaze"

Hello again everyone.
I know well this update is well over due, here is the finished Owl Portrait. Thank you for waiting patiently and I hope you like the final outcome.

The Home Stretch

This one is starting to head down the home stretch with just a little more left. I am quite happy with how this one is progressing.
Thank you for stopping by....

Tiny bit more

A little more progress done on this up close and personal portrait. Lots of details makes for a sloooooow go.

Whoooo am I ? ?

Here is a little update to show you what is on the drawing board at the present time. Can you tell Whooooo it's going to be??
Stay tuned and find out..............

Another little update

I've completed a little bit more on this one now. There are a few more things to add before I call it finished.
Thanks for stopping by for a peek...

Hello Again

Well after a well deserved vacation and a little time away from the drawing board to deal with the printing side of my art, I am ready to get back down to work. Hopfully soon I will have another update for you and we can continue on with our Work In Progress theme.

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Building Some Pilings

Here is a little update for you. Putting in some pilings today. Four Down three to go.

Back to the Sea

Well since I live on an island, all roads lead back to the sea eventually. This is where my friends sit patiently waiting for me to draw their picture.

Misty Beach Final Image

Here is the final......."Misty Beach" image size 5.25 x 14
This piece was inspired by the West Coast of Canada.
I am also very happy to say that this will be avaliable soon as one of my first limited edition prints.

An old friend re-visited

Well hello again...... After taking a long and very unexpected forced break from my artwork to re-organize some personal affairs, I am happy to say that my artwork has once again come out back on top.
I am giving you another glimse of a "long in the making" Misty Beach. I will hopefully have final images for you soon. Until then, Enjoy....

The beginings of a Storm

A west coast storms a brewing......

The West Coast of Canada

The other weekend I took a trip to gather some reference shots. I went to the west coast of the island I live on. I thought I would post a couple pictures so you can get an idea of how nice it is in this part of Canada. I was quite inspired by the views and hopfully will have some nice landscape type drawings soon.
Enjoy

Final Mule Deer steps

Well it has been a little while since my last update. I've been away shooting some reference for some up coming west coast style pieces I have in mind. Before I continue on with those I would like to finish up with the last two images of my latest work in progress. The last image can also be found on my new website. I hope you enjoyed seeing how this one came together.

Here I am showing myself working slowly down the face and into the body. Trying to capture as much detail with this first pass as I can.

Here are another couple pictures showing my progression. I try to lightly finish an area before moving on to the next. This way, once the complete paper is covered, it is only a small amount of tweaking left to complete the piece.

Here is a little preview of a previous work. I snapped some pictures of this piece along the way and will post them over the next couple of days so you can get a feel of how my portrait style pieces progress.

A Surprise Snowfall

The part of Canada that I live in doesn't usually recieve snowfall right by the ocean in the winter. A few weeks ago we recieved a surprise snowfall and I thought it would be a nice time to get out and take some wintery reference shots. I'd like to share with you a couple of shots from the area.

Finished Winter Guest

Well the Winter Guest now has a finished home. Here is the final piece finished just before their departure back north to Alaska.

Here is the latest work on my swan piece. Finished up the majority of the water. Next the swan will recieve some attention.

Our Winter Guests

Well I would like to start off the Work in Progress section of this blog with a piece I'm doing of our local winter visiters. Every year the area of Vancouver Island were I live is host to migrating Trumpeter swans. They usually start heading back up north to alaska this time of year so before they left I thought I would capture one of them in a drawing. Here is the starting efforts of this piece.

A Smaller Portrait

Well for my next jump into the past, I offer to you a smaller portrait. This one is 6x6 in size on Peterboro board. It is of a Golden Eagle.

Another older drawing

Here is another older drawing that I did for a fellow artist friend of mine. It was an art exchange between the two of us and this was what I did for her. She is a big elephant fan and was quite happy with this one. I recieved a very nicely painted Canadian Loon from her.

Hello and Welcome

Hello and welcome to my Drawing Board. Let me start off with an older picture of a pod of Killer Whales. Even though I drew this one a few years ago, it is still one of my favorites.

Kevin