This is my latest large sized portrait to come off the easel. It is 40 x 50 cm in size, painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. I took my time working on this one as I knew how special it was going to be for the client. It was commissioned as a birthday present to the mum of the girl pictured in the portrait. I worked from a good reference photo and took care with my colours. The contrasts and harmonies of the blues, ochres and pinks played the focal point in this portrait. Of course the scan doesn’t do it justice – as it never does with paintings. The texture of the canvas is important when looking at a painting, and that is very much lost in the scanning process. I was quite happy with the finished portrait, and the client was too. She got quite emotional receiving the portrait, as it was a surprise. I hope you all like it too 🙂
I am now working on another family portrait, this time in coloured pencil.