Laura Hardie

Spent this week working on two colour pencil portraits with nothing inbetween - no oils, graphites, scratchboard - just colour pencils. Oh, ...

Thought I would give you an update of new work I currently have on the easel starting with the next commissioned portrait I will be working ...

Had a productive last two days as it turned out and managed to finish three portraits I was working on. All took longer than I anticipated b...

Schools are on holiday - AGAIN - I seriously can't remember getting as many days off school in my day as they do now. What, I hear you a...

It's official - I am a slave to detail! This is not a bad thing if I can control it. It really hit me today when working on Bruno the bo...

Didn't do any drawing or painting at all today unless you include 30 minutes or so when I added a few extra strokes onto Bruno the Boxer...

Well here she is - my scratchboard cat is now finished. I decided to use acrylic washes when adding colour. Apparently you can use watercolo...

Dogs have to be the most frequently requested of all the pets that I am asked to portray. Although there are still many breeds of dog I look...

The latest update o n my scratchboard cat. Finding it quite addictive and could happily scratch away for hours if I had the time. Not 100% h...

My garden is now finished and looking great so things can go back to normal. My 2 chocolate labs have had an undercoat of Burnt Sienna acryl...

Another for my 'Close Encounters' series - a 'titleless' horse study (again any suggestions?) size 16 x 25.5cm, that I finis...

Big problems re: my garden makeover - so much so that what was promised to be a 1 week job is now into week 3 and it's still not finishe...

Have been very busy lately both on the easel and on the homefront. Despite being right in the middle of having the garden revamped with all ...

Finished two portraits I have been working on lately. The first is Barney, a 7 year old Cocker Spaniel, completed in colour pencils. I have...

Been working - ALOT - on my website over the last few days - most of it behind the scenes trying to better my chances of ranking high in th...

As predicted the good weather didn't last long (probably a good thing) so it was back to the easel today. Started working on Barney, a 7...

All has been quiet on the easel over the last couple of days due to the gorgeous weather we have been experiencing lately. Living in Scotlan...

Well I have taken the plunge and now have a blog - I'm quite excited about it all really. By reading my posts I hope to give you an insi...