2nd place in online competition

My Turtle illustration got 2nd place in an online competition on deviantArt! This is my favourite drawing so far, so I am very honoured at winning 2nd place in a competition! :-) Thank you to everyone who voted for me.

Baby Panda - finished

Coloured pencil, white chalk pencil and charcoal pencil on card. Size, slightly smaller than A4. I'm not completely happy with this, I don't like his ears or the background.
WIP

Honourable mention in dA competition!

Today I received an honourable mention for my 'Mozambique Spitting Cobra' drawing on deviantArt for the 'African Predator contest'! I did this drawing years ago and it's actually one I want to do again (one day), to include more of the cobra and to add a background.

Penguin family - commission

Finished. I like the way the penguins turned out but I'm not happy with the background.

First card sold on Greeting Card Universe

I just sold my first greeting card on Greeting Card Universe. It's not my most preferred card by any means, but it's nice to know that someone out there liked it enough to buy it! I haven't been active on GCU for a couple of months - I've been focusing on drawing and making jewellery, but I plan to start putting more cards up on GCU in the New Year.

Penguins WIP

This is a commission I am currently working on based on a drawing I did years ago. I love penguins, and Emperor penguins are my favourite! (Sorry about the poor quality photo!)

New jewellery designs now on my website

I've been busy over the past few weeks creating new jewellery designs. I've learnt how to do the 'spiral weave' technique, 'African helix' and also how to create safety pin bracelets. I've had a lot of fun making these and I have so many more ideas of things to make. There just aren't enough hours in the day! Click on the image for a larger view.

These ten examples are now up on my website and over the next week I will be putting some of these, as well as others up on etsy. With a bit of luck I may even sell one or two!

I haven't touched my panda drawing for a while because I have been focussing on making jewellery, and unfortunately it will have to wait a while longer as my next project is a drawing of a penguin family which I have been commissioned to do.

First place in DeviantART's 'Spots and Stripes' mini contest!

Wow! My zebra drawing won first place in a mini contest on DeviantART! I'm very surprised and extremely happy as I was up against some tough competition. You can see the other placed winners here: 'Spot and Stripes' mini contest