Neapolitan Mastiff pieces

Two more commissions:

Neapolitan Mastiff

Ink and watercolour 140x120mm

Neapolitan Mastiff Head Study

Ink 140x135mm

After making the other Neapolitan illustration earlier in the week, I ended up getting commissioned to create a second one, along with a head study. These guys are quite fun to draw, they almost start looking like marble drapery with all their skin folds.

If you'd like to commission an illustration you can get in touch with me via eimhinmcnamara (at) gmail.com, and we can discuss the particulars.

Deneview Snowfox

Recent greyhound portrait commission, ink and watercolour 250mm x 250mm

And here it is at home in Finland.

Sold Illustrations

Illustrations which have recently been sold.

Chimpanzee

Ink and watercolour 85x100mm

Scruffy Lurcher SOLD

Ink and watercolour 80mmx80mm

Black Greyhound SOLD

Ink and watercolour 80mmx80mm

3. White Deerhound SOLD

Ink and watercolour 80mmx80mm

Corgi SOLD

Ink and watercolour 80mmx70mm

Chops the lurcher SOLD

Ink and watercolour 80mmx80mm

Badger SOLD

Ink and watercolour 80x80mm

Phoebe the greyhound

Ink and watercolour 75x90mm

Fox

Ink and watercolour 100x115mm

Red Squirrel

Ink and watercolour 80x80mm

Maned Wolf

Ink and watercolour 90x120mm

Neapolitan Mastiff

Ink and watercolour 145x120mm

Illustration Orders

Above are some recent illustrations. Hit me up on eimhinmcnamara(at)gmail.com if you'd like one for yourself. Also if you order 4 or more prints from my shop, you can get a little ink doodle for free.

Fred

A little drawing I made of Fred, for his fosterer Kevin. Fred seems to have settled very well in to his new home now. He's even convinced the resident lurcher, Jess, of his charms.
Special thanks to Jane at Sighthound Strolls for all her work organising the match, and thanks to his new people for the lovely photo!

Recent commissions

A recent bunch of commissions, including some charity auction illustrations:

These two are in aid of Hogsprickle, a hedgehog charity.

These three were in aid of Cara Rescue Dogs.

 The above two ink drawings will be auctioned off in aid of the Scottish Greyhound Sanctuary

 A portrait of Gus, the English Bull Terrier. Here is a little piece that was written about him: link

Commissioned by Lucy's Lounge, a vintage clothing shop in Temple Bar, these are their resident lurchers, Galaxy and Circus Girl.

And here is a portrait of Zara, Rusty and Boo that a friend of mine commissioned.

Pet Portraits

Hi guys!

I'm offering a deal at my shop at the moment:
I'm taking commissions based on a photo/photos of your chosen pet, which I'll be drawing up and painting on cardboard (~ 150mm x 150mm).
Pictured are some example portraits, to help give an idea of what to expect.
They ain't no masterpieces but I really just wanna see all you guys' pets, and need to get stuck back into drawing again before I forget how.
It's €15 a portrait, but I can do combo deals if you'd like more than one, and I ship internationally for €3. Each additional item has free shipping.
Contact me at eimhinmcnamar(at)gmail(dot)com if interested.

Eimhin

Lucy

A quick sketch that went out complimentary with a print order from my shop.
We met this collie/lurcher at the park during the week. Lucy was adopted from the DSPCA about 10 months ago.

Wolfhound Drawing

Another little drawing that went off with a set of prints, to America this time.
Have a gander and see if anything catches your fancy: SHOP

Sheba

Another complimentary little drawing that went out with a print order this week, this time of Sheba the Saluki sleeping in a very awkward position, as is their won't.

Check out my shop and see if anything catches your eye: link

Dog

A complimentary drawing to go with a big print order someone benevolently ordered from my shop.

I've been helping out with a dog's foster the last few days. This is him. I just call him dog, but his name is Amos. Once we figure out how his temperament is, he'll be up for adoption from the lovely people at Sighthound Strolls.

Life drawing at the Drawing Project 08-03-2012

Managed to get a little bit more done at yesterday's class, and even made one drawing that bears a passing resemblance to the model, Niall, a fellow animator who also teaches life drawing, both in Ireland and abroad on the continent.

I primarily used a wee refillable brush pen thing that I got in Annecy years ago but never used. I like the range from fine line to broad stroke you can get, may use it a little in the next class too.

Here are the drawings in chronological order:

likeness

 For a part of tonight's class we produced sequential drawings, breaking an action into 3 poses; beginning, middle, and end.

First sequential drawing, wanted to concentrate on the face for this one mainly

I next attempted to draw the poses one on top of another, as you might do when onion skinning animation.

(failed first pose of the sequential above, distance between shoulder and hip is all kinds of wrong.)

I then did my usual sugar paper pastelly stuff.

All drawings are for sale. Email me if your interested and I can give you a quote: eimhinmcnamara@gmail.com