While dogs seem to be my most common commission request, I have done several rabbit paintings. I used to have a pet rabbit when I was a young child. She was a White Rabbit and I called her ‘Mrs Nibble’ after a character in one of my favourite books at the time, Mrs Nibble from […]
It looks like it is going to be a ladybird bonanza summer. I don’t know if anyone else has noticed the large number of ladybirds that have seem to have appeared this year? I’ve spotted (no pun intended) many in the garden. On a walk this morning there were lots of them along the road’s […]
I’ve put together this helpful guide on selecting and taking photos for a pet portrait commission. The quality of photos can sometimes limit the size of the portrait. It is difficult to achieve a good result if the photo isn’t very clear or large enough to see details, especially with the larger sizes of painting. […]
I recently started work on a painting of a young lion relaxing in a tree. I’ll post more updates as I work on it. Here’s some photos of progress so far. About the painting Medium: Acrylics Paper: Heavyweight Bockingford watercolour paper Size: A3, 16.5″ x 11.7″ / 420 mm x 297 mm Reference photo: Laura […]
Earlier in the year I completed a portrait of my Labrador, Logie. As I now have this blog, I wanted to share with you the work in progress photos I took as I went along. The portrait is 20″ x 20″ on box canvas and painted in acrylics. Not easy to get a photo of […]