"Shattered Dreams" 
 Exploring the unknown.......

This last month I've been very busy working on a commission of four dogs which I shall look forward to sharing with you in due course.  I can however share with you another project I have been working on.  For a while I have been wanting to try something new and experiment.  It's so easy to get stuck in your comfort zone and continue to do what you've always done.  However learning is something that gives me huge satisfaction and I decided it was time to brave!  I knew that I wanted to draw a picture of a tiger.  I took a photo of the back of a tiger a while ago when visiting the Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent and as soon as I saw the tiger in this position I knew I wanted to recreate it somehow.  I loved the fact that it showed off his magnificent stripes and for me it was symbolic that soon we will see the 'back' of tigers as sadly there are far to few of them left in the wild. 

I was going to draw it in my usual style but I was feeling inspired to be more creative with it and show how fragile their existence is.  As you can see in the picture, I have glass shattering with the tiger print on to symbolise this.  Not only did I decide on a more abstract design, I wanted to make the picture larger than I normally work at 40cmx60cm.  I know how time consuming using pure coloured pencils is and thought it was about time to experiment with watercolour pencils.  They have always been a bit of a mystery to me and I wasn't really sure how it would turn out!