Artist LC

I cannot say how delighted I am to have my pastels featured on the PennyPaws website. https://pennypawsrescue.org.uk/2023/11/28/the-beautiful-rescue-dog-art-of-lc/ Hoping so much that my art in some way can inspire people. The dogs are so beautiful and in need of love. A real honour to be able to draw them and hopefully help raise awareness of their plight

  What a sweet face this little puppy has. How wonderful to think she is on her way to the UK. What a joy to do a quick charcoal and pastel sketch of her after having had such an intensely painful, paralysed  week. I am enjoying working on coloured paper with black charcoal outline, rather than white pastel on black paper, for a change, in the moments I have any coordination. https://pennypawsrescue.org.uk/

To say our life is hard right now would be an understatement. I had grand hopes for our Pearl Wedding Anniversary. I can however barely get through the day at present with so much pain, blankness and paralysis. Nevertheless I want to celebrate in some special way. I hope to do a pastel  of us sharing a happy moment together. Today, despite limited ability to move  or think I have managed to draw a rough outline. It may be all I manage. It may take time an unknown amount of time to fill in colour. Nevertheless I am pleased with it andI think the joy of being together shines through it.

I have had a small tin of charcoal pencils for a while now and no energy or ability to try something new. Then, a few moments came together and I was able to do a very quick sketch in outline with a dark charcoal pencil on pastel paper. I found the sound scratchy and unpleasant, due to my acute noise sensitivity.  I did not like the white charcoal pencil as it seemed to have no depth of colour, after the thick white pastels I love to use so much, so I quickly found a couple of loose pastels close at hand and added in the depth I wanted.  I don’t think I can be a pure charcoal person, but I definitely found it delightful (apart from the sound) to use it to outline this sweet dog who is looking for a home here. Arto, what a lovely happy face. https://pennypawsrescue.org.uk/2023/02/20/gorgeous-arto/

I have struggled with bad daily paralysis all month and yet longed to get some aspect of  the sweetness of this lovely dog who is sad and needing a new home.  My fingers work very little of  the time, are extremely weak and numb yet hurt at the same time and are periodically, daily, paralysed.  It is my joy to try and draw a dog in moments when my mind, fine control of my hands and my coordination come together. It is not frequent enough and so unpredictable and erratic. Chico is a PennyPaws Romanian rescue dog and hoping he can find the right people to love him forever. Drawing his expressive ears was a joy and hope this picture conveys how delightful he is. See: https://pennypawsrescue.org.uk/2023/06/14/chico/

    Illustrating some of my earlier art expressing my pain and paralysis in very rare moments of ability to draw. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQm1Y457_us

 Simba is a beautiful, graceful PennyPaws dog who is in need of a loving home and the right support. I wanted to try and catch some of his loveliness in this pastel. I always find I fall short of the mark, but hope it is enough to see his beauty. This portrait took weeks to complete, which is frustrating, as I struggle with my paralysis and loss of fine control. https://pennypawsrescue.org.uk/latest-dogs-available-for-adoption/