Hybrid

This week's Illustration Friday topic is Hybrid. I had a lovely idea for a red London bus powered by a water wheel (not the most practical of hybrid vehicles, but as I was pressed for time I went for a hybrid tortoise with a forest upon his back.

Jungle

A bit of a rush job for Illustration Friday - but here's a giraffe, who actually lives in the plains according to my husband. It's nice to be drawing again

Another Caran D'Ache picture

One more little picture done in Caran D'Ache

Caran D'Og

This is another Caran D'Ache Neocolor II picture. I've mostly used the crayons dry here. The dog (it's supposed to be an English Bull Terrier in case you were wondering) is from an idea for a children's book I'm working on.

Experiments in Caran D'Ache

I've been playing around with Caran D'Ache Neocolor II crayons lately. They are really fun to use and versatile - you can you them wet or dry, paint with them or draw with them, and they have a really high pigment content so you can get really bright colours and blend away.
I find them very quick to work with for small colour sketches. These are just little 10-minute colour sketches on postcard-sized colour card.