Cowgirl colouring

I’ve just uploaded some new colouring pages available for you to download/print/colour over on the Patreon, here.

Adapted from two of my most favourite, recent sketchbook pages (which you can take a gander at on the Patreon too — it’s where I share all sketchbook photos and detail shots), these pages are all about whimsical cowgirl magic.

Spring Cuties - on sale

My Spring Cuties illustration suite is on sale for a few more days (available here).

These graphics can be purchased for personal or commercial use; I’m always so happy and excited to see my work put to cool use, out in the world. So a big THANK YOU!! for supporting my work.

Spring Cuties!

I’ve released a new illustration suite, inspired by all things sunny, springtime and sweet.

It’s available for personal and commercial use, and you can check it out here.

COSMIC COWGIRL - ILLUSTRATION SUITE

I’ve just released a new illustration suite — inspired by the weird and wild, a gorgeous expansive retro-future on the range and all things cosmic cowgirl calamity… As with all my projects, I really poured some heart and thought into this (and some very long days/weeks drawing and editing it all), and I’m just so, so excited to share it with everyone and see where you guys take it!

Making these illustration suites has been a really fun new venture for me — I love working on a theme and just rolling it out, and I truly LOVE seeing what everyone does with my ideas and illustrations when they are made a little more accessible.

THANK YOU so much for enabling me to make this kind of work… And if you’re keen to put these cosmic cowgirl’s to work on your projects, they’re available here.

Also, if there’s a theme you’d like to see me explore in future suites, feel free to let me know in the comments below.

NEW DRAWING VIDEO: DOG PORTRAIT

It’s a new drawing video! This time, a sweet lil Australian cattle dog / Blue Heeler.

If you’d like to hear me talk about my thoughts and processes as I draw, there is a special Patreon-exclusive version of this drawing video available here.

MARCH POSTCARD & STICKER SET

We’re now into the last few days to snag the March Patreon-exclusive postcard and sticker set! This one was so fun to pull together, a lot of playful and colourful thinking about the balance of power and peace, of the things that threaten and soothe, hold and allow.

If you want one of these sets posted out to you, join one of the postcard tiers here.

FROG FUN

This month’s Patreon-exclusive digital wallpapers (for phones and tablets) were by request from lovely Patron Kelsey! The frog theme is so apt for us on the Australian east coast right now; it has barely stopped raining for months.

If you want to join the fun over on Patreon, check it out here — there is over a year’s worth of content in there now, including lots of digital downloads, colouring pages, videos, behind-the-scenes and life updates, sketchbook photos and artwork scans that don’t get shared anywhere else.

Making stickers...

We’ve been voting for which new artworks get made into mini-stickers each month over on the Patreon. I don’t think this pegasus made the cut!

If you want to weigh in, come visit here.

COAST RANCH

I have a new collection of drawings – ‘Coast Ranch’ – up at my gorgeous local pizza and wine bar, Matilda’s.

Of course, if you’re not local to the Nambucca Valley and still want to check them out, I’ll be sharing detailed pictures and scans and the whole thing on my Patreon here, and lots of little updates and peeks on my Instagram @raychponygold.

NEW DRAWINGS

I’ve just shared a Patreon-exclusive sneak peek at a new series of drawings I’ve been working on for an upcoming ‘Gallery Wall’ show… Check it out here.

WILD & WESTERN

These two sweet & wild images were made using my ‘Wild & Western’ illustration suite, which is available for commercial and personal use via Creative Market, here.

I’ve been having so much fun with these, and so have a couple of awesome western businesswomen… This is kind of a new endeavour for me, but it’s so awesome seeing my work put to good use and watching how other peoples’ creativity can collaborate with mine.

If there’s a specific subject you’d like to see my explore in an illustration suite, let me know in the comments and I’ll get to work!

SKETCHBOOK UPDATES

Just in case you were missing my regular sketchbook updates, they all appear on my Patreon here… it’s home to a whole bunch of content (more than a year’s worth now), including drawing process videos and how-to tutorials, photo diaries, behind-the-scenes on commercial projects, downloadable/printable artworks, colouring pages and phone and tablet wallpapers.

MARCH EXCLUSIVE POSTCARD + STICKER

The top-tier Patreon reward for March is here! Featuring some western-sunset-inspired pony-heavy illustrations, I used this sheet of drawings to explore some colour palettes I rarely use, and to try and bring balance to the tough and the sweet, the fierce and the beautiful.

You can check out my Patreon here.

And if you're a bit uncertain about what Patreon is: it's a subscription site where I post photos of my sketchbooks, behind-the-scenes on commercial projects, personal updates of my life and work, drawing how-tos and mini-workshops, extra video content, and digital downloads including printable artworks, colouring pages, phone and tablet wallpapers (and by request).

I have been adding content to my Patreon for over a year now, and new subscribers have access to the full archives – so, lots of stuff! You're welcome to come and go as you please, subscribe/unsubscribe as you see fit, there are no expectations or commitments, I am just HUGELY grateful for anyone who takes an interest in what I do and allows me to have this creative freedom within my work. THANK YOU!

DRAWING FROM NATURE VIDEO

Here’s a little sneak peek at a recent drawing video I shared on Patreon (along with a mini-workshop booklet/pdf on how I approach drawing in nature and wrangling those ideas and creative inspiration).

I’ve been holding on to this video for a long time; I just wasn’t sure how I wanted to share the whole mini-workshop and video with the world. In the end, I just decided to throw it out there, and it’s all available on Patreon here.

Anyway, it holds a special place in my heart because my gorgeous girl Humble is hot on my heels throughout the video… I like to imagine she still is in spirit, but damn I miss her.

And if you like videos about sketchbooks and nature, there’s plenty more on my Youtube channel here.

LAST CHANCE FOR FEBRUARY

There’s only a couple of days left to grab the Patreon-exclusive sticker and postcard for February!

If you just can’t live without these hopeless romantics and heart-broken cynics — and are keen for lots of other sketchbook, behind-the-scenes, daily life, drawing tutorial content — head over to my page here and join one of the top tiers.

As I said in the last post, there’s absolutely no expectations or commitments, you’re so so welcome to come check out what’s behind the Patreon curtain, and to come and go as you please. And I am just grateful beyond words for everyone who takes an interest in what I do, and keeps me in the business of creating strange and beautiful things.

EXCLUSIVE POSTCARD + STICKER

Even though Valentine’s Day is long left in our dust, I’m still pretty excited to reveal the Patreon postcard and sticker for Feb is a lil’ love-themed flash-style page of mini-illustrations, for love-lovers and cynics alike.

If you want to nab this Patreon-exclusive set, jump on over to my Patreon and join one of the top tiers before Feb 28, here.

And please know, there are absolutely no obligations or expectations when joining my Patreon: you’re welcome to subscribe/unsubscribe and come and go as you please… I’m just so grateful for anything that provides me a little creative freedom, and my Patreon community truly has helped me create some of my best work over the past 12 months. Oh, and that said, there is over a year’s worth of content in there — from photo diaries and behind-the-scenes updates, to discount codes, digital downloads, colouring pages, phone and tablet backgrounds, narrated videos and mini-workshops. Lots of stuff!

Summer Solstice

A special drawing to celebrate the new year, inspired by a beautiful moment on the summer solstice (Southern Hemisphere).

For the full description of the inspiration behind this image, and to download a hi-res printable version, check out my Patreon.

As always, thank you for taking an interest in what I do, for following along on my creative/life/being journey, and for encouraging me to see all the magic in the world, to record it, and share it with you.