Black on Grey on White

🥳 Raising money for Secret World Wildlife Rescue Rescue thanks to Association of Animal Artists Members Group
The Auction is now live 💥 and runs through to the end of August.
Two of my drawings are there strutting their wee paws 🤩
Below is "Soda" 🦔
You can bid for this wee chap (Lot16) and see all the other amazing artwork here:
https://www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/detail/auction_id/swwrcharityartauction/?fbclid=IwY2xjawEb-vlleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeOURq0UhDdNzLZW2OCdOIt63bbz6a1Ur8r9vsDGQ5ULgARsX0RuGP05AQ_aem_Kfzt7YgPY55PIYI7L8DsPg

Lot Number 16
Title: Soda
Artist: Sheona Hamilton-Grant
Medium: Pencil
Artwork size: 24 x 18cms (approx)

This year's Charity Auction bidding has begun 🤩.
Wee Olive has had a first bid 🥳

“Olive” by Sheona Hamilton-Grant Title: Olive Artist: Sheona Hamilton-Grant Medium: Pencil Artwork size: 24 x 18cms (approx) The Association of Animal Artists annual charity art auction is back again for 2024, and this year it's our biggest yet as we raise money for the fantastic Secret World Wildlife Rescue! This beautiful portrai...

This is Legacy 🐴
Thanks to reference image I was able to create a cherished drawings Over the years Legacy’s stallion charm and big mane has always been a firm favourite 🎨 🙏 The original drawing of this majestic stallion can be found hanging in an collector‘s home.

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So proud to be in such good company 🤗

This week's throwback is Florestan, THE Florestan, sire to soooooo many exceptional horses🐴🏆. This grand stallion lived to a very respectable age of 26. Over the years I had the honour and joy of spending time with him, witnessing his presence and unrivaled character. I drew this portrait back in 2010 from a reference photo I took early one summer morning. In it, he's 24 and was still as sharp as a whip💫.

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This week‘s throwback has brought this gorgeous furry friend also known as Bismarck into the spotlight. A commission from a few years ago. I remember him being so full of life and energy ⚡️that reverting to the use of very strange noises was the only way to capture his attention long enough to shoot this reference photograph. Wonderful memories 🤭🐾✏️

👊New and proudly out in the world is my drawing of this gorgeous dark beauty.
So very excited with this new piece: it has all the elements I love: drama, contrast, simplicity, and of course that irreplaceable sprinkling of horse magic 🤩

This is "Far Away" Pencil on paper 33x45cm (Reference image my own)

Drawing equine details has always been my favourite ✏️🤩

You want detail? We've got details and in pencil too!

Cornered by Sheona Hamilton-Grant. 6.25 x 10″ graphite on paper. Fully framed. $950.00

This weeks is a drawing of Fiona a beautiful mare privately commissioned a few years ago. Always a joy to rediscover work that came out of the studio ❤️

This amazing space for equine art is celebrating 10 years 🎉💛🎉. So so wonderful!

Installed this banner in the gallery window today!

Off to new start on a new portrait. Big and bold. Here is the road map to what will be the mane. Still very rough. Need to get my brain around the ins and outs 🤓 and the set the darks.

Thrilled to announce that I am now a proud member of the Association of Animal Artists Association of Animal Artists🐾✨ Their welcome has been so friendly.
Excited and honoured to be part of this incredible community: celebrating and promoting the beauty of animals through art is definitely where it’s at!!! 🖌️🦓

Thrilled to have this gorgeous wee chap represented by 🎨 A massive thank you also to for providing the reference image.
Art is always a collaboration: a vision shared by creatives and in this case horse loving creatives.✨


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🥳 Very excited to be accepted into the International Guild of Realism (IGOR). Loving the idea of being part of a group of artists with a love for realism. Learning and sharing is on the cards

Equis Art Gallery One of the most magical spaces. Filled with works of love! Having my work in such good company is thrilling🤩

First lines scribbled down New equine portrait on the board 🐴✏️

Sun in the studio 💛
Been absent for weeks!
Time to let inspiration get to work and say hello to my pencils ✏️🤩
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A wee drawing of one of my favourite birds is taking shape. Loving the soothing repetition of the feathers.

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Wee progress update
✏️Nose drawn in establishing the darkest darks.
Next step the mane and forelock. Hairy week ahead 😜

Nose drawn in and showing the darkest darks. Next step: the mane.
The week will be hairy 😜
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This drawing is a comeback and is very personal.
It has taken me years to pick up my scribble friends with the same enthusiasm and power in my belly that I had all those years ago when I first started. They helped me then just as they have now.
So it is with great pride and a deep renewed sense of focus that I signed my new drawing "The Way Back".

Discover the why behind the art :https://sheonahamiltongrant.com/the-journal/the-way-back-is-the-way-forward

Signed ✍ and ready to meet the big wide world. Here is a wee photo of my newly upgraded pencil drawing "Long Rein" resting in the studio enjoying the summer shade. (I was unhappy with the way I had left it a few years ago and my pencils were itching to have a wee go at straightening things out 😊!)
Really happy with the result. Loving the depth of the muscle mass and the relaxed easy flow felt through this gorgeous equines' expression.

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A couple of ears added … new drawing taking shape… slowly. Wilbert🕴️is proudly giving you a size perspective 😜

💕MUTTERTAG💕
Danke an all diese wunderbaren, schönen und großartigen Mütter da draußen, die nicht nur heute, sondern 365 Tage ihr Bestes geben. Habt einen sonnigen Tag.