I have finished working on this portrait during the week. I have taken a photograph of the canvas and scanned a section of it to show the detail of the main subjects. The canvas is quite large at 50 x 60 cm. The picture was taken at the St. Andrews golf course and it is…
Portrait Painting in progress
This is a brand new portrait painting of a father and son. The backdrop is St. Andrews in Scotland. The portrait is 50 x 60 cm in size. I have now completed the first few stages of the painting. Next I will be working on the background mainly and before I finish off the painting…
Three horses in a field
I have finished working on this painting over the weekend. I scanned it today and tried to match it as closely to the original as I could. The painting is 30 x 30 cm in size painted with acrylics on stretched cotton canvas. I will be painting the sides of the canvas with a neutral…
Horses Painting in Progress
I am working on a new painting of three horses in a field. I have taken some pictures of the progress. I have completed the first sketch and started applying some colour washes to the painting. The painting is 30 x 30 cm in size.
Snowey the white cat
This is Snowey’s finished portrait which I have scanned today. Snowey was a beautiful long haired white cat and she looks so soft in the photo. I wanted to translate this into the portrait. I have blended the pencil well to create a softness to the portrait. The client wanted to show the whiteness of…
Cat Portrait in Progress
I have started working on a new cat portrait. This is a drawing in graphite pencils on paper. It is 15 x 20 cm in size. I have started with a sketch to capture Snowey’s features and I will be working on the shading.
Wedding Portrait
This is the latest family wedding portrait to come off my easel. It is drawn with coloured pencils on paper. The wedding took place in Portugal and I worked from two reference photos, one for the background and one for the couple. I had plenty of other photos to help me when drawing. The drawing…
George
This is the latest painting that was finished in my studio this week. It is of George, a lovely jack russell terrier. The portrait is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas 30 x 30cm in size. The painting was commissioned as a birthday present for George’s owner. I hope he likes it. Next up I…
Family Portrait
This is the final scan of the pencil portrait I have been working on. I finished it today and scanned it. It is always hard to scan drawings, the scanner doesn’t show up all the subtle pencil lines. I find the contrast is too high. I did my best though, and it is pretty close…
Family Portrait – work in progress
This is the newest portrait I have been working on. It was commissioned as a birthday present for the client’s husband. The picture is of his father. The drawing is 25 x 25 cm in size and I am now working on the shading. I will post the final scan in a couple of days.