Miniature Silverpoint barn scene 3.5" X 5"

Well...I haven't found it that easy to keep up with drawing, blogging, or tweeting lately. I keep thinking it's about to get easier but there's a lot to organize moving from one coast to another. It's emotional too and sometimes I find myself just staring out the window when there are so many other things I can and should be doing. My current project is the top floor of the barn. Trying to decide what to keep and what to get rid of.

Doing some drawing too though. This is a small silverpoint piece that I completed recently. No title and for some reason I find myself reluctant to give it one.

For me, this piece has a sense of calm quiet expectation. It reminds me of much of what I enjoy about being in a barn and just having horses.

Rabbit in silverpoint

A lot has been happening lately and I'm afraid I've rather neglected my internet activities. My husband and I took a vacation and, since then, we've decided to list our home for sale and move back to the west coast of Canada.

I have mixed feelings about this and the decision was not an easy one. We've been very happy here and I love my home but most of our family live on the west coast. We moved here to Nova Scotia for my husband's work but his employment no longer ties us anywhere. I'm very glad that we've had the opportunity to live here these last three years and I will miss it.

So...I've been scrambling around trying to get things ready in a hurry. My home looks very tidy but nothing is where I usually keep it so I can't find a thing!

I hope to get back on track with my artwork now that most of the work is done.

4"X 4" miniature silverpoint "Mare & Foal"

2"X 3" miniature portrait in silverpoint on parchment.

2"X 3" miniature in silverpoint on parchment.

"At the Fair" 4"X 4" Silverpoint on 140lb Arches hot pressed coated in 8 layers of Golden Silverpoint Ground

Miniature portrait-silverpoint on parchment 2"X3"

"Beau" in silverpoint with added watercolour

This portrait of equine author Tena Bastian's stallion Beau (@TenaBastian or www.tenabastian.com) was completed from a photo that Tena sent me. I altered the background to improve lines in the composition but did my best to capture a likeness of Beau.  This is tough to do from one photo but Tena had other photos of Beau on her website and that helped as well. It's about 8" X  12" with 6 layers of silverpoint ground on stretched 140lb arches hot pressed paper. I've included a picture before and after adding colour to the silverpoint. I'd love to hear any opinions on the addition of colour to the picture.