I was asked to draw this as a first wedding anniversary gift. It's completed in graphite on A4 Bristol board. Click here for more information on my portrait commissions....
read moreI was asked to draw this as a first wedding anniversary gift. It's completed in graphite on A4 Bristol board. Click here for more information on my portrait commissions....
read moreI sketched Olivia Wilde on Bristol Board. It's good to do some sketching again after lots of painting. Here's the drawing process from start to finish: https://instagram.com/p/BJKbIuWjHuE/
read moreAnother in my 5"x7" alla prima series. This request came from @math.lande on Instagram. I'm learning a lot from working this small. Just 2 of these little canvases left to fill. https://instagram.com/p/BJFNAcBDTaN/
read moreSo I made a pallete from shelf glass - much better than the throwaway paper ones I was using. Shelf glass is very strong and has rounded edges so is ideal. I also like the shape of this one, although it's not particularly big! I painted the background with mid-value...
read more@acru03 asked me to draw a cat and being a cat lover I obliged! This is my first drawing for a while and I really enjoyed it. https://instagram.com/p/BIPwi_iDIyl/
read moreI wanted a still life with better lighting so have been building a stage based on the Mark Carder's 'shadow box'. I'll post a bit more on how I made this at some point. https://instagram.com/p/BH97UyKD4QR/ This was the resulting still life. I painted this in the day...
read moreThis was a birthday present for a good friend of mine. There's something special you get from drawing friends that you don't get from drawing celebrities or strangers.
read moreA friend of mine asked me to paint his son for a birthday present after seeing my mini alla prima series. I spent a bit more time on the details and blending.
read moreI've been watching a lot of Mark Carder oil painting videos recently. This still life was mainly an exercise in matching colours as accurately as I could. I paid little attention to detail and accuracy, and didn't blend at all, so the painting isn't very good. It...
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