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.
This is the final scan of the finished drawing of Jasmine and Daisy – the very cute basset hounds. I really enjoyed working on their dog portrait. Their eyes are so expressive and their expressions so individualistic. You can really tell their personality just by looking at them. The client…
I have finished working on George’s portrait today. I wanted to make sure it really works and all colours are harmonizing together, so I took an extra day for finishing touches. I hope you like it. I think it worked out quite well. Below is a scan of the finished…
I have finished the portrait of a white cat Kodi I have been working on for the past few days. I think it turned out quite well, hopefully the client will agree. The painting is a lovely square 30 x 30 cm (12 x 12 inches) and it suits the…
Today I have finished working on Monty’s and Jessie’s pet portrait. It was a slow process, but I am happy with the result and I hope the client will like it too. Below, I have included a scan of the entire drawing together with a detailed view of Monty’s and…
Today I have finished work on Alfred’s portrait. I spent the last three days working on the details and finishing off the landscape. I think it worked out quite well and I hope the clients will like it too. The finished portrait is on stretched canvas, sides are painted and…
I finished working on Baxter’s portrait last night and after some tweeking this morning, I scanned it. It is looking really well I think and I hope you will like it too. It was lovely to work on a square format, I think Baxter’s position in this portrait really suits…
I have finally finished working on Robin’s portrait today. I have scanned it straight away and you can see the result below. I am very pleased with it and I really enjoyed working on it. Besides the scan I am including some photographs of the canvas as I find it…
I have now scanned the finished dog portraits I have been working on for the past week. Both portraits are in graphite pencil on paper and I used a combination of Staedtler and Daler Rowney artist quality pencils of 2H, HB, 2B and 4B. The portraits are 25 x 20cm…
I have just finished another dog portrait. It is of a terrier called Roxy. He is such a georgeous dog, now twelve years old. The client wanted to keep some of his colouring in the picture, so we settled on a tinted pencil portrait. Below is an image of the…
I have just finished this dog portrait and below is the final scan. The portrait is drawn with graphite pencils ranging in hardness from HB through 2B to 4B for darkest areas. I have also used coloured pencil for some highlights. The browns really make the portrait come together and…