Portrait in Progress Today was one of those days when everything less important than painting seemed to take over… I did mean to make my Daily Face a quick sketch, but somehow was lured by the paints. This one’s from a photo of my friend Nem, who lives in Austria, taken the last time she…
Another Amazing Face! I’m giving Grace a little guidance with her art studies at the moment and am so pleased that she agreed to pose for my daily face project. I took the opportunity to make a couple of contrasting portraits. One in colourful acrylic, the other a soft watercolour, inspired by the soft texture…
Helen and Michael – vintage car portrait in gouache and oil pastel Sitting in the recently restored Riley vintage car after it’s very first outing (if not under it’s own steam quite yet!) Sketched in oil pastel and coloured with gouache… An unusual pairing of media, but I like to experiment. * Update 24th October…
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…
Fantasy Birds… Over Christmas I’m trying to keep up daily painting without slaving away at the easel, so these lovelies are what’s emerging from my playful paint brush. They don’t originate fully formed in my imagination but rather evolve at warp-factor speed – my imagination working intuitively alongside a speedy brush. If you’re interested to…
Dog Portrait – Who’s “Naughty or Nice” this Christmas? Daily paintings for advent – 24rd December 2013. Here’s Pip, and this is how she likes to spend her mornings – lazing on my tartan blanket… and doesn’t she look cozy? She is very well behaved – and yet, there is definitely something mischievous in those…
Piggy Paintings “Pigs in Pursuit” and “Peppermint Pig” Daily paintings for advent – 23rd December 2013. Ulster Folk Museum piglets follow their mother in pursuit of food – and later a little piggy looks happily satisfied after his munch. These two paintings just seem to belong together. Original pig paintings in acrylic on canvas, each measuring…
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