New Wildlife Piece :D

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Well... While my Tiger is off drying (cannot wait to share the finished painting with you) I thought while I had my airbrush out working on a pet portrait commission I'd do the background to my next wildlife piece. I tend to do this to make the best use of having my airbrush set up. I now need to plan my next piece after this one.... 8" x 10" Acrylic on Canvas Board with Airbrush Background
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Meet Willow

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This weekend Willow went off to her new home. There were some changes that I had to make to create a portrait that was quite different to the photograph I was given. In the reference photograph Willow had her winter coat so was a much more muted, darker brown. Her owner wanted her as she remembers her most fondly which is in summer when she has the vibrant bay colours. I had another photograp...
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Meet Max :)

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Max was one of the surprise portraits I have been desperately wanting to share with you. Max is a Thoroughbred who wasn't quite fast enough on the track so his now mum bought him at the age of 4. Max is now 27 years old! He has the most gentlest nature. I really enjoyed working on the direct face on portrait. In the reference photo I was provided with his colour was very different. To capture his...
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Those stripes :D

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You may have seen on previous blog posts and over on my social media just how much I love working in black and white. Two colours and a 2 paint brushes is all that's been used for the Tiger. I used my airbrush for the background and for the bokeh background effect. 8″ x 10″ Acrylic on canvas board with airbrushed backgroundReference photo: Jan Willemsen @ Wildlife Reference Why black and...
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New Tiger!

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When I did a poll over on my Facebook page asking what you wanted me to paint next the Tiger got a fair few votes! So.. I set to work designing the layout and yesterday I found the time to get started :). 8" x 10" Acrylic on canvas board Reference photo: Jan Willemsen @ Wildlife Reference I loved doing the bokeh background on my recent Giraffe painting and because of the expression this T...
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Gift wrapped and ready to go..

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I have quite a few commissions that have been surprise gifts. So I haven't been able to share them.. Yet :D. I can't wait to reveal whats in this which has now been wrapped ready to go.Thank you for all the lovely comments on Betty's post yesterday over at my Facebook page :). Always really appreciated and I'm so grateful. I have a full body cat in graphite on the easel and this I can share upda...
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Betty is finished!

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What can I say about this portrait.. I have adored working on Betty's pastel drawing. From start to finish its been a delight. I was able to truly make this portrait unique and one of a kind. Tomorrow, I will share the reference photo I had to work from and just how much I changed it. Used artistic license and made it my own. For now, lets just absorb how cute she is! And her markings are soooo p...
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Cat Fur Tutorial

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I receive quite a lot of emails and messages over on my Facebook page from fellow artists asking for advice and mainly if I offer any kind of tuition. Due to the considerable length of time editing full length videos take its not something I have been able to consider at this time. Putting together the full time lapse videos means that I can do these alongside drawing but these slower videos ...
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