Ram Skulls

I produced this drawing of three ram skulls as a Christmas present. 

I like drawing natural forms which is why I often choose animals or plant life as subjects for my personal work. I think skulls are really interesting to draw because the shapes are unlike anything else and I like the fact that they are so close to being symmetrical but not quite. I think it highlights the imperfections and unique qualities of nature. I usually choose line work as my method of drawing but I decided to try something different with this and opted for pointillism. I used a 0.1mm fineliner for this and I am really happy with the level of detail I managed to achieve with this technique. I found the process very repetitive but quite therapeutic until I realised how long I was spending on it and that I needed to speed up. I like doing personal work to relax because I still feel like I am achieving something and making good use of my time - much more productive than a Netflix binge. 

Final framed image

I am really proud of these drawings and the original piece is being given away as a gift. However, I want to maximise the use of it so I took some high quality scans and am hopefully going to produce some prints of the individual skulls. I want to make some postcard sized prints first and maybe combine them into sets of three, one of each skull. Judging on the demand and success of these I might make some larger scale prints, depending on how well the images enlarge because the originals are actually quite small. 

I find myself having a lot of ideas of ways I could make prints and start to sell my work but I just need to find the time to get going with this. I think the next step for me is making an Etsy account but I don't want to rush this and people to be put off by a badly thought out page. I would prefer to spend time getting my products ready for sale and make sure everything is as I would like it to be seen.