Chihuahua Portrait in Progress
I have started working on a new portrait a couple of days ago. It is of a lovely chihuahua called Marley. I just love the reference photo the client gave me. Marley looks so cute in it lying down on…
Family Portrait
I have finished this portrait today. It worked out quite well I thought. The scan is looking very close to the original, although I always feel the texture of the paper is really lost in a digital image. I hope…
Family Portrait in Progress
I am now working on a brand new portrait. It is a pencil portrait 10 x 12 inches (25 x 30cm) in size. It is of the client’s father who sadly passed away. It is going to be a special…
Update on new finished portraits
I have been very busy in the studio over the last few weeks and I never got time to update the blog. I will be working on a new family portrait soon and I will update this space with progress…
Three Black Labradors – Pencil Portrait
I have finished this portrait earlier in the week. I was so busy in the studio with all my commissions, that I didn’t scan it straight away. Here it is though, I think it is looking quite well. I hope…
Final Scan of Brodie and Bruar’s Portrait
Brodie and Bruar are two gorgeous black labradors whose portrait I have been working on for the past week or so. They are just so lovely and the reference photo was a little different. Looking down at the two dogs,…
Two Black Labradors – work in progress
I have made some progress on Brodie and Bruar’s portrait over the last couple of days. I am now almost finished with one and moving on to finishing off the entire portrait. I wanted the shading to be very dark…
Two Black Labradors – work in progress
I have been working on a new portrait. It is of two gorgeous black labradors called Brodie and Bruar. They look so lovely together, so close and the composition is a little different this time. Instead of looking at their…
Two German Shepherds
I have finished working on the portrait of Bella and Audrik, the two german shepherds, I have been working on for the last week or so. It worked out quite well at the end. It took a little longer than…
Bella and Audrik’s portrait in progress
I have made some progress on the painting of Bella and Audrik, the portrait of two German Shepherds I have started last week. I have now added the first coat of colours everywhere on the canvas. This step is to…