Triple Dog Portrait in Coloured Pencil

I really feel like I am getting to grips with coloured pencils. I am starting, very slowly to learn what colours I need for what. It is most definitely not second nature like for my pastel pet portraits, but that is hardly surprising. I have been using pastels for my...

Pet Portraits and COVID-19

Coping Day to Day How are you all? I hope you are all managing with the lockdown and taking care of your physical and mental health. Both are as important as each other in these unprecidented times. Many of us have had our world turned upside down in so many ways by...

Anyone For Some Horse Portraits?

Because I have been doing a lot this first part of the year.  I have said it before, but dog portraits make up the majority of my commissions and I love dogs. I am owned by two! They are my favourite animal, but from an artists perspective I absolutely love my...

Trevor the Everton Supporter

Well I am sure Trevor isn’t an Everton supporter, but more his Mum or Dad is! However it is nice to include something that is also personel to their owners in my pet portraits.  Trevow is a cute white terrier and his portrait is going to be unframed and...

Pet Portraits with COLOUR

With colour I hear you ask. Aren’t all your pet portraits in colour? Yes most of them are, but this week really has been all about colour. When I  say colour it wouldn’t be the colour you think of for my usual pet paintings! When I open the photo...