Want to Play?

Want to Play?

Copyright Laura Hardie 2011

I should really be thinking about getting back to the drawing board this week but I have so much I want to do and try I don’t know where to start and what to do first! What I do know is that it will involve lots of playing and experimenting with mixed media, something I’ve been wanting and promising myself to do for a long time, so could be interesting. Really looking forward to seeing what creations I produce and just having fun. In between *cough* doing my usual drawings of course.

One of my favourite drawings of 2011 was ‘Want to Play’, above. I just loved this dogs expression and had to capture it on paper. The fact he was a Lab was a bonus – have I mentioned how much I love drawing labs before at all:) The original drawing has sold and gone to a good home but, as a small thank you for all the support I get both here and on FB, I am giving away a print, hot of the printer as it isn’t available to purchase yet, over on my FB page (link in the right hand column). You will find details of what to do to enter the draw on there should you be interested. If you are not a fan of FB but would like your name to be included just let me know by leaving a comment here on my blog and I’ll make sure it goes into the hat. I’ll be announcing the winner on Wednesday 11^th January.

Dutch Auction Week 2

18.5cm x 30cm, Pencil on Mellotex Paper
Copyright Laura Hardie 2011

I still do not appear to have improved with keeping my blog updated, despite my good intentions, as I haven’t posted the final stage of my latest Lab drawing. I actually finished this a few weeks ago, updated my FB page and promptly forgot about doing the same here so my apologies to anyone who has been waiting patiently to see how it turned out. I will admit to being so disorganised just now that I need to sit down and do a bit of prioritising I think – time to start the daily ‘to-do’ lists maybe.

It’s Monday and week two of the Dutch Auction of ‘Curiosity’ which means the price has dropped by £20 down to £180. You can purchase it now by emailing me.

Curiosity
22cm x 19cm, Pencil on Fabriano Artistico paper
36cm x 32cm with mount/matt
Copyright Laura Hardie 2011

Still here

Labrador, A Work in Progress, Copyright Laura Hardie 2011

Yet another long delay between posts, not good but I do have a reasonably good excuse – I’ve not been drawing and so had nothing to show. And I didn’t think you would want to know about my life away from the drawing board – that could have been a long post with nothing to look at! When I say I haven’t been drawing what I probably should say is I am not putting in the hours I normally do and instead working a little bit here and an even littler (grammatically incorrect I know but I like it:)) bit there when the mood takes me – waiting on my motivation to come back as it seems to have gone. Think I need to get out and about with my camera more to give me inspiration.

In the meantime I’m going to continue working away on my latest Lab, see above. Again this is pencil on Mellotex paper, my paper of choice recently, but I’m starting to dislike working on it and need to try out other papers – think it’s maybe just too smooth for my liking and I’m missing the tooth you get with hot pressed watercolour paper. I still have a paper not dissimilar to Mellotex that I want to try. Only small pieces as they were samples sent to me by another artist so maybe a small drawing next.

Before I go I must tell you about my website as I’ve had several emails enquiring where it has gone. I’d been thinking for some time about changing my domain name and have now done so. I think I have updated everywhere I can think of with my new address but incase I have missed somewhere it is now http://www.laurahardie.com. A few changes been made to it too.