Skippy the yorkshire terrier
This is a pet portrait I worked on at the end of January. It is of an adorable yorkshire terrier. The size is 8″ x 10″ (20 x 25cm) and it is in graphite pencil on paper. He was really…
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True Image Fine Art - Professional family and pet portrait artist creating hand - drawn and hand - painted portraits from photographs. I accept commissions.
Springer spaniel Adain’s finished portrait
This is a scan of the finished portrait of Aidan the springer spaniel. It worked out really well I think. I posted it off to the owner on Friday so hopefully he will be thrilled with it. The pet portrait…
Aidan – pet portrait in progress
This is an update for Aidan’s portrait. I have adjusted his colouring slightly to match with the photograph, as I originally had it too red. It is turning out to be quite a nice portrait, I think. I will be…
Springer Spaniel Aidan – portrait in progress
I have been progressing work on Aidan’s portrait. I had to put it aside as I had a lovely commission of a pencil portrait of a yorkshire terrier. I will post scan of the finished drawing soon. I have now…
Springer Spaniel Portrait – stage 1
This is a new painting I have started today. It is of the winning photograph from the Drogheda Animal Rescue Pet Photo Competition. The size is 12″ x 8″ (30cm x 20cm) and I am using acrylic paints on canvas.…
Mounted Christmas portraits
I took a few photographs of some of the finished pet portraits and family portraits I worked on before Christmas this year. They were mounted in a snow white mount with backing board and posted. The portraits look so finished…
Family portrait of two boys – final scan
This is the latest finished family portrait, which I have just scanned. I am also showing detailed view of each of the boys portrait. The drawing is on 12″ x 10″ Fabriano paper 200g, drawn with graphite pencils HB, 2B…
Family portrait – stage 1
This is a new family portrait of two lovely boys I have been working on. I started on Friday with some outlines and it is still quite sketchy. I will be adding much more detail and shading today and tomorrow…
Final scan of a family portrait
This is a scan of the finished family portrait. It is quite large so I have shown individual portraits too, to show more detail here. It was drawn mostly with a HB graphite, adding a 4B for darkest areas. I…
Family Portrait in progress
This is the next image of the family portrait I have been working on. I will be detailing and finishing off the portrait today, adding sepia tints too. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Family portrait in pencil – work in progress
Below is first stage of a family portrait I am working on. It is in pencil of a father with two children. I started working from left so as not to smudge later, so Amy was drawn first. I will…
Pet photo competition 2011 – winner
Below is the winning image of the Drogheda Animal Rescue pet photo competition. I will be painting a portrait from this photograph. The size will be 12″ x 8″ and it will be painted on canvas. I will be working…