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Lesley is having a cataract removed today and has asked me to post her photos for the June challenge. Penny Hello, everyone, and welcome to our monthly ANIMAL & WILDLIFE CHALLENGE for June, 2023 Please choose from the photos provided on the first day of each month to create an artwork in any...

Hello, and welcome to our monthly ANIMAL & WILDLIFE CHALLENGE. Please choose from the photos provided on the first day of each month to create an artwork in any medium. You can use the photo’s to create any kind of artwork that you like . Please use only the photo’s provided. Please don’t...

I thought you might be interested in knowing about the use of drafting film. I have used it successfully for a dog portrait and like it. https://www.karenhullart.com/Information-on-Drafting-Film.php

Wanda, the daughter of a friend, asked me to knit a Guernsey for her. I wanted to add a pattern but she wants a plain one, so I’ve begun. The navy colour wool was out of stock, so I am using this, which is “Falmouth Navy“ and is blacker than navy, and I think is one of the original colours...

Hello, everyone. i have started my newproject to take my mind off my congested sinuses and chest - I have the dreaded lurgy and am feeling rotten. Luckily, it’s not tested as Covid. This is the start of a Guernsey (gansey in the USA) for myself. I’ve cast on using the channel island method...

The commisioner of the painting didnt want me to add colour to her coat and so I have tried again. She had lots of little niggles about it but this is the best I can do and I think she’s satisfied. All the faff is one of the reasons I don’t usually accept commissions, only drawing for friends...

This is Annie, an border terrier. Polychromos coloured pencils. she is going to be a surprise Christmas present. More work to do, but this is the start. I find this kind of hair difficult to depict. I also have to decide on a background colour and will probably do a sand colour.

Hello. i’ve put my other knitting on hold to knit a blanket for a baby due in the new year. It’s in cotton, which isn’t elastic and needs tight, neat stitches. I enjoy using smaller guage needles. The mother and father are waiting to be surprised by the gender of the baby, so I used this...

Hello. The 5ply wool arrived today and I’ve cast on 252 stitches and have bun the ribbing. It is expensive wool and cheaper to buy on cones than by the 100 gm ball. This is the design from a book by Beth Brown-ReinseI, “Knitting Ganseys”. We call them Guernseys here, i believe Beth is...

Hello. Until I start my next project, a Guernsey, I am knitting myself some socks, using 4 needles. The wool is self-striping.

I was asked to draw Patch from a small photograph, from which I found it difficult to see features. This is what I managed to do. He’s a rescued terrier cross. It’s going to a friend of a friend for a Christmas present. Polychromos coloured pencils On Fabriano toned paper (a sand colour).

This is a cross-post from the Wildlife & Animal forum. I hope you don’t mind me posting it here as its in coloured pencils. This is Hugo, he belongs to a friend of a friend. Polychromos pencils, with the odd Caran D’Ache and Prismacolour, though I find the last two sorts rather soft in...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to our monthly ANIMAL & WILDLIFE CHALLENGE. Please choose from the photos provided on the first day of each month to create an artwork in any medium. You can use the photo’s to create any kind of artwork that you like . Please use only the photo’s provided...

This is Hugo, he belongs to a friend of a friend. Polychromos pencils, with the odd Caran D’Ache and Prismacolour, though I find the last two sorts rather soft in texture. It took me a while to mix colours and produce swatches as there isn’t a pencil of the correct champagne colour. I have...

My dog, Indy. Polychromos and a Luminance white.

Brianne is a cockerpoo crossed with another poodle cross. She belongs to a friend. This is a cross-post from the coloured pencils thread. Mainly Polychromos pencils with a Luminan e white on Fabriano paper.

Hello. i am knitting a double knitting cardigan for Lesley to wear at bowls club. The back is done - Irish Moss Stitch. I’ve just started the left front. The fronts have a cable design.

These are in coloured pencil, mostly Polychromos with a Luminance white On Fabriano sand-coloured paper. This is Ozzie This is Milly

Historically, I’ve not been able to draw my own dog to my satisfaction - strange, really. I did this recently and am happier with it than previous drawings. Polychromos and the odd Luminance.

Brianne is a cross between a cocker poo and another poodle cross! She is very beautiful and belongs to a friend and lives in Wiltshire. Mostly Polychromos with a few Luminance pencils.