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Love dahlias, not just because they are so ornate, but also because they bloom so very late. The tuberous begonias and potted dahlias are still in full bloom at the start of November, how cool is THAT? (For the northern hemisphere and 47th parallel, no less!) This is a stylized drawing in colored pencils.

I was lucky enough to get to illustrate a beautiful Gorilla sculpture for Paignton Zoo. He took me 18 months to complete as he was under a purpose built awning at my house. Too hot and the pens dried up, too cold and my fingers froze! He now sits at the zoo and I miss him terribly! He Was decorated using acrylic markers on a white gloss base then varnished with car varnish.

Watercolor day 27.

Dinosaur doodling is the way of things today.

We weren’t getting enough social interaction in our quarantined space, so we decided to make another person, coming soon! This is my family as cats.

This is a simple study I did out of fun.The origional belongs to some one else.

A scene from where I live.The origional photo for this is taken from within a huge wildlife reserve. I should do more plaine air work but the weather in Ireland is not that predictable.

As we approach the end of winter, who knows where we’ll end up next? Still cautiously optimistic here... As long as there’s stuff to inspire us all, it can’t be all that bad?

I do browse some weird things on places like Youtube, without a doubt! Definitely in the search of inspiration 9 out of 10 times though (as you can see)...

Conjoined flower twins sway frightfully in the morning breeze.

Saturday night I was watching a documentary and continued to draw the interviewer.

Mermaid dreaming in the moonlight:) sketched and painted on procreate.

When you find a mondegreen in one of your favourite Magnetic Fields songs and it sets off your creativity... Can’t be only one mishearing things here? Stephin Merritt sure knew how to mumble back in the ‘90s, that’s for certain: https://youtu.be/UGNKhVJbDM8

DoodleSchmoodlez 19th Nov. :) !! Day off so here´s some doodles over pix in a book already on the wall anyway https://www.instagram.com/doodleschmoodlez/ https://artdavidmeehan.blogspot.com/p/e.html https://twitter.com/doodlingdoodlez https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=artdavidmeehan&set=a.1010407775728799

Rainbow Monster is here for the party

WIP. Detail. Pandemic Self-Portrait No4. Some days feel darker than others. Oil on board.

A couple of beers, thoughts in my head about lockdown easing and Radiohead lingering in the background while I work = stuff like this.

The best time to doodle is when u have to sit still for a few hours at a place where u can grab some paper and pen!

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.

Midnight flavoured motivation.

Vampire Cat. Green is actually my favorite color, but it’s the only colored marker I have in my house.

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

In my worlds, human/animal riding is symbiotic and the animals enjoy driving people around. Ink & watercolor on 5x5 Arches cold press.

Acrylic on vintage cabinet door

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

Ink & watercolor on Arches cold press.

An exercise in the art of anguish languish.

I started this with the Doodle Addicts Pre/post quarantine diptych drawing challenge in mind, but I didn't make the deadline (I started it on the day of the deadline, so it was a little ambitious!). The first half of the drawing represents before the corona virus and the second half is after the virus and kind of living with it. No pencil, just straight into the drawing with ink. It's rough, but I like how it turned out and there are some fun characters.