Nov 5, 2018
Wow what a hectic day. I was up early and replying to emails and putting a frame order together. I needed to order a frame for one the prints going to West kent mind and one for a pet portrait commission. I need to order sone more but didn’t have a chance...
Nov 4, 2018
So I am delighted to say that my client was over the moon with his portrait of his two children. What a relief! Yes I still get nerves hand over pet portraits and even more so one’s of the human variety. Here is the quote from my client upon opening it when he...
Nov 3, 2018
Well I finally managed to get a better photo of the two children’s portrait. Still not the best. I have never found it easy with graphite. Sunlight and the scanner causes reflections off the graphite. My phone camera sharpens it too much and my other camera...
Nov 2, 2018
I have been asked for years and years if I will paint or draw people. It has always been something I have avoided. Confidence being one issue, animals have always been my first love to paint also. A few years ago a lady who had children in my daughters class...
Nov 1, 2018
Bar a few birthday commissions I have to do I can safely say I am in the middle of my Christmas portrait commission list. I got booked up early this year. If I can get on top of my work load I maybe able to open my order books for more pet portraits, but unfortunately...
Oct 30, 2018
Didn’t do much drawing today. It was a bits and bibs sort of day. I framed two portraits and sent one of them out in the post. I did fiddle on the children portrait that I am working on. Not enough to really bother taking a photo of! Tomorrow I hope to get a...
Oct 29, 2018
I have a massive headache and so it’s going to be an early night tonight. My clients were pleased with the double dog portrait of Jools and Jess. The frame is arriving tomorrow so I will be able to get it framed and sent out. I started the portrait of my friends...
Oct 28, 2018
I think I am nearly there with this gorgeous duo. It is really lovely to revisit these two for my old clients. Tomorrow I will email the portrait over and see if there are any amendments to be made while I wait for the frame to arrive. I might add some more yellow...
Oct 25, 2018
Archive’s portrait got the approval to be framed and my client will be picking up his portrait tomorrow. He looks great in his frame. It is a popular moulding and suits a lot of portraits. A simple dark wood frame that would suit most decors. I also forgot the...
Oct 23, 2018
So the dog portrait I am currently working on, you may have read that I couldn’t remember whether he was Archie or Alfie. It’s Alfie. I still got confused wheb about to write this blog post.. It’s too confusing. I don’t know how the owners...
