Delicate and Detailed Pencil Drawings by Hannah Longmuir

Hannah Longmuir is a self-taught artist living and working from countryside in the Scottish Borders. The artist works primarily in pencil, recording the details of the hedgerows, fields, woodlands and skies around her. Her work is inspired by nature, she successfully captures the calmness and stillness that she feels in the countryside. Whenever she takes her dog for a walk, she carries a notebook with her to keep account of her surroundings. She carefully observes and turns them into delicate and detailed pencil drawings with a splash of color.

Her drawings can also be found on paper goods such as greeting cards, notebooks, postcards, stickers and writing sets in her shop on her website.

Quirky Hand-Sculpted Characters By Alan James

 

 

Alan James is originally from England and currently living in Reykjavik, Iceland. Working as a postman full-time, Alan sculpts whimsical characters in his spare time. He shares on his Etsy profile that he finds "peace and tranquility to sculpt, paint and collect rocks and stones."

In 1997, he gained formal education to be a painter at the school of fine art and design at the northern town of Akureryi, and earned a graduate degree. He realized his true passion was sculpting when he created a x-mas gift for a friend's daughter. He hand-makes one-of-a-kind quirky creatures and imaginative characters. He makes owls, frogs, birds, cats, and people in clay and craft wire. To finish each piece is hand-painted with acrylic paints and a protective coat. His sculpture can be as big as only 1.5 cm in length. You can find the entire collection in his online store.

Artist Makes Sculptures With Wire And Tulle That Look Like Pencil Sketches

David Oliveria also known as "The Lisbon Wire Man" is a sculpture artist who creates amazing sculpture using metal wire and tulle. His work is so delicate that the sculptures look like hand drawn ink sketches, you would think they are two dimensional.

He uses variety of wires from galvanized to silver, to iron. The gauge of the wire is carefully selected to represent the density of the lines in his subject. He uses wire, and cuts it and twists it in ways to create life-size animals, birds and human figures. Once the form is ready it's painted black for durability and the sculptures are then "colored" with tulle. You can follow him and learn about his new work by following him on Instagram.

Quirky and Functional "Pieces De Resistance" by Britt Appleton

Britt Appleton is a potter from Portland, Oregon. She makes quirky and functional pieces including mugs, bowls, vases, and planters, and decorates them with hand-painted animal motifs, female figures, faces and abstract designs.

She started the brand Pieces De Resistance in 2016 as a protest against the Trump Administration. But instead of resisting injustice by going through the negative emotions, she turned it into something positive and started making what makes her happy - pottery. She donates 10% of the profits from the sale of her pieces to different organizations each month such as ACLU - The American Civil Liberties Union.

The wheel-thrown pieces are made with laguna speckled buff clay which gives her pottery such rich texture and glazes that range from bright to pastel underglaze colors. Her one-of-a-kind pieces are available through her web store. To view what is she working on currently, visit her on Instagram.