Anatomy of a Pig #hahnemühle #hahnemühle_usa #zebrapen @zebrapenus #mindylacefield #schmicnke

I thought about showing a progression of 

photos in the making of this little piggy.

Hence the "Anatomy" part of my blog title.

But.

We are in the midst of a massive snow storm

and the photos turned out so dark.

There is currently no sun.

My little piggy looked awful.

This was a scanner photo, 

which is why he looks better. 

Hahaha! 

This is the first pig I've done. 

I think he needs a bow sitting at an angle

just in front of that ear on the left.

Too late!

Next time for sure!

I am loving this animal tutorial I got from

Mindy Lacefield's Etsy shop!

Drawn/painted on Hahnemühle's exceptional

Cézanne Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper.

My paper of choice right now.

I love it!

Watercolored with Schmincke watercolor pans,

line work done with 

Zensations Technical Drawing Pens

from Zebra Pen. 

Encouragement and assistance provided by 

my ever wonderful friends

Sandra Strait and Jennifer McLean.

Where would I be without you two???

I don't want to find out!!!

I am an Artist Ambassador for Zebra Pen

who provided me with the pens for this project.

They worked awesomely over the watercolor

and the acrylic I used trying to cover up a

hot mess I made in the background. 

Love these technical drawings pens!

And

I am doing product reviews for

Hahnemühle Fine Art.

They provided me with the 

Cézanne Hot Pressed Watercolor Paper 

I used for said piggy.

Awesome paper!

I can't praise it enough!

No warping or dimpling -

and trust me! I used a ton of water -

several times -

on this sweet little piggy!

What should I work on next?

Hmmmm. 

I guess you will have to come back and see.

Thank you, faithful readers!

You are the reason I create!

Should you be encouraged to work on

a sweet little animal,

I would love to see it!

Oh My Word! I Drew a Bunny! #hahnemuhle #hahnemuhle_us #mindylacefield

 Oh, wow! 

I am so stoked that I was able to make

this sweet little bunny with Mindy Lacefield's

Etsy tutorial called 

Draw and Paint a Bird and Bunny!

What's that?

That looks like a bird?

Why, yes, it is a bird. 

It just wasn't my favorite

Although, the longer I look at her, 

the more I like her.

She has sass!

 But what I am uber excited about is this bunny!!!

This bunny right here!!!

So let me give you some background.

Mindy is this amazing Florida artist and I was 

originally drawn to her art because of her bunnies

and her Disney World drawings.

So much in fact that I have four of her books.

They are my favorites!

When I saw this tutorial I knew I had to do it!

Once I purchased the tutorial on Etsy and downloaded the pdf, 

I pulled out my 

Hahnemühle 

Cézanne Mould Made Watercolor 

hot pressed pad and got busy.

 Since I purchased this tutorial,

and this is the way Mindy makes a living,

I can not walk you through all the steps.

When I drew the bird, I didn't take any photos

along the way. 

I apologize for that.

But.

Really what I wanted to do was get straight

to this sweet little bunny face!

I mean . . . look at that little face!

 So I already told you I was painting on 

the Hahnemühle Cézanne paper -

for color I pulled out my Schmincke

2017 Limited Edition watercolor tin.

(Every time I type 'watercolor' my 

silly autocorrect changes it to 

Walterboro. 

You know. 

Because I say Walterboro all the time. 

Sheesh. Get with the program autocorrect.)

 I painted with a Tim Holtz water brush on a dry surface. 

I used this particular set of colors because 

it has that brilliant opera rose (pink)

 color I love so much!

When I bought this tin, I added a few colors

to fill it up. 

One of the colors I added was that may green.

And I don't recall if the tin came with

cobalt green turquoise, or if I added it,

but it's in there now and that's what I used

for the main part of the bird. 

See?

I addressed the bird.

And she really is growing on me.

But did I mention how much I 

L O V E 

this sweet little bunny???

Seriously. 

Going to make a girl bunny today.

I painted the two of them on one sheet of the

Cézanne hot pressed watercolor paper.

And because the pad of paper is both glued and gauzed 

on all four sides, I was able to paint with 

no warping, no rumpling. 

It was awesome!

Love this paper so much!

My friend Sandra told me how she paints four

pictures on a sheet of this paper.

Two on the front and because the paper is that fantastic! 

she can also paint two on the back.

When she has enough art work, she folds the 

pages in half and stitches them into books.

I am sure there are more technical terms for that

but that is what I understand about book making.

I can do it.

I have done it.

And I shall do it again!

Thanks to Mindy!

Thanks to Carol at Hahnemühle!

Now - on to a little girl bunny!

Yayayayayayayay!!!!