Lis's Cat Phoebe

This is the first black cat that I have painted in any medium. I used Pitt pastel pencils on anthracite Pastelmat. To obtain a rich black, I under painted the darkest fur with prussian blue, then I used black and various greys, pale blue and white to model it.
6"x7"

VASE

This was a sketch for the  Paint and Draw Challenge no.24

Black gel pen on heavy, rough paper.

10"x7"

SILHOUETTE

I liked the girl's profile taken from the current A Day Not Wasted challenge. I drew it with a variety of white coloured pencils on black Canford paper. It looks brighter than my actual drawing, because I couldn't produce a decent black with a straight forward scan! The paper was rather furry to work on, I prefer a smoother paper for CP work. I worked with a reversed image because strangely I find it a lot easier if the person, or animal for that matter, is looking to the left! I wonder if other artists suffer from this quirk? I notice I've signed it 2001. Wishful thinking, perhaps?
5"x 8"

Wooden Door (detail)

This is for the Paint and Draw Challenge September challenge. The wood was brushed on with coloured inks and then the grain was drawn with various sizes of black and sepia gel pens, on paper. 

8"x6"

ONIONS

For this month's Rookie Painter challenge. I sketched the out line with a home made bamboo pen dipped in water soluble black ink and then used coloured inks.

8"x12"

Another Still Life

I enjoyed the last challenge, so I decided to set up my own still life using a vase made by the monks on Caldy Island.

Acrylic on paper.  8"x12"

Jug and Peaches

The current Paint and Draw Challenge. Acrylic on paper, 8"x12".        I used ultramarine, alizarin crimson and a touch of burnt sienna to make the black. I limited my palette to three other colours --- cadmium yellow light, titanium white and light green, all made by Liquitex.