Animals

Pheasants are such handsome birds. I love to see them strolling in their leisurely way along by the side of our country roads. The combination of vivid colours on the male birds are extraordinary! Why anyone would want to blast this beauty of nature with a gun either for sport or pleasure is something I will never understand! 

This chaffinch is done mainly in Sennelier oil pastels. The chaffinch is the UK’s second commonest breeding bird, and is arguably the most colourful of the UK’s finches. 

 The Hebridean is a breed of small black sheep from Scotland similar to other members of the North European short-tailed group, such as the Shetland and North Ronaldsay breeds. Hebridean fleeces are popular with hand spinners who appreciate the subtle mixture of shades in the fleece. The fleece is actually a double coat: a soft insulating undercoat with a coarser, rain shedding top layer. A Hebridean can shed rain from its coat by a swift shake. This water repellent quality carries over into finished woollen products.