‘Lenny the Leprechaun’ A Pencil Portrait of my ‘Doorstop Dumpy’ Creation.

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”Lenny the Leprechaun”
Copyright Caren Taylor 2015
*ALL RIGHTS RESERVED*
ONE.. of today’s little pencil sketches drawn from my very own Doorstop Dumpy created from my own patterns and ideas….for a glimpse of the cute little green subject – take a look at the link below, you may not have wandered across him on my site before?!

After grabbing my pencils for a little gift swap last week, I am overwhelmed how much I am enjoying the simplest of things once more, just drawing! Today I found myself totally absorbed in three little sketches, not to mention a slowly growing mound of graphite dust and sharpenings LOL 😀 Meet Lenny the Leprechaun, the first of three to be unveiled

Lenny the Leprechaun
Doorstop Dumpy’ – Handmade and Designed Character Doorstop
https://carentaylor.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/handmade-and-designed-doorstop-dumpy/
He being one of the very first posts I did after joining WP

‘LENNY THE LEPRECHAUN’
Copyright Caren Taylor 2015
*ALL RIGHTS RESERVED*
Here he is mounted, a totally unique little sketch, drawn from my own handmade creation, a ‘Doorstop Dumpy’ all ready for shipping, now in my Etsy shop!! A Cute quirky mounted (12 x 10 inches) ORIGINAL pencil drawing 

Pencil Drawings – ‘Selly Manor, Bournville’

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‘Selly Manor – Bournville’

This drawing was done from a photograph I took on a trip to Cadbury World, a chocolate factory near Birmingham. We literally walked around the corner from the Cadbury car park and fell upon the quaintest little village setting. Above, Selly Manor, is one of Birmingham’s oldest buildings dating back originally to around 1300.  Around 1907 it was dismantled, as apparently it was in a bad state of repair, and relocated to its present location in Bournville, as a restoration project by George Cadbury. It now stands as a museum and tourist attraction in the village setting. A beautiful Tudor building!

Pencil Drawings – Chipping Campden, Cotswolds – Pencil Drawing

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‘Chipping Campden, Cotswolds’

This little village street scene of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds can also be seen in my Pen and Ink section. It was done from a photograph taken whilst on a family holiday.  I do like to recreate some of my artwork in different mediums. Whilst, I think, the pencil drawing gives a softer, more romanticised feel to the scene, the pen and ink illustration gives a very crisp no fuss kind of picture. It amazes me how two scenes exactly the same appear so different even when drawn by the same person. It is almost as if the ink illustration conveys matter of factly “I am, what I am” whereas the pencil drawing has more character and depth somehow, even though they are similarly shaded.

(I have included the Pen and Ink drawing below so a comparison of style can be seen together)

Chipping Campden, Cotswolds

Pen and ink – Chipping Campden, Cotswolds – Sketch in Pen and Ink

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Chipping Campden, Cotswolds

This little village street scene of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds can also be seen in my Pencil Drawings section. It was done from a photograph taken whilst on a family holiday. I do like to recreate some of my artwork in different mediums. The pen and ink illustration gives a very crisp no fuss kind of picture, whilst, I think, the pencil drawing gives a softer, more romanticised feel to the scene. It amazes me how two scenes exactly the same appear so different even when drawn by the same person. It is almost as if the ink illustration conveys matter of factly “I am, what I am” whereas the pencil drawing has more character and depth somehow, even though they are similarly shaded.

(I have included the pencil drawing below so a comparison of style can be seen together)

(Which can be seen in Pencil Drawings)

 

Pencil Drawing – ‘Up The Cobbled Street of Rye’, Sussex – Drawing in Pencil

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‘Up The Cobbled Street of Rye’

This drawing was done from an old photograph taken whilst on holiday in the South of England many years ago. I took a photograph looking down the street at the same time, a pencil drawing of which can be found also in Pencil drawings, titled; ‘Down a Cobbled Street in Rye’

Pencil Drawing – ‘Down The Cobbled Street of Rye’, Sussex – Drawing in Pencil

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‘Down The Cobbled Street of Rye’

This detailed pencil drawing was done from an old photograph taken whilst on holiday in the south of England, many years ago.  At the time I took a photograph looking up the street as well, which I also drew in pencil and it can be found in pencil drawings, titled; ‘Up The Cobbled Street in Rye’

Pencil – ‘High Street, Broadway, Cotswolds – Sketch in Pencil

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High Street, Broadway, Cotswolds

This is another pencil sketch of the beautiful village of Broadway in the Cotswolds, it was done from a photograph taken on a family holiday many years ago. Just last week we stopped off at the village on a trip down to London. The surrounding countryside on the day we arrived was like something out of a fairy tale. There had been several inches of snow and the tree lined roads looked like a scene from Austria in wintertime. As we walked along the main street I noticed that many of the shops now had new residents, indeed The Bindery Gallery as I have drawn above is now longer in business in High Street at this location.

Pencil Drawing – Entwistle Reservoir – Pencil Sketch

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Entwistle Reservoir

This Pencil drawing was done as a preliminary sketch for the Oil painting of Entwistle Reservoir, (Which can be seen in Landscapes)

Pencil Drawing – Snowshill, Cotswolds – Pencil sketch

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Snowshill, Cotswolds

These two pencil drawings of Snowshill, in the Cotswolds were done from old photographs taken on family holidays. This is a beautiful, tiny, village in the Cotswolds. It is almost just one street wrapped around a church and graveyard. Below is another pencil sketch of Snowshill Church.

Pencil Drawing – Turton Tower, Bolton

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Turton Tower, Bolton

A local Historical Tudor Home. Now being looked after by “The Friends of Turton Tower” This beautiful old house is set in vast surrounding woodland. It is also used for local shows, such as Farmer’s markets and Craft fairs. It is one of the venues where I exhibit.

I asked permission to take a photograph of the building as it entailed me having to lie on the footpath under two huge Yew trees to capture the entire building (I didn’t want to be carried away if they thought I was being a bit weird!)

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