dog portrait
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dog in the details
When I was a little kid I remember once telling my Grandmother “I’m bored.” She asked me to look for and find the smallest object in the house and bring it to her. After some time I found a safety-pin about 1/2 inch long and about 1/4 inch wide. She said “I’ll bet you can…
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from sketchbooks to dogs
As you know from previous blog posts I was intending to publish another ebook of my recent sketchbook pages oriented around the saying “Stay close to anything that makes you glad to be alive”. I was even going to call it my “Glad to be Alive” sketchbook. It was going to have scenery, people, food/drink, books,…
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going to the dogs
I’ve been asked “how do you get your ideas for your dog drawings?” I begin by thinking of something pleasant. This “something pleasant” has often been noted previously in one of my sketchbooks. The pleasantness can be a drink I enjoyed, a bowl of soup, a game, a book… anything I remember as being particularly…
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Sue draws dogs
Here’s a picture of me drawing a dog. If you want to see a close-up of the dog I’m drawing look for “Larry” on my dog portraits website page https://sueclancy.wordpress.com/dog-portraits/. Yes, as you see in the photo, I use brush and Sumi ink to do my dog drawings. The ink is quite permanent so it makes…
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Strummer
I think often about “artistic purpose” – and while, yes, I do get money for my work (I’m a professional, this is my full-time job) that’s not my only purpose for creating art. Today when I was thinking about this topic I had my tongue firmly planted in my cheek… and I did this poem and illustration. Strummer…
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