by Ona Christie | Feb 21, 2015 | Art studio, Drawings, Student work
I’m delighted to have recently taken on a wonderful new student. My 14 year old niece, Jenna, is a lovely girl and an amazing little artist. She came to me with a basic background in drawing, and about 2 (maybe more) years of oil painting lessons under her belt....
by Ona Christie | Feb 12, 2015 | Angels, Child portraits, Drawings, Figure drawing, Portraits
Just a page from my sketchbook: Sketched from snapshot of a friend’s new baby. She is precious! I have started to add an angel to the right and have the feeling more will show up. If they do, I’ll repost with angels (and scan it properly,...
by Ona Christie | Sep 5, 2011 | Art studio, Drawings, Figure drawing, Illustration
More hand studies from the animation illustration project. The male hand is supposed to appear more forceful. I drew these pencil studies from reference photos I took of my son Isaac’s hand. However his hands are fairly small and delicate for a guy. I think a...
by Ona Christie | Sep 4, 2011 | Drawings, Illustration
Ask, and you shall receive! I recently started asking the Universe to help me find a way to use my creative talents to support me financially. Not long after, Lance, a client for whose non-profit I had done a fair amount of editing in the past, asked me if I’d...
by Ona Christie | Jun 14, 2010 | Art studio, Child portraits, Drawings, Faerie portraits, Portraits
For some reason I’ve been wanting to portray my kids as elves for some time now, and finally indulged! I’m working on a watercolor now of my son in the same pose. It’s nice that they’re old enough now to sit still for a little bit, but...
