Category: Paintings

Posts about paintings I’ve completed.

Finished Painting: Young Lion

In May I blogged the work-in-progress photos of the young lion painting I was working on, Young Lion Painting in Progress, and today I have finally finished it. Lions are a new painting subject, giving me the opportunity to study the fur pattern and colouring closely for the first time. The tree bark was also […]

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Cocker Spaniel watercolour painting

This Cocker Spaniel painting is of a lovely girl called Rosie; aren’t her eyes beautiful! Cocker spaniels are one of my favourite dogs to paint, and I have painted many different colours of the breed.  About the painting Medium: Watercolour Size: A3 (420 mm x 297 mm) How to commission a painting If you are […]

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Springer Spaniel Watercolour Painting

Many of my commissions are surprise gifts; birthdays and Christmas being the most popular. This Springer Spaniel dog portrait of Rigby was commissioned as a wedding present for his owners. It was gifted to the couple the day before their big day.  They loved it so much, that they hung it up at the venue […]

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Young Lion painting in progress

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 […]

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A Labrador painting in progress

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 […]

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