Tag Archives: Animals

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Cute Duckling – Minimal Black and White Line Art Drawing

It’s been a while! This year I’ve been busy finishing my next colouring book, and was just about done when I broke my leg last month and had to rest for a bit. But now […]

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Cat and Pyramid Painting Exercise – Block 4 #3

I’ve just finished the third painting for Block 4 of the Evolve Artist course. This cat figure was painted from a photograph. Evolve Artist Block 4, #3 – Cat and Pyramid. Oil on canvas. This […]

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Frog on a Lily Pad – Minimalist Black and White Line Art Drawing

This monochrome line drawing features a frog sitting on a lily pad. I drew it in Procreate on the iPad, and it has the same modern minimal style as my other recent animal line art. […]

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Cat Portrait Line Drawing

Here is some more cat line art – a black and white minimalist cat portrait that I drew in Procreate on the iPad. Like the other animal line drawings in this series, I used a […]

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Weimaraner Dog Portrait Line Drawing

This is another in my current set of minimalist black and white line art drawings. I’ve only posted cats so far, so here is a dog for a change 🙂 I’m definitely a cat person, […]

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Curious Kitten Watching a Butterfly Line Drawing

This black and white line drawing features a cute kitten sitting in the grass, while looking up at a butterfly. It’s the third in the line art collection I’m in the process of working on […]

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Cat Climbing a Tree – Minimal Line Art

This is the second of my new series of black and white line drawings in a minimalist style, and features an adventurous cat climbing up a tree. I drew it by hand last month in […]

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Sleeping Cat Line Art Drawing

Today I’m happy to be posting the first of an ongoing series of line art pieces that I’ve been working on recently. These are all hand drawn in Procreate on my iPad, and feature minimalist […]

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Rod of Asclepius – Black and White Line Art

This is the last of the older pieces I’m posting here, and is a black and white vector line drawing of the Rod of Asclepius. Also known as the Staff of Asclepius, this symbol combines […]

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Elegant Flamingo Silhouette Bird Art (Three Colour Variations)

This flamingo silhouette drawing is another of my pieces from a few years ago that I’ve recently added to my stores. It has an elegant flamingo standing on one leg, against a plain background, making […]

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Two Cats Gazing at the Moon (Halloween and Purple Versions)

This vector illustration of two silhouetted cats sitting under a tree and gazing up at the moon is one of my favourite older designs. I made two versions, one with a purple night sky, and […]

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Cute Kawaii Tabby Cat Face

I drew this kawaii cat face several years ago, and have just updated it a little bit and added it to my stores as prints and other items. This is one of the first kawaii […]

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Dinosaurs and Mushroom Painting Exercise – Block 3 #20

I finished Block 3 at last! This painting exercise is part of the Evolve Artist course, and is #20 from Block 3. It was painted from life. Evolve Artist Block 3, #20 – Dinosaurs and […]

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Dolphins and Cubes Painting Exercise – Block 3 #19

Here’s another Evolve Artist exercise finished! This is #19 from Block 3, and was painted from a reference photo. Evolve Artist Block 3, #19 – Dolphins and Cubes. Oil on canvas. It’s over a month […]

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Cute Cartoon Mouse Die Cut Sticker

This is another cut out sticker that I’ve just been posting to a couple of my stores. It has a cute cartoon mouse drawing with a round orange body, curly black tail and long whiskers. […]

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Fish and Octopus Painting Exercise – Block 3 #12

I finished this exercise for Evolve Artist just before Christmas. It took a couple of weeks, so I was happy to get it done before the holiday. Evolve Artist Block 3, #12 – Fish and […]

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Two Owls Painting Exercise – Block 2 #20

I finally finished Block 2 of Evolve Artist! 😀😀😀 This is the 20th exercise in the Block, and the 10th painting. I chose to paint a couple of carved wooden owls that I bought especially […]

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Mushrooms and Horse Painting Exercise – Block 2 #17

I just finished another exercise for Block 2 of Evolve Artist. This is number 17, so only three more to go and I’ll be on to using colour! I enjoyed this one, as I like […]

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Two Cats – Painting Exercise #19

I just finished another Evolve painting, and I found this one quite difficult! I had trouble identifying the shadow types in some places, and was second guessing my value choice for the background. So I […]

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Two Rabbits – Painting Exercise #18

I’ve just completed another painting for Block 1 of the Evolve Artist course. This is number 18 (of 20) and is called Two Rabbits. It took me longer than the last one – unsurprisingly, since […]

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Cat on Cube – Painting Exercise #17

This cat on a cube is exercise 17 from Block 1 of the Evolve Artist art fundamentals course. Each exercise gets a bit more challenging and the cat was definitely the most complex object I’ve […]

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Bird and Bird House – Painting Exercise #15

I slacked off a bit on my Evolve exercises in the last few weeks, because I wanted to focus on getting my next colouring book out before the holidays. Then some other stuff came up, […]

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Free Easy Giraffe Colouring Page for Kids

Here is another free printable colouring page, taken from my newest colouring book, Very Easy Animal Faces Colouring Book for Toddlers and Young Kids. It features a cute giraffe face, with strong lines and large […]

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New – Very Easy Animal Faces Colouring Book

It’s new book time! I recently published my latest colouring book, Very Easy Animal Faces Colouring Book for Toddlers and Young Kids. The title is pretty self-explanatory – it has thirty cute cartoon animal portraits, […]

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New Animal Colouring Book in Progress

My next colouring book will be another toddler book with easy animal portraits. Here are some of the rough sketches, which I’m currently outlining in Procreate: I started working on this book around the end […]

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My Inktober Sketch Habit – Completed

At the start of October I made

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Cute Yellow Chicken Digital Art

I drew this cute chicken in Procreate on my iPad, over the summer. He (she?) has a textured yellow body, orange tail feathers, red comb and wattles, and a bit of an attitude 🙂 I […]

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Inktober – Doing it My (Very Rough) Way

Inktober is a month-long drawing challenge that takes place in October each year. The idea is to develop an ink drawing habit, but beyond that the rules are pretty loose. I’ve always enjoyed seeing what […]

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Duckling Pencil Sketch

I thought I’d start posting a few more unfinished pieces, like sketches and works in progress. I don’t like to document every step of my process like some artists, but I can manage a few […]

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Cute Purple and Black Butterfly Drawing

One thing I love to paint and draw but haven’t posted much of so far is animals. I like using both realistic and more cartoonish styles, and this purple butterfly is an example of the […]