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 scan of the finished family portrait. It is quite large so I have shown individual portraits too, to show more detail here. It was drawn mostly with a HB graphite, adding a 4B for darkest areas. I have added a sanguine (sepia) tint into the drawing which…
This is the next image of the family portrait I have been working on. I will be detailing and finishing off the portrait today, adding sepia tints too. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Below is first stage of a family portrait I am working on. It is in pencil of a father with two children. I started working from left so as not to smudge later, so Amy was drawn first. I will be working on outlines first, then adding detail at a…
Below is the winning image of the Drogheda Animal Rescue pet photo competition. I will be painting a portrait from this photograph. The size will be 12″ x 8″ and it will be painted on canvas. I will be working on it in January 2012. It is a priceless photograph,…
Here is the final scan of Hamish’s and Oscar’s pet portrait. I let it sit for a few days to then go back to it with fresh eyes and finalise it. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
I was working on Hamish’s and Oscar’s portrait today, finishing off Hamish and I will hopefully get stuck into Oscar’s portrait on Monday. Below are progress photographs. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
This is a new pet portrait commission. I started working on this drawing yesterday and having completed the outline I started detailing the portrait today. The portrait is of a beautiful black labrador Hamish and an equally lovely cat Oscar, for a client in county Kildare. It is a Christmas…
Just a reminder that there are only a few days left to enter our competition for a free pet portrait. True Image is offering a free portrait for the winning photo in the Drogheda Animal Rescue Photo Competition. You have until the 5th November 2011 to email your photographs to…
The Drogheda Animal Rescue’s Pet Photo Competition starts this weekend and runs until the 5th November 2011. You can join by emailing your best pet photographs to fundraising@dar.ie together with a small donation of €6 for one image and €10 for 2 images. Before entering, read through the rules on…
This is the final scan of the latest dog drawing in pencil. It is of the smallest size I offer, 8″ x 12″ (A4). I used graphite pencil HB, 2B and 4B. If you enjoy this drawing and would like to commission your own portrait, or just have a query,…