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Black and white line drawing of two little badgers having an explore, celebrating my personal love for wildlife.

Not a famous quote per se (as requested for this week's prompt), but my own little phrase I often think about and consider.

Here's the final color illustration created for Osprey Pens featuring the Osprey Pen Factory. It was drawn with the same fountain pen there on the right... An Osprey Milano 5.5 Flexpert Hourglass nib. Great pen! Colored in Photoshop.

Not finished yet! The curliest dog I've ever done!

Dearly little man! That face! Another pet commission!

Ok maybe a couple of mornings.

Swanky cats was a commission I did recently. The image is A3 and was sooooo much fun to do!

I try to do a couple of birds a week (obviously don't post them all). This is based on an on-line photo reference drawn with a "soft" Palomino Blackwing pencil and a 4B Koh-I-Noor Hardtmuth Progress woodless pencil. Hence the dark velvety black.

This one is a big'un! A3! 13 hours so far and still a way to go. I do love the curly hairy ones!

A naughty cat by all accounts!

I try to capture macigal mood of Monica Rathkes photo from Yellowstone

Gentleman Cat was modelled on a victorian oil painting with a special family cat as the star of the show! Part of a pair for a special Christmas present.

A3 floral and Mandala piece. Completed in 80 hours using 0.1 and 0.3 Sakura micron pens

First drawing of my serie of animals at their hides. Sketch and final drawing

My final entry for Stage 3 of the doodle addicts challenge! I have loved doing these challenges. They have not only got me drawing things I wouldn't have considered off my own back, but they have brought me out of my comfort zone too. Drawing steam is harder than I thought!!!

I think I’m becoming obsessed with the whole rabbit hole thing.

Bigger version of dandelions sketch

I believe the future is about connection. Sometimes it seems that technology is making us more alone, but I like to believe that with every post, like, comment, follow, share, email and tweet, we are making ourselves more visible to one another. And together, we can make ourselves heard... Keep it positive, keep it loud, and keep it going forever.

Part of a series of drawings following characters on a journey through strange and chaotic zones of a gigantic metropolis. I really enjoyed using the Sakura brush pen for this one.

Drawing homes is my new form of meditation. I get lost in building the structure slowly, line after line. I could do this forever...

In response to last week's doodle prompt.

Sometimes it takes more than one post-it note.

Which pair would you wear? . This fun doodle is in response to the latest weekly drawing prompt to draw a pattern, in red, with a pen. If you want to play along, sign-up on the site and a new quirky prompt will be delivered to your inbox every Monday.

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

This sketchbook is my therapist. Not this one specifically, but any single one small enough to fit in my pocket. I tell it everything, from quirky thoughts and funny notes to abstract concepts, drawings and positive reminders. Keep it analog folks… a doodle, sketch, writing, poem, or scribble every day helps to keep the brain fit and the thoughts flowing. ✏️

Punk Pigeon for K2 Snowboarding- Found on the 2016 K2 Happy Hour

I asked my husband (who is our Covid-period grocery shopper as I am high risk) to bring home a fruit to draw. He came home with a dragon fruit. For those who don't know this interesting edible, it's from a cactus. There are two species: the Asian species is white inside, the Central American variety is shocking pink (see photo). Great in smoothies or when nicely ripe (as this one was) it's tasty eaten out of the skin with a spoon.

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

Draw this using preference of my own photo from wild bear