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Day five: all about "da pencil!"

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Couldn't do it! Five posts without showing a wee bit of pencil work. Undo-able! Here's a mini selection of a couple of my favs. All are special, all mark important turning points, all are small personal victories All proof that pencils rock !!! Quality Time Pencil on Paper 2008 Not for Sale Agape Touch Pencil on Paper 2011 Sold Hurricane Pencil on Paper 2010 Sold Torn Pencil on Paper 2014 1.550 Euros Buckled Pencil on Paper 2014 950$ Available through the Equis Art Gallery 

It's nearly Christmas! Christmas shopping help for the art enthusiast

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Do you have growing gift list, a tighter and tighter time frame, and growing angst at the oncoming Xmas stress?  Can't help wondering how great it would be to get all of your Christmas shopping done ahead of time this year? Maybe I can help! How about a Limited Edition Print? This year, in time for the Holidays (yeah!), a wonderful selection of my favourite drawings have been selected, assembled and reproduced into very small edition prints (keeping the exclusivity high).  These are lovely pieces of art you can share with friends and family.  Exclusive Limited Edition Prints available through my new catalogue or online (Prices start at 40 Euros) Buying my prints is convenient and easy and best of all can be done from the comfort of your own home . All prints are available online . Simply follow this link http://sheonahamiltongrant.com/collections/58155 ,  have a wee browse until you find and select your favour...

Nemo a bundle of fluff

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Born into a world that did not want him, this wee chap’s fate changed. He can now be found frolicking around the daily life of his new warm and loving forever home.  His cuteness and adorability reaping smiles, hourly. A joy to be around, a joy to draw. Meet Nemo ... Nemo Pencil on Paper, 32x27 cm Sold Sheona Hamilton-Grant. All rights reserved

New portrait of equines in action ...

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The week flew by, left me stranded and swirling pencils in hand! So, when it came came back mid-week, I ducked swiftly, hid grinning and carried on scribbling happily . Below the result of this weeks' game of "hide and seek". Untitled & Unfinished Pencil on Paper Sheona Hamilton-Grant. 2011. All rights reserved to be seriously continued... Have an ace week-end wherever you are!

Trying to define art...

Every now and then I take the time to "flick" through the posts of my blog. I enjoy remembering, pondering and through it find inspiration. This one the posts that got me rethinking and for once agreeing with myself. My small attempt at answering the massive question: What is Art? What is art? This must be one of the most controversial and complex questions to answer. Controversial in its subjectivity and complex if only by the number of art forms there are. This actually means answers (usually long and longer) can be given at so many different levels and in no definite way. Having said this, answers have been given and in quite a large way. So why ask I hear you think. Well, I believe it is an important question for every artist to think about at least once and to attempt to give a coherent answer. So I will put my thinking cap on and probably bore you all to tears. OK here goes. If you don't want to read any further you could always check out the wikipedia, free ency...