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.
This is a brand new commission I have been working on for the past few days. It is a pet portrait of a beautiful Dachshund called Zak. Sadly he is not with us anymore and the client is having a pet portrait painted in his memory. It is going to…
The weather has been just awful here this July and I have decided to offer a 10% SUMMER DISCOUNT in the hope of cheering you all up! The summer discount is offered on all pet portrait commissions and family portrait commissions alike. I haven’t been blogging for a few months,…
This is a pet portrait I worked on at the end of January. It is of an adorable yorkshire terrier. The size is 8″ x 10″ (20 x 25cm) and it is in graphite pencil on paper. He was really a joy to work on, he has a lovely gentle…
This is a scan of the finished portrait of Aidan the springer spaniel. It worked out really well I think. I posted it off to the owner on Friday so hopefully he will be thrilled with it. The pet portrait was painted with acrylic on hand stretched canvas. The portrait…
This is an update for Aidan’s portrait. I have adjusted his colouring slightly to match with the photograph, as I originally had it too red. It is turning out to be quite a nice portrait, I think. I will be hopefully finishing it off tomorrow. I have to still add…
I have been progressing work on Aidan’s portrait. I had to put it aside as I had a lovely commission of a pencil portrait of a yorkshire terrier. I will post scan of the finished drawing soon. I have now started detailing Aidan’s face – eyes and nose. I still…
This is a new painting I have started today. It is of the winning photograph from the Drogheda Animal Rescue Pet Photo Competition. The size is 12″ x 8″ (30cm x 20cm) and I am using acrylic paints on canvas. I have stretched and primed the canvas a couple of…
I took a few photographs of some of the finished pet portraits and family portraits I worked on before Christmas this year. They were mounted in a snow white mount with backing board and posted. The portraits look so finished when mounted, the mount really does wonders for any drawing.…
This is the latest finished family portrait, which I have just scanned. I am also showing detailed view of each of the boys portrait. The drawing is on 12″ x 10″ Fabriano paper 200g, drawn with graphite pencils HB, 2B and 4B. I will mount it and post some photographs…
This is a new family portrait of two lovely boys I have been working on. I started on Friday with some outlines and it is still quite sketchy. I will be adding much more detail and shading today and tomorrow with a view to finish the portrait tomorrow afternoon, as…