Charcoal & pencil hounds

[bunn]

I did some drawing while I was in Wales.

This one is from a photo, drawn with a charcoal pencil.  I quite like this one.



These aren't so good, but I DID draw them from life quite quickly which I think is harder than drawing from a photo.  Also, they are pencil, and I think it's harder to get nice results with pencil than charcoal because the contrast isn't so good.


Mollydog snoozes in pencil.  I quite like this one, was trying for something a bit more stylised.


Oh dear.  It's a long time since I drew anything in pen and ink, and I don't think I was ever much good at it. This was a reasonable pencil sketch until I started to ink it, then it all went horribly wrong...


Having done all these hounds, I thought I'd try a Welsh dragonhound hybrid.  It sort of works (possibly because it's in charcoal so has an advantage...? though I do wonder if the wings should be bigger really )

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Re: Puppiez!

[inzilbeth-liz.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the vote of confidence! Compared to many pet dogs, I suppose mine are fairly well trained and very good really. Pae I'm convinced is actually an Irish settler inhabiting a border collie body but even he has his moments when he impresses! And thanks for checking with the Wiccaweys. The most intense working dogs I've seen have always been bitches, even Pae's sister at ten weeks couldn't possible talk to me as there were piglets in the barn needing watching! It wouldn't surprise me at all that the specific characteristics of the individual animal would outweigh general traits. Pae and Skip, for instance, are chalk and cheese. Or am I just talking myself into the dog puppy on the left of the pic if the girl goes elsewhere!