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….
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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…
Bert and Ernie – finished portraits in pencil
I have now scanned the finished dog portraits I have been working on for the past week. Both portraits are in graphite pencil on paper and I used a combination of Staedtler and Daler Rowney artist quality pencils of 2H, HB, 2B and 4B. The portraits are 25 x 20cm (10″ x 8″) and are…
Terrier dog portrait in progress
I am now working on the second terrier dog portrait. His name is Ernie and just like Bert, he is very cute. It’s amazing how different his expression is though. I just love this about drawing portraits. The personalities of the dogs really comes through and it is amazing how different they can be. I…
Terrier Dog Portrait
I have now finished working on Bert’s portrait. He is a lovely Norwich terrier and I am going to be working on another portrait for the same client. It is also a Norwich terrier called Ernie. I will scan Bert’s and Ernie’s portrait together when finished. I kept going back to Bert’s portrait to ensure…
New Year Portraits
Happy New Year everybody! 2013 came around so quickly and I have already started working on a new portrait. This client has commissioned two dog portraits for her sister. The dogs are Bert and Ernie, extremely cute Norwich terriers with the most beautiful colours and face expressions. I must say it is a very nice…
Terrier Dog Portrait
I have just finished another dog portrait. It is of a terrier called Roxy. He is such a georgeous dog, now twelve years old. The client wanted to keep some of his colouring in the picture, so we settled on a tinted pencil portrait. Below is an image of the finished portrait. It is 8″…