I have finished working on the Rathsallagh House drawing today. I have scanned it now and matched it to the original. The detailed images below show the drawing at its real scale. I used graphite pencils ranging from HB to 6B and for the tint I used polychroma pencils in yellow ochre, burnt umber, burnt…
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Drawing of Rathsallagh House in Wicklow – work in progress
This is a new drawing I am working on. I started yesterday and I have completed the first step of the drawing process. The client wanted to show some colouring in the drawing, so I will be adding some tint to the entire drawing next, together with darkening the shadow areas, and working out the…
Happy New Year and a brand new Pencil Portrait
I would like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. I had a lovely break and I am all ready for my new commissions this year. I have completed the first one which was scanned today. It is a lovely family portrait created with graphite pencils on paper. The size is 20 x 25 cm and…
Portrait of Bobby the German Shepherd
I have finished working on Bobby’s portrait today. I have scanned it now and matched the colours as close as I can to the original. It worked out really well. I had planned to use a neutral brown tinted background, but have decided yesterday to add a little cobalt blue to compliment Bobby’s brown highlights….
German Shepherd Portrait in Progress
This is the last commission of 2014 – a painting of a lovely german shepherd called Bobby. I have started with a sketch and I will carry on with details of the fur and background tomorrow. The painting is 25 x 30 cm in size.
Family Wedding Portraits
These are the latest family portraits I worked on for the past week. They are a Christmas present for the clients’ parents. The pictures are from the clients’ wedding. The portraits are drawn with graphite pencils on paper and are 20 x 25 cm and 25 x 30 cm in size. I have mounted them…
Dachshund Portrait
This is my latest portrait of two lovely dachshunds. It was commissioned by a returning client from Ireland as a gift for her friend’s birthday. It is a small 6 x 8 inch drawing in graphite pencils. The small size makes the portrait really unique I think. I am now working on three family portraits…
King Charles Dog Portrait
Today, I have finished working on Holly’s portrait. I think it worked out quite well, hopefully the client will like it too 🙂 Holly is a beautiful King Charles and her portrait is drawn with pencils on paper. It is 8 x 12 inches in size. Next up is a small 6 x 8 inch…
Kind Charles Dog Portrait in Progress
I have started working on this new portrait today. It is of Holly the lovely King Charles. The portrait is 8 x 12 inches in size and is drawn with graphite pencils on Fabriano paper. I am also using some tinted pencils to add colour into the portrait. Below is a photograph of the first…
German Shepherd Portrait
I have finished working on the latest portrait today. It is of Zeus, the lovely german shepherd that I have been working on for the last few days. It is 25 x 35 cm in size painted on stretched canvas. I just love his majestic pose and I wanted to capture that in the painting….