pen drawings

We have libraries again!

So I took advantage of ours, and got out:

 Painting Your Favorite Animals in Pen, Ink and Watercolor

Pretty neat book. 

I took a fancy to the pen drawings, and decided to copy some of them.

Here are my results:

A rabbit...

And a bird!

I drew them both with a Sakura Micron pen (0.30 line width). 

I enjoyed drawing them so much, that now I'm working on a cat!

I've tried many times to capture a cat's personality, and have never succeeded, so we will see how this one turns out...

Starry Night

So, 

I finally got around to posting about my latest art project.

I had to copy Van Gogh's Starry Night.

His:

 Mine:

 Here are a few pics of detail:

The moon...

The hills and wind...

and the church!

It was a fun project to work on.

I used oil pastels rather than paint, so the picture has a little different look than the original.

But on the whole, I was happy with the finished piece!

 I probably won't post for a while, because I'm leaving on a trip soon!