animals in art
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Abyssinian cat portrait with alphabet
Having been inspired by all the multi-lingual book readers I see in the Pacific Northwest – combined with the alphabet-as-frame-of-reference thoughts I’d shared in my last blog post, and my on-going collection of cat-related thoughts – I’ve been working on a portrait of an Abyssinian cat. The cat will be reading a mystery called “M…
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from my Various Cat Sketchbook
I’ve just finished making an ebook – 34 pages derived from my hand drawn, hand written, sketchbook on the topic of cats. It’s titled “Various Cat Sketches by Sue Clancy” – and can be found here on my Art Ebook Shop page. Warts, scribbles, mistakes and all have been included – so you can see…
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on sketchbooks and sharing
I tend to live my life with my sketchbook in hand. Consequently this means meeting up with friends and answering the “What have you been doing lately?” questions by handing them my physical sketchbook. More than one friend has looked at my book and said “Why don’t you publish these?”. And I’ve had very loose…
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finished the feline fiddler
I finished the cat portrait I’ve been working on and have titled it “Strad O’Varius”. It is already scheduled to be shown in upcoming art gallery exhibits. My last post – here – tells a bit about what inspired this piece.
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finessing feline fiddler
I’ve been very busy lately and mostly off-line because I’ve been creating a portrait of a Russian Blue cat. You can see my preliminary drawing beside the painting. My idea for this piece came from watching my fellow Pacific North-westerners braving the rain and cold in order to perform – or to attend a performance…
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Happy Cats New Year
Here’s hoping your New Year is a purr-fectly good one! Cheers – with assorted cats! Some of these artworks are in galleries currently. Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com and Joseph Gierek Fine Art www.gierek.com I’m planning in 2018 to create more cat themed fine artwork with an eye towards a printed artist book of my cats.…
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Happy Holidays assorted chocolate labs
Here’s hoping you have a Happy Holiday! For your amusement (or if you find yourself in need of dog therapy) here are some assorted chocolate labs – and one yellow lab. Cheers! For more dogs look for the book “Dogs By Sue Clancy” on Amazon.
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oh my gouache: learning new art media with cats
As I posted recently (here) I’ve been playing around with a new-to-me art media: gouache. Here’s my process of learning a new art media: Read 3 or 4 different sources that describe how to work in the media. While I’m reading I’m looking for “basic best practices” as well as what the “chief virtues” or…
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Thank you book and artist sketchbook subscriptions
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. And I’m grateful for you. Thank you for following my blog, and my artwork on social media. Thank you for coming to my art exhibits. Thank you for buying my fine art, my books, scarves and my other designs. Here, as a “Thank you” is a downloadable, printable artist book. In the…
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How to draw dogs guide published!
My mini guide has been published!!!! It’s called “How To Draw Dogs” by Sue Clancy. I’m so excited about this – and can’t wait to see my printed copies! Below is a photo I took back when I was creating the guide – before it got published. Then I forgot to post the work-in-progress photo……
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