Horses Painting in Progress
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…
Snowey the white cat
This is Snowey’s finished portrait which I have scanned today. Snowey was a beautiful long haired white cat and she looks so soft in the photo. I wanted to translate this into the portrait. I have blended the pencil well…
Cat Portrait in Progress
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…
Wedding Portrait
This is the latest family wedding portrait to come off my easel. It is drawn with coloured pencils on paper. The wedding took place in Portugal and I worked from two reference photos, one for the background and one for…
George
This is the latest painting that was finished in my studio this week. It is of George, a lovely jack russell terrier. The portrait is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas 30 x 30cm in size. The painting was commissioned…
Family Portrait
This is the final scan of the pencil portrait I have been working on. I finished it today and scanned it. It is always hard to scan drawings, the scanner doesn’t show up all the subtle pencil lines. I find…
Family Portrait – work in progress
This is the newest portrait I have been working on. It was commissioned as a birthday present for the client’s husband. The picture is of his father. The drawing is 25 x 25 cm in size and I am now working on…
Dog Portrait Painting
I have completed this portrait a few weeks ago. I posted the progress pictures and here is the final scan of the finished portrait. It is of Sassy. The portrait is 30 x 40 cm in size and the client…
Two Beagles
This is a portrait of two beagles I worked on a couple of weeks ago. It was a wedding present for their owners. A few of their friends have commissioned this to go with their wedding gift. The reference photo…
Streetscape painting
I have just finished on a somewhat unusual commission for me – a streetscape. The painting is 35 x 45 cm in size and it is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. It took a while for me to paint…