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 working on the shading.
Art Studio Updates
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.
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 the couple. I had plenty of other photos to help…
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 as a birthday present for George’s owner. I hope he…
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 the contrast is too high. I did my best though,…
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 the shading. I will post the final scan in a…
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 had commissioned it as a birthday present for her mother-in-law.…
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 was taken indoors, so it was quite dark. The clients…
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 this one due to the amount of elements in the…
Dog Portrait – work in progress
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 the portrait should be finished soon. I hope you like…
Family Portrait
I have just finished working on another portrait. It is a family portrait of a cocker spaniel called Charlie and her owners. Charlie has sadly passed away and her owners wanted a portrait of her and themselves as a keepsake. To put Charlie into focus, we have decided to draw…