Hi guys - I really need to try and remember to update this journal, but right now I seem to be running 3 separate dA accounts, researching my family tree, actually drawing actual things for actual money, volunteering at my local butterfly house (keep your eyes peeled for photos!), and finding occasional sleep!

I also seem to be reading a lot at the moment - a new Kelley Armstrong book, a new Robert Harris book and a new Hitchhikers book (yes, it's not Douglas, but it's not half bad) just can't be ignored. That and all the films coming out that I need to see - it's all go! For anyone who hasn't seen Up (the latest Pixar) - go and see it. Now. Drop everything and go. It's AMAZING!


Yes, it's a hugely popular subject on here - horses & wolves, possibly only outstripped by anime in the sheer volume of art you can find on dA. But do you wonder? Horses are an ideal subject - they can be gentle, loving, adventurous, tough, dangerous, dark, elegant and emotive. They can be the flighty, tantalizing goal at the end of the quest, the loyal, toiling means to get there and the stolid, reliable life you leave behind. Your best friend, your worst nightmare, or just something pretty in a field that it'd be good to draw - so many of us have succumbed to the desire to depict horses in our art that it's hard to find something new to do with them.

Here's a selection of some of my new traditional favourites - I've tried to feature some more unusual, unconventional media & styles, but what they all have in common is their subject: horses. Enjoy!

















Finally, I'd like to feature a poem I love (yes, I have read a poem, try not to faint). It's by ~llij30 who happens to be my mum, so I am slightly biased, but that doesn't mean it's not still a gorgeous poem - and it's severely underappreciated on dA, mainly because she can't be bothered to update her profile!





Sunday features are a regular part of my journal - they appear every couple of weeks or so alongside my news & club updates, and they'll usually be themed.


The current contest at *Traditional-Artists is a double one: a themed art contest about the Seven Deadly Sins (which has just over a week to go!), and a less conventional (for our club) contest about Tutorials.




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