Sep 18, 2017
Back to the drawing board today and some more work done on Sunny. I think he is pretty much finished, apart from a few finishing touches which I will do when I look with fresh eyes. The photo isn’t the best as I just quickly snapped it with my phone, but I will...
Sep 17, 2017
I had an amazing day at the show at Coolings! I met a couple of people that I have met on the circuit before, so it was really nice to catch up with them. I had some great help from two friends, one who took my children out for a great day whilst I did the show and...
Sep 15, 2017
I completely forgot I had a show coming this weekend so I had to urgently order stock, most of which came in yesterday. I have been frantically preparing it wrapping prints and paintings ready to go first thing in the morning. If you want to see what my set up looks...
Sep 13, 2017
I have managed to finish Beck today. I am really pleased with how he has turned out against the orange background. I think he looks somewhat regal! My next challenge with this portrait is packaging it up for it’s journey to America! Exciting to have my work...
Sep 12, 2017
It’s funny really, despite being a full time pet portrait artist, I very often don’t get a full day in the studio. There is so much more to it. Reply to emails, editing images, packing and shipping, accounts and also the boring bits like cleaning and...
Sep 11, 2017
I forgot to mention that I was featured in Your Dog Magazine, on their blog and supposedly their facebook page, although they seemed to forget that part, hopefully now I have mentioned it to them it will go up. You can read it all here.
Sep 11, 2017
Well the dog maybe called sunny, but it hasn’t been very sunny unfortunately! I really think summer is over. I have made some good progress with Sunny’s portrait and I am really enjoying painting his golden colours as it makes up for the lack of sun! I am...
Sep 9, 2017
Yesterday I was unwell, so apart from framing Henry’s pet portrait and having it collected and posting the Husky portrait, the rest of the day was spent under the duvet. However I have been feeling a lot better today, and have been working on another project I...
Sep 6, 2017
I put the finishing touches to the Husky portrait today. Well I think he is done. Just waiting to hear back from my client. I really love graphite as a medium and would love to use it more. When I get some spare time I will try, but that is a rare thing! He...
Sep 5, 2017
As most of you know I work mostly in pastels for my pet portraits. I have doe for the last 10 years. I discovered them a little after my daughter was born. I can’t believe I have a nearly 11 year old! I do offer other mediums to pen and watercolor and graphite....
