So, guess what day it was today?

That's right:
SNUUUUUUUUW DAAAAEEEEEEEEE

I haven't seen it snow that heavily for a good few years. It wasn't feet deep, but our college closed after second period anyhow. I took a few photographs before it went all slushy, as it actually looked quite pretty:





The photographs themselves weren't meant to be particularly artistic, but they're nice enough for journaling so I posted them here.

Now, as for actual art, this Sunday I did my first proper drawing of an animal using the grid-technique. Because it was my first in-detail drawing of an animal ever, I picked one with many shades and aspects to concentrate on - a tiger. I found a stock photograph on www.corbis.com, altered the contrast in GIMP to emphasise the different shades, flipped it upside down, applied a grid to help proportion, and got to work.

This is my result:

DeviantART link: here

I'm pretty proud of that, myself, especially as it was my first go. I shall continue practising, I shall. >:D