I work from my studio in Kilcock. It is a small room with shelves all around to put my finished and unfinished work onto. I like to give each work a few days to 'rest' before I completely finalise them and email my clients their portrait scans. On this page, you will find more information on how I work together with some progress photos and videos of my process. I discuss the materials I use and how I go about completing each piece of work. Because I work from photographs, I like to share them here too for comparison. You can subscribe to the blog and receive updates 3 to 4 times a month.
I completed this portrait a couple of weeks ago. It is a lovely drawing of a mother with her son. The portrait was given to the mum as a birthday present from her partner. I worked from two photos for the composition. The drawing was 25 x 30 cm in…
This is a portrait of Lilly and a chocolate labrador called Pablo. The drawing was commissioned as a birthday present for the little girl’s grandfather. He is Pablo’s owner and his wife wanted to give him a really personal gift. The drawing was drawn with coloured pencils at the size…
This is the latest horse portrait I have completed of a beautiful mare Arlie. Her portrait was commissioned by her trainer. Arlie was educated by the client and she performed at the RDS in 2015 in the 6yo class. I asked Linda about Arlie’s personality before painting her portrait, as…
This is the latest family portrait I have finished. It is of a couple to be married in March. It is a present from the groom to his future bride, both in the picture. The portrait is 50 x 50 cm in size and painted with acrylics on canvas.
I finished this portrait last weekend. It is of a lovely chocolate labrador called Bobby. The painting was 30 x 40 cm in size and it was painted with acrylics on canvas, as usual. I used two reference photographs, one for Bobby’s pose and one for the background. The background…
I have been working away on this portrait over the past week. It is almost finished, but I just wanted to post the first photo I took of the sketch. I am really loving working on this portrait. Well, besides the fact that I have my own chocolate lab, I…
I have finished working on this portrait last week. It is quite large in size, 50 x 60 cm, painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. The reference photograph that the client provided me with, was very detailed. My challenge with this portrait was to make it unique. I used a…
I completed this portrait a couple of weeks ago. It was commissioned before Christmas and it is my second commission for this year. The portrait was square in size and as you can see, it is a selfie. I wasn’t sure about it when I first saw the photo, but…
This is the last portrait I completed in 2015. It is of a lovely rough collie called Jess. The drawing is 15 x 20 cm in size, the smallest portrait size I work in. It was drawn with coloured pencils on Fabriano paper. This portrait was given as a Christmas gift to…
This is a portrait of a lovely black cat called Phoenix. It was painted with acrylics on canvas 25 x 35 cm in size. It was given as a Christmas present to Phoenix’s owner. It was painted from her favourite photo of him.