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Eagle Antics Cartoons: Golden vs White-tailed Part 1

I enjoy drawing cartoons, most notably the antics of Scotland’s white-tailed eagles. In my blog I’m going to tell you some of the stories behind the cartoons I’ve drawn over the years, as I have based many of them on real-life observations during my many hours watching these birds. First up, differences between the two […]

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Puffin Head Portrait

A new set of coloured pencils, can only mean one thing, a new portrait!  I decided to draw one of my favourite birds, the Puffin.  A Puffin with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils After some more research into the various types of coloured pencils, and which would suit my needs the best, I opted for a […]

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Dog Training Injuries: Watch Your Feet!

In this blog, I’m going to start adding some posts related to the joys of dog ownership. Being a pet portrait artist, many fellow dog owners visit my website and may find some of the information useful or amusing, as in this case! This post relates to an incident I had a couple of weeks […]

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Red Squirrel Coloured Pencil portrait

I’ve always wanted to try coloured pencils.  Towards the end of 2019, I was thinking about a new art challenge for myself for the New Year. Coloured pencils are something I haven’t had a proper go at.  A tin of Derwent Drawing Pencils sat in a draw for a few years, unused, bought on a […]

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Labrador Family Portraits

I’ve recently been commissioned to paint a couple of members of my Labrador’s family. Portrait of Black Labrador, Breagha In 2019, the first of the Labrador family portraits, my Lab’s sister, Breagha, was completed. Breagha’s painting information Medium: Watercolour Size: 10″ x 10″ / 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm Portrait of Black Labrador, Kara The […]

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