A Portrait of Tamara
This is a portrait painting of a graduate. The post details the process and painting in detail.
Category people portraits
The Helen Blake Lifeboat Project
A few months ago I was contacted by Brendan Power from Fethard on Sea in county Wexford. He contacted me on behalf of the local community group. They are working on a project to build a replica of the Helen…
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…
A Drawing of a Young Couple
With Valentine’s Day approaching, I thought this portrait is very fitting for this time of the year. It was commissioned as a Christmas present from the young man in the picture to his girlfriend. He wanted to capture a moment…
Two Family Portrait Paintings
These two paintings were completed in October for one client. They were quite straight forward. I worked from one photograph for each painting. I thoroughly enjoyed the process as the photos were very interesting, taken on a sunny day with…
Happy New Year 2019
The time is flying, a new year has begun and I wanted to wish everybody a very happy one. I wanted to thank all of you who are following my blog and all my portrait adventures and all of my…
Wedding Painting
This is a 30 x 30 cm wedding painting. I worked on the portrait in September. It was commissioned as a wedding present for the couple in the picture. I loved the setting of the photo, the colours work really…
Bride and Groom Drawing
This drawing is 30 x 40cm in size and drawn with graphite pencils on paper. I use mostly Staedtler pencils on Fabriano paper with cotton. I use a HB pencil to sketch the initial portrait and then work with 2B,…
Boy Painting
This painting was a present for the client’s partner. He provided me with a really detailed photograph so my most challenging job was to make it into a unique portrait. The painting was 30 x 40 cm in size painted…
Bride Portrait
This is a wedding portrait painting commissioned as an anniversary present for the bride in the image. The client, her husband, wanted to keep the same background as in the reference photo. It was a lovely photograph to work from…
A drawing of a flutist
This drawing was completed a couple of months ago. It was the forth portrait I completed for the client. The lady pictured is his daughter who is a professional musician. The photograph was taken in the eighties and the portrait…
Wedding couple drawing
This was an unusual commission I worked on a couple of months ago. The client asked me to create a drawing of her sister and her husband on their wedding day. She wanted me to capture them walking away specially…