This is a new portrait I have started working on on Friday. I have put down the sketch in the first step. The next step will be to start putting down under-painting for skin tones together with shading the background. The portrait is 40 x 50cm in size and I am painting with acrylics on…
Springer Spaniel Portrait in Pencil
I finished working on Baxter’s portrait last night and after some tweeking this morning, I scanned it. It is looking really well I think and I hope you will like it too. It was lovely to work on a square format, I think Baxter’s position in this portrait really suits it. I used pencils of…
Springer Spaniel Portrait in Progress
This is Baxter. I have worked on his portrait all day today and I am progressing really well. I should be finished tomorrow evening. The size of the portrait is 30 x 30cm and I will put it in a mount when it is finished. The first step was to sketch the portrait on paper…
Large Family Portrait in Pencil
I have now finished work on this large family portrait. I think it worked out pretty well and I tried my best matching the scan to the original. I scanned it in a few pieces and joined on my laptop, so some of the shading might look darker or paler than it is in reality….
Rottweiler Portrait in Acrylic
I have finally finished working on Robin’s portrait today. I have scanned it straight away and you can see the result below. I am very pleased with it and I really enjoyed working on it. Besides the scan I am including some photographs of the canvas as I find it shows the canvas overall and…
Rottweiler Portrait in Progress
I have returned to working on Robin’s portrait today. Robin is a lovely rottweiler and I am painting her portrait with acrylics on stretched canvas. The size of canvas is 30 x 40 cm (12 x 16 inch). Today, I have added another thin wash over the entire portrait to give the painting more body…
Family Portrait in Pencil
This is a family portrait I have been working on for the last few days. I have postponed work on Robin for a moment as this is a Birthday present for next week. I will resume working on Robin’s portrait straight away. The family portrait is 30 x 20 cm (12 x 8 inches) in…
Rottweiler Portrait in Progress
Below are next couple of stages of the rottweiler dog portrait I have been working on over the last few days. Robin’s portrait is coming on really well and I am now refining the painting with every new stage. I have put down the basic sketch first, then added a couple of black and brown…
Rottweiler Portrait in Progress
This is a new dog portrait I have started working on yesterday. It is of a beautiful rottweiler called Robin who has sadly passed away after her battle with cancer. She was only six years old. The client has commissioned her portrait as a present for his wife, Robin’s owner. I’m sure Robin is missed…
White Horse Painting
I have finished this white horse painting yesterday morning. It was such an enjoyable painting to work on. The plan originally was to create a subtle landscape background with some greenery, but at the last minute I have decided to keep it much simpler. By just using a soft mixture of cobalt blue, titanium white…