Laura Hardie

Work on the Border Collie montage continues, albeit slowly – I say slowly as it is taking a lot longer to finish than I’d planned with jus...

I’ve just finished reading Alyson Stanfield’s ‘I’d Rather be in the Studio! The Artist’s No-Excuse Guide to Self Promotion’ and highly reco...

WIP 20X16 Coloured Pencil All my art time has been spent recently working on a montage of two beautiful Border Collies. Being 20x16 inches a...

Summer Breeze Coloured Pencil 24.5cm x 33.5cm This is a drawing I started a while back and have now added a background to. I am someone who ...

Jeanette Jobson from Illustrated Life has found this great site (see her post on 19 April) where you can have your work displayed in an art ...

8x10 Graphite pencil Private commission Isn’t it strange how some papers are good for one medium but terrible with others. My paper of choic...

Red 10x12 Coloured Pencil My confidence received a much needed boost recently thanks to Mike Sibley. You will all have heard of Mike, I’m su...

Mia 10x8 Coloured Pencil Private commission Hard to believe it’s April already. By this point in the year I had planned on having a lot more...

Bradley 8x10 Coloured Pencil A quick post if only to let you know I'm still here and not abandoned my blog but also to show you my lates...

I’m not doing too well in regularly updating my blog am I? So why the long absence - I’d love to say it’s because I’ve been extremely busy i...

This week I've put my pencils, and horses, to one side and got messy with pastels. The mess I get in isn't a problem, it's the d...

A work in progress - coloured pencil on paper This week has seen the schools closed for the holidays so, as is always the case when the kids...

8x10 Graphite pencil This is a horse I have had in my 'to-do' file for a while now - photo courtesy of Wetcanvas. My original inten...

Duke 10x12 Graphite Pencil Note to self: don't play around with things I know nothing about! In this case it was Blogger when trying to ...

A work in progress - Coloured Pencil on paper Looking at my desk today - unorganised chaos with coloured pencils everywhere - set me thinki...

I've been working on this drawing of a horse on and off for the last couple of weeks - she's big and will be 14x10 inches when finis...

Osker 10x12 Coloured Pencil This week has seen me thinking a lot about exhibitions and in particular those I would like to submit work to -...

Ben 2 8x10 Coloured Pencil Just a small post today if only to let you know I'm still here and not forgotten no.9 on my goals for 2008. T...

12x16 acrylic and coloured pencil Remember this one? I didn't until I came across it again while tidying and sorting out my studio and ...

Ben 10x8 Coloured Pencil First things first, before I start my ramblings on todays post I’d like to wish you all a happy New Year and hope i...