A Drawing of a Couple Dancing
I completed this drawing back in January and it was one of my first commissions for 2020. It was such an interesting drawing to work on. I had one reference photo to work from. It was a hard copy photo…
Category family portraits
A Painting of a little boy
Catherine, my client, contacted me back in December to create a painting of her son. The painting was based on an old photograph and the client wanted me to remove the background and replace it with some simple shading. The…
Bride and Groom in pencil
This is a square pencil drawing of a bride and groom at their wedding day. The portrait was commissioned as a one year anniversary gift from the groom to the bride in the photo. He wanted to mark their first…
Family Portrait
I was contacted by Adrian last November to create a portrait of his family on a short notice. The portrait traveled all the way to Romania and was given to the grandfather of the client’s children in the photo. It…
A pencil portrait of two brothers
I created this portrait a couple of weeks ago. It features two brothers who were very close. The portrait was commissioned as a birthday present for one of them by his girlfriend. I worked from a number of photographs to…
Father and his baby daughter
This is a very special painting I created for a client’s girlfriend. She is the baby in the picture and her father sadly passed away last year. This was a birthday present commissioned for her by her boyfriend. The painting…
Father and Daughter Drawing
I was contacted by a client a couple of months ago to commission a portrait of her friend. She had a photo of her as a child sharing a special moment with her father. The client wanted to capture this…
Painting of Mother and Son
This is the latest family portrait painting I worked on this August. The painting was small in size at 30 x 20 cm painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. The painting was given as a present to the little boy…
Vintage Drawing
This drawing is drawn from a vintage photograph from the early 20th century. It was commissioned by a return client and is of his mother. The photograph has certain romantisizm with strong shadows cast onto the face from the large…
Drawing of a young family
I was commissioned to create this family portrait as a christening present for them from the baby’s godmother. She wanted to give the young couple something very special as a keepsake and a christening gift. The photograph was beautiful and…
A Portrait of Tamara
This is a portrait painting of a graduate. The post details the process and painting in detail.
A painting of a graduate
This painting was the fourth painting commissioned by return clients. It is of their son who recently graduated from the National College of Ireland in Maynooth. The clients wanted to capture him in his graduation gown in front of the…