How to draw a guinea pig using pastels and pastel pencils

The final winner of the #ldnoncutestpet contest is (drum roll please) POPPY!!!! This was my first ever #contest and I was pretty pleased...

There are some days when as an artist you are working on a piece and it seems like you will never finish.

The coneflower is one of the emblems of summer. I guess that's why I am fascinated with it.

She listened to my concerns and my mother's arguments with her characteristic patience then asked a simple question "What makes you happy?"

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My introduction to sparrows ironically was through #StephenKing' s book #theDarkHalf where sparrows were considered the #harbingersofdeath.

This piece is a tribute to Cockadoodle, that noise nuisance from my childhood.