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 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 x 20cm in size (10″ x 8″), on Fabriano paper…
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 on this or any of my open posts. If you…
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 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 the dogs really comes through and it is amazing how…
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 and Ernie’s portrait together when finished. I kept going back…
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 the most beautiful colours and face expressions. I must say…
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…
I am currently working on a pencil portrait of a beautiful Bernese mountain dog called Gorby. Gorby has sadly passed away this year and he is missed terribly by his owners. This portrait was commissioned as a Christmas gift. I am in the first few stages of the drawing, having…
Below is a final scan of a pet portrait of two adorable rabbits called ‘Velvet’ and ‘Little Grey’. It is fresh from the easel. The size of the drawing is 20 x 15.5cm (8″ x 6″) and I used pencils from 2H to 4B and 7B. It is quite a…