This is a small horse portrait I worked on in August. The horse is Afriska ‘Frisk’ and it was commissioned by his owner as a keepsake. I worked from two photos, one for the pose and one for the detail. I used graphite pencils on Fabriano paper. The size is 20 x 25 cm.
Four Dogs Painting
This is a portrait I worked on back in August. I am still playing catch-up with my blog 🙂 The painting is 30 x 40 cm in size painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. It was commissioned by a return client. The painting was a gift to the clients’ friends who she was visiting in…
Bride and Groom Drawing
This drawing is 30 x 40cm in size and drawn with graphite pencils on paper. I use mostly Staedtler pencils on Fabriano paper with cotton. I use a HB pencil to sketch the initial portrait and then work with 2B, 4B and 6B pencils. This was an interesting project with a lot of detail, including…
Harry
This is a portrait of a lovely bichon dog called Harry. The client commissioned his portrait as a present for her sister and her fiancee, Harry’s owners. The portrait is 25 x 30 cm in size and it is a coloured pencil drawing. The client wanted me to capture Harry’s soft colouring. She described him…
Alfie and Oscar
This is a portrait drawing of Alfie, a black cocker spaniel, and Oscar, a king charles cavalier dog. It was commissioned by their owner as a keepsake. The drawing is in coloured pencils. I worked from a couple of photographs to create one portrait. The drawing was 25 x 30 cm in size. The client…
Rossnowlagh Beach Painting
This painting was commissioned as a birthday present for the client’s wife. Tom asked me to recreate a photograph of his wife’s favourite spot, Rossnowlagh Beach in county Donegal. The painting was 40 x 60 cm in size and painted with acrylics on fine grade stretched cotton canvas. There was a lot of detail in…
Boy Painting
This painting was a present for the client’s partner. He provided me with a really detailed photograph so my most challenging job was to make it into a unique portrait. The painting was 30 x 40 cm in size painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. I layered colours to make the darks vibrant and warm….
Bride Portrait
This is a wedding portrait painting commissioned as an anniversary present for the bride in the image. The client, her husband, wanted to keep the same background as in the reference photo. It was a lovely photograph to work from with some strong lighting and wonderful colours in the background. The painting was 20 x…
A drawing of a flutist
This drawing was completed a couple of months ago. It was the forth portrait I completed for the client. The lady pictured is his daughter who is a professional musician. The photograph was taken in the eighties and the portrait was given to her as a birthday present in August. The client was delighted with…
Wedding couple drawing
This was an unusual commission I worked on a couple of months ago. The client asked me to create a drawing of her sister and her husband on their wedding day. She wanted me to capture them walking away specially to show the back of her sister’s wedding dress because she didn’t have a professional…