Chaffinches in watercolour

Watercolour painting of two birds - a pair of chaffinches on the ground

5 March, 201728 October, 2017 | Donna

A pair of chaffinches were visiting our street this week so I decided to paint a picture of them.

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Eagle Owl Drawing

13 February, 201728 October, 2017 | Donna

This is my drawing for the January Scrawlrbox challenge “nature’s eye”. You can see the materials I got and my review of them here.

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My Drawings for Inktober (2016)

14 November, 201628 October, 2017 | Donna

Here are my pictures for Inktober 2016.

I wanted to really focus on improving my technique and developing a style for my ink drawings. I’ve also uploaded larger versions to my Flickr account here if you’d like to see them in detail.

Week 1

Pigeon

Woodland Viola flower – Inktober Day 2

Lily Playing – Inktober Day 3

Sally sketch – Inktober Day 4

Apple Blossom Flowers – Inktober Day 5

Lily playing football

Mushrooms

Week 2

Waterfall Part 1 – Inktober Day 8

Waterfall – Inktober Day 9

Field Corner Part 1 – Inktober Day 10

Field Corner – Inktober Day 11

Corncockle – Inktober Day 12

Herb Robert

Green Alkanet – Inktober Day 13

Week 3

Foxglove – Inktober Day 15

Zentangle – Inktober Day 16

Zentangle – Inktober Day 17

Bird Cage – Inktober Day 18

Flying

Berries

Giraffe

Week 4

Bee

Water Lily

Self Heal sketch – Inktober Day 24

Sleepy Sally

Birdbox – Inktober Day 26

Ivy sketch – Inktober Day 27

Feather – Inktober Day 28

Week 5

Pine Cone – Inktober Day 29

Pine Cone

Mushroom