animal

Playing with an unconventional color palette

A3 portrait using very small 0.03 and 0.05 fineliners! She was so gorgeous to do.

Another commission and another Springer. These are one of my favourites to draw as theres such a mixture of texture and shape.

This is little Finley the Border Terrier. He is a recent commission. I haven't ever drawn a dog so really enjoyed doing this whilst trying to keep to my black and white line style.

The finished portrait!

Illustration of birth of the bear in Finnish mythogy. White ink on black Moleskine

Quick watercolour sketch.

I believe there may be a better way to get children excited about animals

A4 portrait commission. Really enjoyed drawing Harry, the composition of this one was lovely.

I am interested in connection between a human and an animal. This unique, individual emotional, almost telepathic connection that is so abstract that only art could possible be bale to materialize it . ..like another different universe...

Finally something new and fresh, again it was my first time to draw an animal with fur, which seemed always so difficult thing for me and still is, but now I'm not afraid of it anymore.

Timber was a recent A3 commission I was lucky enough to do. Drawn using 0.03 and 0.05 fineliners. I was sad to see this one go!

I have been working on this A3 double 'Pets in a Portrait' and I can't share the finished piece until after christmas as it will be a gift. I'm so chuffed with it, so heres some sneaky peaks that don't give too much away!

Playing around with bird patterns. I scanned in all my watercolor birds and then arranged them with GIMP.

Drew this for a professor that mentored me on my first research paper! You can also find me on facebook www.facebook.com/sonialaiart for WIP and updates!

Finished full version of an image I did in three parts, adding to it to create three separate images.

I came across these Sepia Fine Liners! Had so much fun experimenting with them. Looking forward to creating some more images with these.

Finally finished! This project took many long hours (about 8-9) and reduced my brand new 6B pencil to nothing but a tiny stub... “Black Gold” is done in graphite on 80 lb drawing paper. If you are interested in prints please contact me via my website.

I've been so impressed with the ball point pen art that I have seen on this site, that I decided to give it a try. This is a Betta fish (Siamese fighting fish) done in red, blue, and purple ball point pens. Obviously, I have much to learn....but it was great fun and I have ordered some more colors since I plan on experimenting more. I've enclosed a photo of the work in progress and the various reference photos I used. The colors are more true to the final scan than in the flash photo of my drawing table.

Lost

A slightly older pencil drawing from last year, untitled.

Gorgeous little Rupert the West Highland Terrier. He was drawn using black fine liners on A4. Love doing the animal portraits... I love it when their little eyes suddenly peep out the paper! Available as an A4 print.

For all the cat lovers and night owls of the world. Prints for sale @ etsy.com/shop/DrawingsByLucia.

A piece that incorporates some of my favorite things... Coffee, Cats, Pups & Puns!

Lazy day

A koi fish I painted while I was in Malaysia last year.

This panda wants to go fishing. 5"x7" ink and watercolor on Strathmore mixed media paper.

Old family farm with Cinnamon.