So kind of you to visit! I have always sketched in my spare time, anything from character designs to imaginary creatures & this seems like a nice place to share them I also love to sculpt and create things, though this is less frequent as it depends on the materials available nearby My other love…
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Happy December!
My favourite month of the year has finally arrived, feeling so happy right now & can’t wait to start decorating my house. To celebrate, I have decided to treat my blog to a revamp. I hope you like this change, here’s to many more posts, portraits & updates in the future. Take care x
1st Craft Show of 2015
Hello again! After taking a little break, I did my first craft show of this year and it was also my first time out as ‘Espy Art’ rather than ‘Hannah Taylor Pet Portraits’ 🙂 I adore these fairy lights, they really helped make my work stand out Usually my good friends Vicki (VHS Photography) and…
1st Pet Portrait of 2015
Hello, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! I’m so excited to finally share this, I was asked not to post it online until after Christmas as it was a surprise gift. Now that I know the owner has seen it, you can too: Finished portrait Framed A5 print Original photograph This…
All change!
I’ve chosen to move everything over to a new home, so all that was once ‘hannah-taylor-pet-portraits.com’ related is now part of ‘Espy Art’. Click here to visit my new blog, thank you 🙂
The Big Relaunch!
Goodbye old routine, hello fresh start! From now on, everything creative I share online, and all my business/art commission type things, will be part of ‘Espy Art’ – finally it will all be neat and organised! This includes my Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, website and of course this blog. As much as I loved ‘hannah-taylor-pet-portraits.com’, I…
A new start!
So, as you may know, I’ve been running two blogs, one for each of my websites, for quite a while now. Recently though, I had a brain wave – why not combine them into one and bring everything together? Ok, it wasn’t exactly an earth-shattering idea, but it just felt right. After all, no matter…
Time to stop and think
My daily photo project went well, better than I could have hoped really. OK, so I didn’t quite manage a whole year of daily photos…*but* I did learn a lot and this little break has helped me refocus. The photos I did take, one for every day of this year until May 5th, can be…
Day One:
I did it, I actually put up my first photo of 2014! You can see it by following this link:Â Flickr Thank you, take care x
Possible new project, maybe, probably…
I just re-discovered my Flickr account, it has been sat there for 4 years, all empty and lonely – poor thing! So, I guess I’d better learn how to use the site and put some photos up eh? Thinking of starting a year-long project, where I can post new things I discover, create and capture….
Makeover time
Hello there After hours of editing, I can finally share Espy Art’s new look, I do hope you like it: New Website! I’ve chosen to keep everything clean and simple, with a little artistic touch here and there – with more exciting things on their way soon! The old design was a little fiddly to…
Peace and quiet
As my life is pretty hectic at the moment, I enjoyed drawing this moment of silence and serenity. This design is based on my lurcher, such a lazy girl but I love her ^_^ Here she has stopped to take in the fresh air and sunshine, before sprinting off again to explore. As you can…
Puppy love
Look who’s back! I felt bad for the lack of art, so I made a brand new background for the blog, neat huh? You may notice this matches my website too, now everything ties in nicely. Anyway, enough about that, you’re here to see more new designs so I shall provide: This pup is loosely…
Kitty!
I like drawing cats, usually tall and skinny or short and plump. This particular kitty has a hint of ‘Snowbell’ (Stuart Little) and ‘Salem’ (Sabrina). It seems I am heavily influenced by childhood memories of TV and film. Or it might be because I still watch the same things now! As you can see, the eyes changed…
What am I up to? Where have I gone?
I realise that things have been pretty quiet on this blog lately. Truth is, I just haven’t been on many adventures, if any, and as a result have little to share with you. I could post pictures of the meals I eat, the view of the street from my studio window or tell you about…
Lost and found
As with most of my work, I start with nothing and gradually build up an idea. This is no exception, I began with a white square on the screen and a brown, charcoal-effect brush tip selected After scrubbing out a background, I let my pen flow until this gangly hound took shape. He is out…
Flower girl
I’ve been going back to some older drawings that I have scanned in over the years, to give them a makeover. These kind of designs can be tweaked and added to many times as my style develops. As soon as I drew this girl, a colour scheme sprang to mind – pastel lilacs, blues and pinks….
Three dimensional fire breather
Work in Progress: It seems I just can’t get enough of these mystical beasts, starting to wonder if I should go back to fluffy critters for a while, but not just yet 🙂 Working in 3D is my new favourite thing, getting to work with the virtual clay and mould it to create anything I…
Stone scales
Its good to be back, I missed being on here yesterday! Oriental dragons are so varied and intricate, this is my first in that style. Starting with a pencil drawing, I then added shading and highlights (using a white pen). As with most of my work, I continued working in Photoplus until I was happy…
Dreaming of dragons
Back in dragon mode tonight, I may well add more to this little guy but I need to rest my brain for now! I loved my little dragon doodle as it was, however I love to experiment so went ahead and tried out a different style anyway I gave him a ghostly look, with gentle moon…