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.
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 eye level, they are looking up at us. I am…
I have finished working on the portrait of Bella and Audrik, the two german shepherds, I have been working on for the last week or so. It worked out quite well at the end. It took a little longer than anticipated, because I made a few changes on the way.…
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 work out what is going where really when it comes…
I am now working on a new dog portrait. It is of two German Shepherds, Bella and Audrik. I am very excited about this painting. I just love the composition, the background has a bit of snow around and it will work very well with the colouring of the dogs.…
Hello everybody. I have finished another pencil family portrait. I have scanned it today. It is always hard to capture all the detail of the pencil in the scans, but I did my best. The originals look so much better. I have to practice with the scanner (or just get…
I have finished working on the Rathsallagh House drawing today. I have scanned it now and matched it to the original. The detailed images below show the drawing at its real scale. I used graphite pencils ranging from HB to 6B and for the tint I used polychroma pencils in…
This is a new drawing I am working on. I started yesterday and I have completed the first step of the drawing process. The client wanted to show some colouring in the drawing, so I will be adding some tint to the entire drawing next, together with darkening the shadow…
I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. I had a lovely break and I am all ready for my new commissions this year. I have completed the first one which was scanned today. It is a lovely family portrait created with graphite pencils on paper. The size is…
I have finished working on Bobby’s portrait today. I have scanned it now and matched the colours as close as I can to the original. It worked out really well. I had planned to use a neutral brown tinted background, but have decided yesterday to add a little cobalt blue…
This is the last commission of 2014 – a painting of a lovely german shepherd called Bobby. I have started with a sketch and I will carry on with details of the fur and background tomorrow. The painting is 25 x 30 cm in size.