New technique… New subject :D

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New materials..I have always loved working against a black background. It first sparked my interest when I was experimenting with colour pencils on black paper. Only using 1 white and 1 mid tone grey pencils to create the portrait was a good challenge. Just having to focus on values rather than colour. Experimenting can be worth while!Sometimes trialling new things doesn't always work out. Y...
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All in the eyes <3

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The soul of any portrait from a pastel drawing to acrylic on canvas I always start with the eyes. They are what makes the portrait feel alive and its the main part that I feel makes that pet look like 'Henry' rather than 'a Cavalier King Charles'. Even darker eyes like Henry here there is still so much depth to capture. The subtle colour with the highlight at the very bottom and the bright hi...
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Alfie’s close up :D

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Three of my favourite brushes I use on all of my paintings. I typically do not use large brushes and the Daler Rowney seem to work well for my needs and techniques. Here there is the flat, round and liner. There is another brush you saw me use on Alfies videos over at my YouTube channel which has a light purple handle and I cannot find that online anywhere. That is the only brush I am precious ab...
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Cariad New Video :D

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https://youtu.be/7aXyS1M80Hc I recently shared with you the finished pastel portrait of Cariad. I have been busy editing and putting together the next few time lapse videos. I have a few which I can't share with you until my clients have given them to the family/friend etc as they are surprise gifts. I'm excited to be able to share with you some recent portraits I have had the pleasure of dr...
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Chloe & Molly

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Hmmmm.. it seems I didn't actually schedule my blog posts properly. I thought it was only yesterday that I hadn't scheduled but it seems a post hasn't gone live in a few days. Woops! Lets change that as I usually post here every day :). My last blog post was of a progress shot of Chloe. I have now finished this portrait but the posts I thought were going live here were the progress update...
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New Video!

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Last year I was asked to do this portrait of Muppet and Tigger. I had the pleasure of photographing them both for this portrait. This was an A3 pet portrait so I had a nice amount of space for this piece. The pose of them both also fills the page so this layout option worked well. I have lots of videos over on my YouTube channel. Pop across if you'd like to see more :)Click the finished pho...
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Atlas, update 2 :)

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Atlas's finished portrait was posted over on my Facebook page yesterday. Head over to see the finished piece. It will be posted here tomorrow for those who are not on Facebook :). I'll be getting the full time lapse video edited and put together today as well hopefully - fingers crossed! I hope everyone had a good bank holiday yesterday. So many garden parties and people taking the tim...
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