This is a lovely wedding drawing of two sisters and brother. It was commissioned as a present for their parents. The reference picture I worked from worked very well (photograph is by Tara Aherne). I removed some detail from the background and made it a little lighter. It was a lovely portrait to work on, I…
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Holly, Buster and Casey
I finished working on this portrait yesterday and I scanned it today. It was a large one and I worked on it on and off for three weeks. The drawings take a while to take shape I find, but when they come together they are worth the hard work. I had good photos to work…
Couple Painting
I finished this painting today. It is a lovely seaside view from Australia. This painting was commissioned by the lady in the picture as a wedding present for her husband to be. The painting is 20 x 30 cm in size and it is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. The photo was just beautiful…
Sam the Collie in the Donegal mountains
I recently worked on this lovely painting of Sam, a lovely collie dog with a backdrop of the Donegal mountains. The portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present for the client’s partner and Sam’s owner. Sam is no longer with us and I wanted to capture his lovely nature in the painting. He was a…
Chihuahua ‘Molly’
This is the latest painting to come off my easel. I added some finishing touches to it today and scanned it this evening. The painting is of Molly the lovely chihuahua. It is 20 x 25 cm in size and painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. I really loved the reference photograph. Molly is sitting…
Wedding Portrait
I completed this portrait a few weeks ago and never got a chance to upload it here on the blog. The client – the bride pictured in the portrait – was very happy with the result. The drawing was a standard A4 size (20 x 30 cm). I worked with graphite pencils, HB to 5B,…
Two Labradors – Zuva and Pip
This is a brand new drawing to come off my easel. It is of two golden labradors called Zuva and Pip. The portrait was commissioned as a gift for their owner. Zuva is the older dog lying down and is very special for the owner. The reference photo had some strong shadows on both dogs,…
Jack Russell ‘Eddie’
I finished working on Eddie’s portrait just yesterday and I scanned it today. It worked out very well I think. Eddie is just beautiful in the reference photo and I really wanted to capture his expression in the painting. I worked most of the detail into the head and shoulders, leaving the background and bottom…
Jack Russell ‘Eddie’ – work in progress
This week I am working on a new dog portrait. It is of a Jack Russell called ‘Eddie’. The canvas is 20 x 30 cm in size and I am working with acrylics as usual. I have been taking photographs of the canvas as I am progressing, from the initial sketch to the completed first…
Donal Og Cusack montage portrait
I worked on this portrait a week ago. It was commissioned by the Gaelic Players Association as a gift for Donal Og’s retirement. They wanted a montage portrait that would show Donal Og throughout his career both as a player and as a manager. The centre of the portrait is Donal Og holding his hurley….