Sam the Black Labrador
I worked on Sam’s portrait back in October and it was a very enjoyable commission. I had a lot of reference photos to work from. The painting is 40 x 40 cm in size and painted with acrylics on stretched…
Two Family Portrait Paintings
These two paintings were completed in October for one client. They were quite straight forward. I worked from one photograph for each painting. I thoroughly enjoyed the process as the photos were very interesting, taken on a sunny day with…
Happy New Year 2019
The time is flying, a new year has begun and I wanted to wish everybody a very happy one. I wanted to thank all of you who are following my blog and all my portrait adventures and all of my…
Charlie the Terrier
Terrier dog portrait drawing in pencil on paper.
Drawing of Lily
This is a drawing of Lily, the beautiful springer spaniel whose portrait I worked on in September. It was commissioned as a present for Lily’s owner by his wife. She wanted me to capture Lily in her element outside with…
Wedding Painting
This is a 30 x 30 cm wedding painting. I worked on the portrait in September. It was commissioned as a wedding present for the couple in the picture. I loved the setting of the photo, the colours work really…
Frisk
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.…
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…
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,…
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…