I have progressed on the horse painting this week. Having put down a blue-grey wash first after the sketching stage, I then started detailing sections of the muzzle and head overall. I am using a lovely mixture of burnt sienna, titanium white and a little cobalt blue. The burnt sienna gives the mix a nice…
Horse Painting in Progress
I have started working on the new horse portrait today. I have taken some photographs of the progress so far. The first stage is now completed with the sketch and some basic shading down on canvas. The size of the painting is 10 x 12 inches (25 x 30 cm) and I am painting with…
Website Update and News
I have been working on redesigning the rest of my website all this week. I am nearly there. I have added lots of new pages of pet portraits finished in the last two months. They include of course my first horse portrait which was a lovely graphite pencil drawing that I worked on in January….
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Pencil
Below is the final scan of the horse and jockey portrait drawing I have been working on for the past few days. It is 25 x 20cm (10″ x 8″) in size, it is drawn with graphite pencils on Fabriano paper. The pencils I used were a combination of Staedtler and Daler Rowney in 2H…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Progress
Here are some more progress photographs of the horse and jockey portrait I am currently working on. Next step is to finish off shading of the rest of the horse and background. When this is done I will assess the entire portrait and its tone and I will go back to areas that need to…
Horse and Jockey Portrait in Pencil – WIP
I am now working on a horse and jockey portrait in graphite pencil. I have put down the initial sketch and the next step will be shading and tone. The portrait is for a client in Ireland. It is 25cm x 20cm in size (10″ x 8″), on Fabriano paper with Staedtler graphite. This is…
Mounted Pet and Family Portraits
I have decided to post some photographs I have taken in the last couple of months, of finished portraits completed throughout December and January so far. Thank you for reading and don’t forget you are welcome to leave a comment on this or any of my open posts. If you are interested in commissioning your…
Bert and Ernie – finished portraits in pencil
I have now scanned the finished dog portraits I have been working on for the past week. Both portraits are in graphite pencil on paper and I used a combination of Staedtler and Daler Rowney artist quality pencils of 2H, HB, 2B and 4B. The portraits are 25 x 20cm (10″ x 8″) and are…
Terrier dog portrait in progress
I am now working on the second terrier dog portrait. His name is Ernie and just like Bert, he is very cute. It’s amazing how different his expression is though. I just love this about drawing portraits. The personalities of the dogs really comes through and it is amazing how different they can be. I…
Terrier Dog Portrait
I have now finished working on Bert’s portrait. He is a lovely Norwich terrier and I am going to be working on another portrait for the same client. It is also a Norwich terrier called Ernie. I will scan Bert’s and Ernie’s portrait together when finished. I kept going back to Bert’s portrait to ensure…