Lovebirds: finished!

Here are the two finished pieces; the first has been commissioned but the other I would really like to sell, if anyone would like him. I'm thinking about selling my goldfinch studies too, if anyone is interested. They are all on 200gsm watercolour paper and are just a bit bigger than A4 size.

The previous lovebird that was commissioned from me was for a school's charity auction, and here is how it looked when it sold; alongside my little "plaque" that I made to give the bidders a bit of an insight to who I am. The orange frame it was put in really suits it...it makes me want to start framing things myself!

Lovebirds: pencils

A commission to illustrate another lovebird turned into two more lovebirds, they're fun to draw! I will give them their colours very soon, but for now, here are the pencil drawings:

The Goldfinches and the Lovebird

I was recently asked to contribute to a school's auction in the form of a commission (yay! my first proper commission!!)  to produce an illustration similar to my previous fish and budgie studies. To make sure the outcome would be similar, I decided to illustrate a lively and colourful bird.

I produced a number of goldfinch studies; the idea being the most successful would be the commissioned piece.

However after doing these, I was very unsure about their duller colours! And so I did one more, this time a lovebird, which i'd recently seen at the pet shop where I did my budgie studies.

In the end, I chose the lovebird to submit as the commissioned piece. As a form of self-promotion, I included a small plaque featuring information about me, as well as a stack of business cards for anyone at the auction who may be interested in my work. As this was my first attempt at a business card, I feel they could be improved upon in the future. I plan to re-do them and one change I will make is making my contact details larger!