This little guy made it off to its new home yesterday :). I loved working on this smaller piece and plan on doing a few more like this. When I planned this Robin I had lots of off cuts of my pastel paper, Pastelmat. I hate seeing waste and this paper due to its high quality is not cheap. So I started to come up with ideas on how to create smaller pieces but still ensure I captured the level of detail I typically like to include in my artwork.
Keeping my pastel pencils really sharp and working in light layers I was able to still include all the feather detail even on this 4″ x 4″ size. I then had it professionally double mounted by my local framer to fit a 8″ x 8″ standard size frame. I love to mount. I think it really finishes off this piece. Double mounts are by far my favourite mounting option. I think they add another 3D dimension to the artwork.
Double mounts
Cheetah cub reference by Tazi Brown @ Wildlife Reference photos
This Cheetah is also part of my Easter Sale – reduced from £395 to £350 with FREE UK NEXT DAY P&P. Details on all my current sale pieces can be found here ‘Easter Sale’
‘Two of a kind’, this mother Cheetah and her cub I had my local framer double mount. Again, I think it adds so much more depth to the piece. He currently has a few other of my portraits including my Tiger and her cub in pastels and a recent Deer pastel drawing I completed over the Christmas break which I have yet to share with you :). He is also mounting my black and white Lion drawing in pastels to. So plenty of newer work which will then be ready and looking for homes.
If you are interested in any of my original pieces of artwork please don’t hesitate to contact me at zara.toms@hotmail.co.uk or over on any of my social media pages.