I recently worked on this lovely painting of Sam, a lovely collie dog with a backdrop of the Donegal mountains. The portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present for the client’s partner and Sam’s owner. Sam is no longer with…
This week I am working on a new dog portrait. It is of a Jack Russell called ‘Eddie’. The canvas is 20 x 30 cm in size and I am working with acrylics as usual. I have been taking photographs…
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…
I am working on a new painting of three horses in a field. I have taken some pictures of the progress. I have completed the first sketch and started applying some colour washes to the painting. The painting is 30…
I have started working on a new cat portrait. This is a drawing in graphite pencils on paper. It is 15 x 20 cm in size. I have started with a sketch to capture Snowey’s features and I will be…
I have started working on another painting this week – Sassy. The portrait is 12 x 16 inches in size and I have worked up the initial sketch and added some basic colouring. I am starting on detailing tomorrow and…
I have a brand new painting on my easel! A very exciting one too 🙂 This portrait features two absolutely beautiful German Shepherds. Sadly, they have both passed away. This painting is going to be a present for their owner.…
I am now working on a brand new painting. It is of a lovely golden labrador called Prince. He has sadly passed away and the client has commissioned a painting of Prince for her father, his owner. I am very…
I have started working on a new portrait a couple of days ago. It is of a lovely chihuahua called Marley. I just love the reference photo the client gave me. Marley looks so cute in it lying down on…
I have made some progress on Brodie and Bruar’s portrait over the last couple of days. I am now almost finished with one and moving on to finishing off the entire portrait. I wanted the shading to be very dark…
I have been working on a new portrait. It is of two gorgeous black labradors called Brodie and Bruar. They look so lovely together, so close and the composition is a little different this time. Instead of looking at their…
I have made some progress on the painting of Bella and Audrik, the portrait of two German Shepherds I have started last week. I have now added the first coat of colours everywhere on the canvas. This step is to…