Black on Grey on White

Mea aculpa. I've stalled my blog!!!! Foot slipped off the clutch, releasing it too quickly, timing went up the creak and the word flow came to one terrifying standstill, lasting not days, weeks or even months but over a year.... Wondering if the flow will come back or if I will need to bring out the L plates and tread cautiously.  I certainly aim to get back in the game and share happenings, changes, behind the scenes and other pencil art related info. So until then leaving you with a charming little chap and a very new sight to this equine canine dominated blog. Bird on wire, pencil on paper.  Sheona Hamilton-Grant.  2019 All rights reserved

I was curious (and still am!)  Curious to see how my brain (and pencils) would deal with drawing something so small, so delicate, so elusive. How it would feel to get lost in feathers as opposed to hair. How it would feel to render something you are only able to touch with your eyes and heart. The great news is: these amazing sophisticated little creatures have offered to show me a whole new world... and I have agreed ;) Watch this space! Bird study #1 Pencil on Paper 19x26 cm

Took an invigorating jump out of the old routine (of Christmas commissions) and into a batch of new discoveries (texture and movement of feathers, self-filming, relaxing in front of camera, getting into the zone when in the spotlight, drawing without spontaneous OTT dance moves…) Pencil in hand, a new challenge of rendering a feathered subject was taken up and deciding to hit two birds with one stone (super bad pun intended!) went ahead and learned how to capture the process on my iPhone. The result (an succession of photographs shot at 3 minute intervals over a five day period) is really fun. Next step: repeat with a new drawing and improve on the whole relaxing and just scribbling thing... "Rooster" Pencil on Paper 24x23 cm Sold Sheona Hamilton-Grant