Portrait Paintings
Oil Pastel Portrait of Martin Our friend Martin called round to loan us some old photographs to scan for a book project and was recruited to be photographed for portrait reference images. He obliged most graciously even stricking a pose when I suggested that I hoped to put as much fun into my project as…
More Self Portraits… This time a couple of “blind contour” selfies! Created by looking at the subject and drawing without looking at the paper… I came across this little ink sketch yesterday and remembered how much I enjoyed the unpredictability of making these drawings and decided that I’d make one to colour-in! I’ll have to…
Selfie Portrait from Life – Wax Crayon and Watercolour This self portrait sketch had a time limit… loosely though, I can’t be too hard on myself… within an hour. I think I managed it in 40, maybe 45, minutes. Sitting on a cushion on the floor in front of the mirror wasn’t the most comfortable and…
Daily Faces After a month of sticking to my commitment to post a painting every day for the whole of Advent and creating a collection of paintings of animals and birds that I loved working on, I set myself another task… In lieu of New Year’s Resolutions I decided that I would choose something that…
Happy St Patrick’s Day! It feels like a good day to share my recent portrait painting in oils of Catherine. Her colourful outfit in green, yellow and red, was rather obscured by the profile view – but I enjoyed painting this vibrant green and I just loved the hat. I began to block in the…
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