Mike Hendley Fine Art

So much fun chatting with @andyjpizza I learned so much and when we ended I felt inspired and motivated to do more. We talk style, social media, Barbapapa and Fraggles. Stick around to the end when I make a spicy confession ;-) #podcast #creative #illustration #creativepeptalk #andyjpizza

Me and my art #myartchallenge #meandmyart

I did this sketch last night of the wood duck ducklings that emerged from one of our duck houses this spring using @pentelcanada Graphgear 1000 .3 mm 2B on @cansonpaper Bristol #pencil #drawing #duckling #woodduck #duckhouse #graphite #pencildrawing #illustration #natureillustration

Andrea Ross joins me on the latest podcast episode to talk about her journey from cancer to drawing every day by looking for the small good things in life. Link in my profile.

Quick sketch during a lunch webinar today #wip #mouse #sketch #graphite #pencil #canson #pentelcanada #orenznero

Finished this quick little pencil sketch of a squirrel on my live Instagram draw this evening. #squirrelsofinstagram #drawing #graphite #pentelorenznero #2bpencil #cansonpaper #redsquirrel

This is where the Instagram live draw ended. I may do more. This wasn’t a planned piece but rather just some exercise. Do you want to see more of this kind of thing? I am also going to try some more rough graphite work. Oils and watercolor to come ;-) #graphite #pentel #drawing #squirrel #livedraw #art #artist #cansonpaper

This is what happens when you start drawing a bird and decide to change it up. Haven’t drawn a human eye in maybe 2.5 years. Maybe I’ve been influenced by some of the wonderful work that @stephenbaumanartwork has been posting lately. Drawn using the new Orenz Nero from @pentelcanada with 2B lead. Paper is a 50 lb @strathmoreart sketch book. A bit too much tooth for my preference. No blending #graphite #pencil #sketch #pentelorenznero #pentel

A quick sketch at lunch using the @pentelcanada Orenx .5mm with HB lead in a @strathmoreart Color Pop Journal. #pentel #orenx #strathmore

Finished this little drawing of a hooded merganser duckling we rescued this past spring. Moleskine sketchbook with a @pentelcanada Graphgear 1000 and 2B lead. #drawing #pencil #graphgear1000 #pentel #hoodedmerganser #duckling #birdart #birb #birbsofinstagram

I had the great pleasure of having Jo Brown (@taojb) back on the podcast to talk about her new book, "Secrets of a Devon Wood". We also talk otters, spiders and mushroom ink. #secretsofadevonwood #art #podcast #illustration #dartmoornationalpark #dartmoor

5 min sketch. Jumped onto the iPad with @procreate to see what I could in a short period of time with no reference having just worked on the graphite piece. Of course I went with #maxpacks brushes from @maxulichney #procreate #ipad #5minsketch #hoodedmerganser

A little more work on the hooded merganser duckling. We rescued this duck in the spring as it was left behind. Reunited at the end. #wip #graphite #drawing #hoodedmerganser #duckling #pencil

Woo hoo, back to graphite after Inktober. Duckling time. @pentelcanada Graphgear 1000 with 2B lead. #pencildrawing #pentel #graphgear1000 #drawing #wip #duckling #hoodedmerganser #illustration