The time is flying, a new year has begun and I wanted to wish everybody a very happy one. I wanted to thank all of you who are following my blog and all my portrait adventures and all of my clients who have commissioned artworks in the past year. 2018 was another very busy year…
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Charlie the Terrier
Terrier dog portrait drawing in pencil on paper.
Drawing of Lily
This is a drawing of Lily, the beautiful springer spaniel whose portrait I worked on in September. It was commissioned as a present for Lily’s owner by his wife. She wanted me to capture Lily in her element outside with a backdrop of the hills she lives close to a loves to hunt in. The…
Wedding Painting
This is a 30 x 30 cm wedding painting. I worked on the portrait in September. It was commissioned as a wedding present for the couple in the picture. I loved the setting of the photo, the colours work really well. I had a few photographs to work from for the portrait. I used acrylic…
Frisk
This is a small horse portrait I worked on in August. The horse is Afriska ‘Frisk’ and it was commissioned by his owner as a keepsake. I worked from two photos, one for the pose and one for the detail. I used graphite pencils on Fabriano paper. The size is 20 x 25 cm.
Four Dogs Painting
This is a portrait I worked on back in August. I am still playing catch-up with my blog 🙂 The painting is 30 x 40 cm in size painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. It was commissioned by a return client. The painting was a gift to the clients’ friends who she was visiting in…
Bride and Groom Drawing
This drawing is 30 x 40cm in size and drawn with graphite pencils on paper. I use mostly Staedtler pencils on Fabriano paper with cotton. I use a HB pencil to sketch the initial portrait and then work with 2B, 4B and 6B pencils. This was an interesting project with a lot of detail, including…
Harry
This is a portrait of a lovely bichon dog called Harry. The client commissioned his portrait as a present for her sister and her fiancee, Harry’s owners. The portrait is 25 x 30 cm in size and it is a coloured pencil drawing. The client wanted me to capture Harry’s soft colouring. She described him…
Alfie and Oscar
This is a portrait drawing of Alfie, a black cocker spaniel, and Oscar, a king charles cavalier dog. It was commissioned by their owner as a keepsake. The drawing is in coloured pencils. I worked from a couple of photographs to create one portrait. The drawing was 25 x 30 cm in size. The client…
Rossnowlagh Beach Painting
This painting was commissioned as a birthday present for the client’s wife. Tom asked me to recreate a photograph of his wife’s favourite spot, Rossnowlagh Beach in county Donegal. The painting was 40 x 60 cm in size and painted with acrylics on fine grade stretched cotton canvas. There was a lot of detail in…