Nov 19, 2017
I have been working on Maggie for a very long time. I found her colouring quite hard to get accurate. She has lots of lovely colours in her coast that I really wanted to capture. I am finally pleased with her portrait and have scanned it in. I emailed it to my client...
Nov 16, 2017
Good progress made in the studio today. I have manage to get Benji’s portrait pretty much finished, but as usual I shall look at him again in a day or so to make sure there is nothing I want to change/amend. I think the frame will arrive next week now, which...
Nov 15, 2017
I decide to take a break from my graphite portrait today and made a return to the pastels to get dusty! Can’t beat getting dusty. I started this handsome boys portrait today, Benji. He measures 14×11 inches and will be framed by me. The frames should be...
Nov 14, 2017
Last night I tripped over a step and very badly bruised my knee, simply because I wasn’t concentrating – it was a sober incident. The pain has been a little distracting to say the least, but I did manage to do some more work on Widgeon’s portrait....
Nov 13, 2017
Maggie’s portrait is nearly finished but no more sneak peaks now until the final piece has been scanned in! Can’t wait to share her portrait with you. I love a change of media for my pet portraits so I relish the opportunity to use graphite. I think it is...
Nov 10, 2017
I got a big order of prints in today, some for a customer and some for the Made in Kent shop I have introduced Horace as a new print and I am delighted with how he has turned out. I have also worked some more on Maggie and I hope that she will be finished early...
Nov 9, 2017
I managed to finish up the two pen and watercolour portraits today. Waiting to hear back from my clients to see whether the are happy with them and I have the go ahead to frame the minature schnauzer portrait, which I will do tomorrow. The photos aren’t the best...
Nov 8, 2017
Not that I am complaining, I just feel guilty for neglecting my blog! The hard graft has really started now, getting all my pet portraits done for Christmas. I have a couple that need doing for early December, but the rest are due for Christmas. This week I managed to...
Nov 5, 2017
I managed to finish my triple dog portrait this weekend which I am really pleased about and I have started Dave the collies portrait too. I plan to get his done, a minature schnauzer portrait completed and a pen and watercolour portrait If at all possible a third...
Nov 2, 2017
Managed to get a full day in the studio today, and hoping for another productive day tomorrow. I fiddled a bit more on Maggie’s portrait, but my main focus was Rusty. This portrait needs to be completed and delivered b the the 10th so I need to make sure he is...
