Koala by sheila stanley-powell

Teresa Dominici 15 Apr 2008

Fantastic, I checked the whole portfolio and the are all great art work. Keep it up.

Lisa Lappi 07 Dec 2007

i really love this one...he's so cute!

Alex Preiss 28 Nov 2007

Nice illustration.

Katerina Koukiotis 21 Oct 2007

your work is so beautiful it's amazing to me you do all this on scratch board!!

mahesh konsam 18 Oct 2007

So cute !! Excellent detail work, Shelia !!

walt larsen 10 Oct 2007

exceptional drawing, and how cute too

Nancy Woolweber 22 Jul 2007

This is wonderful. You have a lot of talent. He even looks like he might have a smile!

Bailey Hopper 20 Jul 2007

Wow amazing! You can almost feel his fur. His cute little bug eyes are funny =)

Bev Chudey 14 Jul 2007

All of your work is Beautiful Sheila!!!!

Hi Sheila , I love this guy so much you did a very good job here !!! By the way , many thanks for your kind and wonderful comment on my work "diving" , it's very appreciated !!! I'm glad we met !!! Love all of your great drawings ! Keep up the good work !!! Of course, I'll come back !!!:-)

Mark Saxton 26 Jun 2007

fantastic work.

Kathie Nichols 21 Jun 2007

Beautiful work sheila! There is a variety of eucalyptus trees in Australia and the Koala's have their favourites. He's looks quite comfortable in the branches here! Well done! Tks for the explanation about the scratchboard, yes I remember doing this at school with the oil crayons. LOL

Timothy Hughes 11 Jun 2007

Excellent

John Graham Inkson 22 May 2007

Beautifully worked piece.

francis kwok peng kin 19 May 2007

excellent piece of work, great detailed study of this wildlife series.

Artist Reply: thanks francis for your kind words.

Christine brand 19 May 2007

amazing work, the fur is beautiful

Sara Deutsch 13 May 2007

I don't know what a scratch board is but you've created amazingly real textures--I can almost touch the soft fur and hard branches...

Artist Reply: hi again sara. when you were a kid did you ever do art projects at school where you cover a page with bright coloured crayons, cover that with black paint and then scratched it off to see the patterns underneath ? this is like the adult version. you have a board that's impregnated with a coat of chalk and you put a wash of india ink over it. i then use tracing paper which i've drawn the outline of the image i want on and go over it again and it leaves a faint outline on the ink. then using exacto knives and other sharp weapons of distruction you scratch the ink back off to reveal the white underneath.hope that makes it a little clearer than mud. HOWEVER have you really had a good look at the incredible detail in your own work?!

Anonymous Guest 13 May 2007

Oh I think you did a marvelous job!!! Beautiful and very sweet image! Happy Mother's Day too!(Lynn)

Renata Cavanaugh 09 May 2007

You are amazing artist Sheila

Olga van Dijk 08 May 2007

Sheila what a nice art work this is... I love your portfolio!--

Curtis Fleming 05 May 2007

nice work! good detail! koalas look tired 99 percent of the time.

Artist Reply: hi curtis. thanks for the input. wouldn't you look tired if you slept 80% of the time??:) ps: like your "things to remember" on your bio.