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A portrait of my cat Linus, who has the sweetest nature, a lot of love for his brother cat Rex, and a lingering case of kitty gingivitis from his days as a stray. Derwent Drawing Pencils on pastel paper.

PLaying in the studio with watercolour paints and inks - created a planetarium of textural ideas - had great fun doing this and now plan to use some these effects in my next piece.

Pen and Ink line drawing of an area in the village of Settle in Yorkshire UK. This was a commission for a greetings card for Settle Stories.

Made by Autodesk sketchbook using mainly pencil tools.

Isolation cats project, sleepy cat

Mixed media collage

Pencil and watercolour, 7x5".

This guy was my first ever exploration with Inktense. He came out looking more neon than regal, hence the title.

Another iso cat in pastel

11”x14” charcoal and graphite on paper

I started a new youtube series called Paint With Frenemy. Channeling Bob Ross in short painting videos. Check it out if you like and please like an subscribe! I'lll be posting new videos every Sunday 9am eastern time. This week video I paint a happy little taco with some stop motion animation mixed into the painting process. Link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hfj3xBju_c

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Martin Luther King Jr. #Just_a_try_at_softpastels

This week an inquisitive kitty is my subject. It's done in 2B and 4B graphite pencil on Canson Sketch Pad paper. The reference was a ZETA stock photo.

A preliminary sketch for a belt buckle manufacturing company who requested a multi-layered story (scene) to be made out of various types of metal.