Jul 24, 2017
It’s that time of year where I have to juggle school children and pet portraits! It really doesn’t help when the weather is so rubbish! Anyway I managed to get Charlie’s pet portrait finished. This is huge at 16×20 inches, so once it’s...
Jul 20, 2017
Wow, Charlie’s portrait has been a huge challenge with all that fur and the size. I do love a challenge though. Another 7 hours work put into his portrait today and I feel I have really broken the back of it. There is still some work to be done on the fur, but...
Jul 19, 2017
Managed to do some more work on Charlie’s today, despite being kept awake by my dog barking at the thunder last night. It really stresses him out so it was a bit of a sleepless night! Hopefully a good session tomorrow and he will be 90% there. And here is...
Jul 18, 2017
Wow, this portrait is fun, 20×16 inches and a lot of fur! I think this may take me a while. He is black too, which makes him a little more fiddly to get right. He also has a tartan bow tie which is going to be an interesting challenge for me, never attempted...
Jul 17, 2017
This weekend I had off as I went to Hastings for Pirate Day, and what a giggle we had. As I work from home the scenery can get a bit boring, so I just love to get away. Especially with good friends. The kids came too and had a brilliant time. Slow start to work today...
Jul 14, 2017
Most of my pet portrait commissions come via my website so I have to rely on my clients photographs to work from. Sometimes they can be a bit tricky especially if one is a bridge baby. No such problem with the gorgeous Plum. I got to meet her myself and get my own...
Jul 13, 2017
I have finished Taz’s portrait, and I am just waiting to hear from my client. I started Plum’s portrait today. I met her in May and she is a gorgeous working black lab. We did her photoshoot for her portrait on a lovely day and I got a lovely sheen in her...
Jul 12, 2017
Since my pet portraits have featured a lot of grass in them I thought I would do a little tutorial as to how I do my grass. As with art there is no right or wrong way, but I know I struggled with it for ages and I know others do too, so this is how I go about it. This...
Jul 11, 2017
Over the last two days I have been working on Cub, the cockerpoo puppy He is soooooo cute. My client wanted Cub on grass as originally he was just on a boring rug and we both thought grass would be nicer. Rosie was on grass, lots of it and it was a really long...
Jul 10, 2017
So today is going to be an interesting day as the whole of my area is out of water. Luckily I don’t rely on water for my pet portraits. Unfortunately as a consequence the children are off school so work is going to be a bit disrupted. It’s not very...
