Aug 4, 2018
I am working on a particularly large portrait for me. My most popular sizes tend to be 10×8 inches or 10×12 inches. This is large for me at 20×20 inches. It is a portrait of a black lab. Due to its size I have decided to use pastel sticks instead of...
Aug 1, 2018
Completing all those pet portraits inevitably leads to a few days of framing and packing. I would love to be able to paint all week and not stop. But unfortunately the life of an artist is never quite like that. I used to able to work later in the evenings, but the...
Jul 27, 2018
Seems like finally we have a break from the heat. I love the summer, but the last two days have been too much for me. I now have my very own sauna aka the shedio! It’s been way too hot to work in there beyond 11am so I have relocated to the house and made good...
Jul 24, 2018
I love some of the names my clients give there dogs. Giles is one of them. Being that he is a springer Spaniel it suits him and the breed. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s association’s I have with name Giles, maybe a I am just odd. He is also liver and...
Jul 21, 2018
Annoyingly if forgot to get a photo of JD’s portrait before he was gifted. I do that occasionally and what was particularly annoying was the fact I was really pleased with his portrait. My neighbour commissioned the painting of JD…..yes after her favourite...
Jul 19, 2018
It’s really been a long slog this bug.. I have been doing a lot of thinking about pet portraits but the mid has been willing and the flesh week. However tomorrow I really have to get back to it. I have never let a client down and I don’t plan to now. I...
Jul 16, 2018
It seems to be the year for bugs. I have had some sort of summer flu type thing and it’s literally knocked me for 6 for the last 10 days. I have am still lacking energy, but I am finally getting the urge to paint again which is great. I do miss painting my pet...
Jul 10, 2018
It’s been a busy few days replying to enquiries about pet portraits. People commission pet portraits for all sorts of reasons. My latest commission is for a beautiful black lab. I have also had an equity for a chocolate lab. I made good progress on the portrait...
Jul 7, 2018
It’s been a very long time since I had to start a pet portrait again, but this was the weekend I had to. And even more frustratingly I was over half way through the portrait. I was going to share the progress of the first portrait with you here but I am so...
Jul 5, 2018
I can’t believe my daughter is preparing to go to secondary school. How did that little person I gave birth to nearly 12 years ago. Time definitely goes faster the older you get. Maybe that’s why I seem to be constantly chasing my tail….perhaps work...
