Horse and Jockey Portrait in Pencil
Below is the final scan of the horse and jockey portrait drawing I have been working on for the past few days. It is 25 x 20cm (10″ x 8″) in size, it is drawn with graphite pencils on Fabriano…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Progress
Here are some more progress photographs of the horse and jockey portrait I am currently working on. Next step is to finish off shading of the rest of the horse and background. When this is done I will assess the…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Pencil – WIP
I am now working on a horse and jockey portrait in graphite pencil. I have put down the initial sketch and the next step will be shading and tone. The portrait is for a client in Ireland. It is 25cm…
Mounted Pet and Family Portraits
I have decided to post some photographs I have taken in the last couple of months, of finished portraits completed throughout December and January so far. Thank you for reading and don’t forget you are welcome to leave a comment…
Bert and Ernie – finished portraits in pencil
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,…
Terrier dog portrait in progress
I am now working on the second terrier dog portrait. His name is Ernie and just like Bert, he is very cute. It’s amazing how different his expression is though. I just love this about drawing portraits. The personalities of…
Terrier Dog Portrait
I have now finished working on Bert’s portrait. He is a lovely Norwich terrier and I am going to be working on another portrait for the same client. It is also a Norwich terrier called Ernie. I will scan Bert’s…
New Year Portraits
Happy New Year everybody! 2013 came around so quickly and I have already started working on a new portrait. This client has commissioned two dog portraits for her sister. The dogs are Bert and Ernie, extremely cute Norwich terriers with…
Terrier Dog Portrait
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…
Bernese Mountain Dog Portrait in Pencil
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…