First commission sold - Jazza the Horse

My first paid commission finished. The horse's name is Jazza and is 28 years old and was being given as a present. There were a few things I would have liked to improve, but it was quite hard to do, so I just tried my best to work with it. The person I was doing it for seemed quite pleased with it and that was really nice for me to know that she liked it. The tree also has significance. I found the time restraint quite hard and spent my entire first week of my holidays doing this and the second week doing homework. It was a fun holidays.

2012, aged sixteen. Different grades of pencil on acid-free paper

When I finished it I wasn't sure whether I should guillotine some of the paper off the side. I didn't end up doing it, but I wanted to. I was worried I was losing track of the true contrasts in the horse's hair as I was getting so caught up in the detail. I sold this for $50.

The most detailed drawing I've done so far - Newfoundland Dog

2012, aged sixteen. One HB pencil on paper.

I drew this dog over a long period of time. I took it up to the snow and I finished it with all the spare time. I drew it directly off a picture from my computer which allowed me to zoom in and get very precise detail. This drawing is unusual for me because usually I get bored or tired of doing the detail because it takes so long.