Below are next couple of stages of the rottweiler dog portrait I have been working on over the last few days. Robin’s portrait is coming on really well and I am now refining the painting with every new stage. I have put down the basic sketch first, then added a couple of black and brown…
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Rottweiler Portrait in Progress
This is a new dog portrait I have started working on yesterday. It is of a beautiful rottweiler called Robin who has sadly passed away after her battle with cancer. She was only six years old. The client has commissioned her portrait as a present for his wife, Robin’s owner. I’m sure Robin is missed…
White Horse Painting
I have finished this white horse painting yesterday morning. It was such an enjoyable painting to work on. The plan originally was to create a subtle landscape background with some greenery, but at the last minute I have decided to keep it much simpler. By just using a soft mixture of cobalt blue, titanium white…
Horse Painting in Progress
I have progressed on the horse painting this week. Having put down a blue-grey wash first after the sketching stage, I then started detailing sections of the muzzle and head overall. I am using a lovely mixture of burnt sienna, titanium white and a little cobalt blue. The burnt sienna gives the mix a nice…
Horse Painting in Progress
I have started working on the new horse portrait today. I have taken some photographs of the progress so far. The first stage is now completed with the sketch and some basic shading down on canvas. The size of the painting is 10 x 12 inches (25 x 30 cm) and I am painting with…
Website Update and News
I have been working on redesigning the rest of my website all this week. I am nearly there. I have added lots of new pages of pet portraits finished in the last two months. They include of course my first horse portrait which was a lovely graphite pencil drawing that I worked on in January….
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Pencil
Below is the final scan of the horse and jockey portrait drawing I have been working on for the past few days. It is 25 x 20cm (10″ x 8″) in size, it is drawn with graphite pencils on Fabriano paper. The pencils I used were a combination of Staedtler and Daler Rowney in 2H…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Progress
Here are some more progress photographs of the horse and jockey portrait I am currently working on. Next step is to finish off shading of the rest of the horse and background. When this is done I will assess the entire portrait and its tone and I will go back to areas that need to…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Pencil – WIP
I am now working on a horse and jockey portrait in graphite pencil. I have put down the initial sketch and the next step will be shading and tone. The portrait is for a client in Ireland. It is 25cm x 20cm in size (10″ x 8″), on Fabriano paper with Staedtler graphite. This is…
Mounted Pet and Family Portraits
I have decided to post some photographs I have taken in the last couple of months, of finished portraits completed throughout December and January so far. Thank you for reading and don’t forget you are welcome to leave a comment on this or any of my open posts. If you are interested in commissioning your…