Have you ever looked at photographs from your childhood and thought, 'they don't create the emotions I felt at the time'. Well so did I, apart from the fact lots of those photos vanished over time, I wanted to tell my story to hand to my children and grandchildren to see my life as it was when I was young. So I set about painting quick sketches from my memories putting it all down on paper, just as I remembered t...
This starts out as a pen and ink drawing and then watercolour washes added. Gradually more details are added using coloured pencils to highlight the finer fur.