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.
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,…
Two images merged into one means a new identity – in progress. Graphite pencil on Fabriano. [kml_flashembed publishmethod=”static” fversion=”9.0.124″ movie=” I in progress/simpleviewer.swf” width=”500″ height=”800″ targetclass=”flashmovie” bgcolor=”383838″ allowfullscreen=”true” fvars=”baseURL= I in progress”] [/kml_flashembed]
This is more progress images of the labrador puppy pet portrait I’ve been working on. It is now finished and I have to scan it and then post it here. The size is A4 or 21x30cm and pencils I am using are HB, 2B and 4B. Graphite pencils are great…
I am working away on this puppy pencil portrait. I am working left to right as always so as not to smudge as I draw. The base drawing goes down first and when the whole area is covered, I will go over the details and make sure it matches the…
This is a new pencil portrait I’ve been working on. It is of a very cute labrador puppy. The pet portrait is in graphite pencil on 160g cartridge paper and it is an A4 size (8″ x 12″). I’m using my usual mix of graphite HB and 4B pencils. I…
This is the final scan of Neeka’s pencil portrait. Neeka is a Jack Russell terrier and I drew her portrait in graphite pencil on 200g Fabriano paper. I took some photographs of the final portrait in a mount and I will post them here soon. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
I finished another pet portrait in pencil. This one is of an adorable Jack Russell Terrier called Neeka. Below are progress images together with a little detail of her face. I will post the final scan tomorrow. The drawing is on 200g Fabriano paper using Staedtler and Daler-Rowney artist graphite…
Just finished this Humboldt penguins painting today. It’s painted with acrylic on stretched deep canvas of 12″ x 16″. The sides are painted too, so it is ready for hanging. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….