Laura Hardie

Cody Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 After my usual tweaking of bits here and there and adding the final touches I’m now happy to call Cody fin...

A quick post to let you know that despite all the disruption I've had over the past two weeks I am still here busily working away on Cod...

Gypsy Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 . My lack of posts lately will tell you that I’m still not finding the time I’d like just now to work on ...

It’s turning out to be a busy week for me away from the drawing board so I’m not getting to spend as much time as I would like, or should I ...

Tetley Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 . It’s been four weeks in the making but with Tetley now finished and part of the group, the portrait is...

Meet Tetley, the last Collie in the line up. Over the last few days he has been slowly emerging from the paper and is now nearing completion...

It’s been over three weeks now that I’ve been working away on nothing but the Collies and when you spend that amount of time on a portrait y...

Moving on now to Spike, the only black tri-coloured collie in the group. He adds a nice splash of colour to the portrait I think. Spike A Wo...

Sam Copyright Laura Hardie Two down, two to go. I’m not completely happy with the scan of Sam as it hasn’t picked up a lot of the lighter p...

I’m still working away on the Collie portrait and so far it looks like I’m managing to only complete one a week. With four Collies in the gr...

Barney Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 Haven’t the last four days been wonderful. It is very rarely we get weather like this – sunshine and blue...

Next up on my drawing board is a group portrait of four Border Collies. The overall portrait will be 20x16 inches and in order to fit all fo...

Zara 21cm x27cm, Coloured Pencil Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 I work from photos (as if you hadn’t guessed:)) – I have to as I've yet to ...

Skye Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 I put the last finishing touches to Skye this morning and now feel I’ve reached the stage where I’ve done ...

I’m still working away on the double portrait of Skye and Keira which, as seems to be the norm these days, is taking longer to finish than I...

Keira A Work in Progress Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 I’ve not been feeling too good these past few days so my pencils have been lying dorman...

Keira A Work in Progress Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 A couple more stages showing Keira coming together. I should have her finished over the...

Keira A Work in Progress Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 My next portrait is of two dogs – a Springer Spaniel and a crossbreed, although we’re n...

Thistle 12x10 Coloured Pencil on paper Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 While adding the final touches to Thistle I suddenly remembered about the...

Thistle A Work in Progress Copyright Laura Hardie 2009 The school holidays are now over so hopefully I can spend more time on my drawings. S...