Here's my next work in progress, I admit that I shelved this one ages ago, but I decided to brush off the dust and finish the drawing so it can go towards a collection of the Big Five

Think I've finally finished my 'Red Rhino'! I softned the contrast on his nostrils a bit and added a few more layers.

I'm still building up the layers on this one, it's been 'on the shelf' since Feb. Pastel is one of my favorite mediums as each new pastel layer creates a new history to the drawing, it gives it movement and life

Whew! My last post was months ago... I've been sidetracked over the past 2 months as I'm building up my design portfolio again. I've got an exhibition coming up in November so I really need to start putting pen to paper again to create tangible artwork - not the computer orientated stuff I've been doing. As for my waterlily painting, well, ahem... it's still in progress, I've done layers of washes and some pastel painting and it still is not worthy of a public viewing yet.

At the moment I'm working on a mixed media painting of waterlilies. I've done a few acrylic washes for the background and I'm slowly working up the painting. It's proving to be a challenge as I've never painted water before - I'll start posting pics of my progress - stay tuned!!