Old Thrive cartoon

I found this cartoon I did of Thrive’s training manager in 1998 on my computer. I don’t always manage to capture a true likeness more a feeling but I have noticed that some people do morph into their caricatures…see below and tell me do you agree has Kim become more like my drawing?

Happy New Year

Bosham Harbour, I like this image and thought it fitting to start the New Year, as it was originally drawn 4 years ago when we took a yearly outing to the coast before we had Samuel. The picture works well for me as I think I have created a nice balance of corresponding lights and darks which has created a feeling of depth to the painting. It also gives the viewer the opportunity to roam around the scene before spotting the main character Debs walking along the path. I think I probably should have made Debs look to the right to help push your eye back around the painting, you may notice that there is no facial detail and this is a trade mark of one of my sketches.

Skies can be particularly daunting because with watercolour you can’t go back and repair! This sky was painted with the yellow highlights first that went into the sea below the horizon and then a wash of blue was brought into the yellow areas – Always add a little bit of red to your blue to stop the colours mixing green. The colours used in this image are :- Cobalt blue, French Ultramarine, Windsor Yellow, Raw Sienna, Burnt sienna, Permanent Rose and Burnt Umber.

Dog training the hard way

Following on from Sue Twiggs cartoon, I thought I would introduce Misty the Dog to the blog...Misty was my Heinz-57 cross mutt who was found tied to the back of a car in Asda carpark. We collected her, under the impression she was a border collie cross but it turned out she was a collie with a little grey hound - as she could move and vanish quite fast. She was an expert escapologist, leaping over our 6ft high garden fence, and disappearing like the littlest hobo. However in all the time we had her Misty never tried to escape through the front door.

One of my favouritest memories is Misty taking off around a field or in this case Bude seafront and collecting as many dogs as she could behind her. The game was to call Misty, who despite her nomad ways, was very obedient and she would return to us but leave a beach full of dog owners all searching for their pets in her wake!

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