Apr 2, 2020
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...
Mar 31, 2020
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...
Mar 24, 2020
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...
Mar 7, 2020
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...
Mar 1, 2020
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...
Feb 18, 2020
These are going to be fun portraits to do! My client approached me at the end of last year. Initially she was looking for three dog portraits, but last week she added a new addition to her a family, a gorgeous Golden Retriever puppy called Charlie and decided to get...
Feb 4, 2020
Well this is a bit weird, I could have sworn there was a long post I started here to add to when I got a chance and there is nothing here! I can’t even remember what I wrote. Anyway I shall try and start again. You may have read about my fun with coloured...
Jan 11, 2020
Experimenting with new mediums I think is vital to grow as an artist. I have been experimenting quite a bit with different mediums. Starting with watercolours a few years back. It started with the pen and watercolour pet portraits followed quickly by an exciting...
Dec 27, 2019
So the rest and relaxation was quickly over and back to the work today. Partly due to a bout of illness right before Christmas, this portrait and Fergie’s horse portrait would have been started at the end of last week if life hadn’t thrown in the curve...
Dec 23, 2019
So, I unexpectedly finished my Christmas Pet Paintings , All pet portraits, UK bound were posted yesterday and a last minute sale of my African Wild Dog was posted today. So that’s it, hopefully there will be some very happy people on Christmas morning when they...
