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.
Here are some greeting card designs I worked on during the week. They were developed for cardsmonster.com, a start-up online ordering greeting card company based in the UK. They will hopefully be available soon on their website. You can customize them, place and order and cards are delivered to you.…
The Grandmother portrait is now finished. I have scanned it and I will add it to the gallery page very soon. It was hard work with all the detail especially of the skin and hair. I enjoyed every minute of it, wrinkles are so intricate and interesting. It changed the…
I have been away for a while and didn’t get a chance to carry on with this one. I’m back though, rested and ready to start working. I worked on the hair today, which is very tedious. I prefer to draw in all the detail rather than rub back afterwards so…
This is a new family portrait I’ve been working on last week. I have spent 12 hours on this portrait of a grandmother so far. It is a part of a new range of family portraits in pencil. I feel graphite pencil can really capture the highlights in the skin…
I finished working on Judy’s portrait just last night adding a few final touches this morning. I just loved painting her as her expression and stance are so inspiring. I hope this painting will make for a great present for her owner. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
I’ve worked on filling out Judy yesterday and today. I will be adding more detail to her fur at a later stage. Next up is to finalise the grass around her paws and in the background. Below is a photograph of Judy’s portrait up to date together with a detail…
I added background yesterday afternoon. It brings Judy into the foreground and I will work on the grass around her paws more later. In the next step, I will start working on Judy’s body. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
I started working on a portrait of Judy today, a portrait commission from Ireland. It is a birthday present for her owner. She is a beautiful dog. I love her classic pose. I drew her out in paint and added some indication of the background. It is a photograph, so…
Just finished this one today. I was working on this portrait for the last few days. The work is based on the photograph from www.scx.hu by BWK. I loved the photo of this girl, she looks so present in the moment. And so I had to call the drawing ‘Moment’.…
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