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My, my, my... I haven't been very attentive to the blog lately, have I?   Sculpting a bit more, and here are a couple of hints, drawing-wise.  Also, I'm almost finished with this doll -- have only wings left to make for her.  The fabric of the underskirt is delish, but doesn't show much here.

A recent drawing

I'm still drawing more than sculpting, but have begun a couple of sculpts.  Here's a recent drawing, of Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge, from one of the earlier Harry Potter movies, "Chamber of Secrets", I believe.

Fred and George Weasley

I have a sort of 'assignment' for something to do with The Deathly Hallows (book or movies) for the HPC group. The recipient is a fan of the Weasley twins, so I sketched up something of them back to back. I used the DH2 movie as a reference, though the back-to-back stance is from my own mind. They always had each others' backs!

In preparing for the color sketch, I did a plain pencil sketch of Fred's face, as he and George ready themselves for the Battle of Hogwarts. There's a bit of foreshadowing there, in his expression.

I'm currently waiting for the address of the person I'm sending it to, but she's not likely to see this blog, anyway.

In the Draw This! Yahoo Group I've recently joined, there are daily assignments. For Valentine's day, they asked for "something heart shaped." What could be more heart shaped than this? (Yeah, I know, "Nobody likes a smart-ass, Janet!")

Severus Snape... see entry below this post

Severus Snape, at ages eleven, sixteen, and as an adult (late 30's). The card for the adult stage is the moment he has just said, "Always."

Please see the post below, for all other information pertaining to this one.

My first ATC's.

I've been making ATC's (Artist Trading Cards) for a swap in the HPC Group. First time I've ever made ATC's, and I'm pleased enough with them. My swap partner considers herself a Hufflepuff, but adores Severus Snape. I made her four ATC's of Hufflepuffers, and three bonus ones of the three ages of Snape that we're shown in the movies. On the back of each card is a brief bio of the character; that gives me a place to sign and date them, too. All I made were the portraits, but there were some very clever ATC's made for this swap. My swap partner seemed very pleased with what she got, though. :)

At upper left is Professor Pomona Sprout, Head of House at the time Harry was attending school. I sketched from a still photo I'd found online, in HB pencil, then in colored pencils, in a sketchbook. This was taken before I cut it out for gluing onto cardstock. All ATCs were executed the same way.

At top right (where I did NOT put the pic!!!) is a montage of four ATC's, fronts.
It shows the four Hufflepuffs, Susan Bones (age 11) Hannah Abbott (age 15) and Cedric Diggory (age 17), and includes the above pic of Sprout, finished up, and on the cardstock. The paper on the reverse side is calligraphy "parchment".

I'm having a terrible time getting photos WHERE I want them; they're not going where I put them. Will try again, in a separate post, but it will read out of order... sorry.

More sketches

Just a couple more sketches... To the right is Remus Lupin, after having changed into a werewolf, in HP, Prisoner of Azkaban. The image on the screen ended on the left side, so I shrugged my shoulders and gave up. I should have simply "invented" the necessary missing bits to make it look right. I may yet do that, but won't likely take a photo of the fix.
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Above left (because that's how it loaded) is an older sketch of a dragon I did, maybe a couple of years or so ago. I've recently revised the "hand," since it looked too human-esque, and not draconic enough. Not completely satisfied, but less dissatisfied with it, now.