Leopard Power Drum

Evening all,
Over the past few days I've been excitedly painting away on my Remo Buffalo Drum! I've had my drum for quite a while now -  over a year - and to be honest, I've been a bit intimidated by painting it.

But this weekend after a powerful and magical Shamanic Drum Circle with the lovely Kay Gillard, I decided to bite the bullet and get on with it.

Remo Buffalo Drum skins are completely synthetic and Vegan friendly. They make such a lovely sounds when played (by anyone else other than me :)), and as they are not 'skin' drums, they cope well in pretty much any weather.

So here are some process pictures snapped on my phone.

Here is the Naked Drum, not to be confused with the Leslie Nielsen classic film, Naked Gun...  ;)

Here begins the process of the Leopard Power Drum painting...

I journeyed before painting it, and got the vision of what I wanted strongly in my mind. As I painted I listened to drum based or tribal/shamanic songs and sounds... OK and maybe a little rock, as the afternoon turned to evening!

Peek-a-boo!

I kept the lil Remo crown logo on her head, as every Kitty deserves a tiara! ;)

To my great relief, my Leopard slowly began to appear from the drum -  and here we are - finito!

 Purrrr...

My lovely Leopard.

I also painted the sides of the drum too...

The whole experience (after all the pre painting nerves) was beautiful, magical and fun.

Now I need to find some acrylic varnish spray, so I can  (fingers and paws crossed) preserve this image for as long as possible. 

But one worry still resides... how on earth am I going to beat the drum, with such a pretty feline face on it!? 

I'll ponder on that another day! 

Good night x

TP's Pet Pawtrait

Hello all  - Happy New Year and thank you so much for all your support over 2012 -  it has meant a lot to me.

It may not have escaped your notice that I love animals, and I have had the pleasure and the honour of painting another beautiful and much loved, deceased  Kitty named TP.

TP was rescued by her loving owners when she was young, and she already had lost a leg in an accident, making her a 'tripod' Kitty hence her name TP.

Here is the finished painting of TP...

And here is the photo comparison...

I'm starting a new website named Animal Soul Art where I'll be displaying my animal art, including the pawtraits.

In the mean time if you would like any info on commissioning a Pet Pawtrait, please contact me at laura.daligan@gmail.com or check out my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Daligan-Wyrd-Wonderful-Art-Illustration/162283088520

Wishing you all the best for 2013.

Laura x

My art and soul over 2012. A year which has torn and renewed, shocked and healed, loved and laughed, flamed and burned, and shown me the higher path... now to walk it.

Thank you so much to Gordon Burns for putting this together for me.

To love and friendship... to 2013. <3 div="div">

The Mistress of Cobwebs WIP

Hello ❤
I haven't blogged in the past week (oops!) down to a multitude of things including being ill and rather tired, lots of work and a dance choreo (with fire!) to create and perform. As well as Anti Badger Cull protests to attend...

So as I was over doing things just a tad, I stopped this for a few days. Anyhoo. Am back:) and have been spending today preparing for my art stall at the Avalon Faery Ball and Fayre this weekend. Yay!

My lil mermaid treasure trove is pretty much done... she just needs another coat of varnish. So I'm now doing a bigger box- perfect for tarot or jewellery, aptly Halloween-y named the Mistress of Cobwebs (not Cobweb my Cat-may I add!)
So here is a little work in progress picture or 2 of my new treasure box...
I hope you like so far :)
Much to do before the weekend and many tales to tell.
But for now- sleepy times!❤

Pet Pawtraits

Evening :) Today doesn't really bring a sketch. It brings a completed commission of a wonderful Kitty who unfortunately passed away earlier this year. I'm delighted to say that Hobbs's guardians Darren and Carol, are really pleased with her paw-trait, and feel that I have 'captured' something of Hobbs's spirit. This makes me feel over the moon; it's a beautiful honour, as an animal lover to capture something of the essence of a pet or wild animal.

So here is Hobbs's Paw-trait, please note that the colours in the photo are a bit darker than the actual painting. The painting is 10X8" acrylic on canvas.

Hobbs xxx Copyright Laura Daligan

Just to compare I've put the photo of Hobbs and the painting together...

This reminded me of another animal paw-trait I did last December of our beloved family Dog Benny, who also unfortunately passed away in February this year. He was, and is very loved, and I know my Mum is so pleased to have this pawtrait on her wall - she often feels he is looking over her shoulder - quite disapprovingly, as he would have done in life :).

Benny XXX

Benny  -  copyright Laura Daligan

The painting is 10X8" acrylic on canvas.

And also below a comparison...

I look forwards to doing many more pet pawtraits to make their guardians happy! :)

Night! xx

Spaced Out Tuesdays...

Hello gang  -  Hope your Tuesday has treated you well... I may have mentioned yesterday, but I've not been feeling too well, so it's all a bit slow here in Camp Daligan. Well I say slow, there are a billion and one things to do, and I'm muffling my way through them between epic sleeps...

But despite my uber slow day, I have been fairly busy with the paintbrush! I have (as long as the owners are happy) finished the lovely Kitty pawtrait I've been doing, which I'll post here as soon as they have seen it and are happy.

I've also done some more work on my (here goes) Mini Moon Mermaid Treasure Chest (say that five times after a wine!) - not quite finished yet, but I''ll post some pics up here. It's my first time painitng a little box, or a box at all for that matter and I am having some fun with this, with added shells and other treasures. As mentioned this box is around  6 to 8 cms- so it's very cute!

Hope you like! Will finish this lil treasure and keep you posted.

And here is to something rather spacey... I was listening to the NASA Planet sound recordings (if you haven't listened to them  -  please do - they blew my mind!)

And here is my very rough meditative response to Neptune.

Neptune -  Ascend -  Embrace - Explore the Beyond

Sweet dreams x

Monday Sketch Posted on Tuesday...

Here be Monday's sketch... I haven't actually been feeling too well and have been absolutely exhausted, so that although I was happy to sketch last night, I was not ready to turn my computer on!

So the following sketch ... I don't want to say too much about -  perhaps pictures say oodles more than words at times. I'd also like to know what you see when you look into her eyes --- if you'd like to, it might not be the easiest of experiences.

Love xx