How do pictures grow?

Here is another portrait, painted as a present. I paint many portraits as birthday or retirement presents and they are a great celebration of a major life event. Here is an earlier and a later version, to give a feel of how the picture grows over several sittings.

 The portrait painter has to be fast and get all the decisions right at the start so that as colour and form are added the expression grows and the painting catches a complete personality.

And here is the whole family...

Here you can see the whole family of four, framed and hanging together. Our families are the biggest and most important part of our lives and it is a portrait will be a family celebration like no other.

Here is Mum...

Another traditional oil portrait on canvas...

A family of oils

Here's something quite different. This is an oil painting of a young lady in a very special coloured dress. This was painted from life in about five sittings and has all the rich tone and impressionist feel of a traditional painted portrait.  This is one of a family of four...painting family portraits is a speciality, either as individuals or as groups.

And here is another lovely face, drawn in two sittings from life at my studio. These portraits of children are often done as presents for parents or grandparents. These use traditional drawing methods which enable all the facial expression needed to make a likeness.

Another chalk drawing

Here's another chalk drawing, drawn from life as all my pictures are... I'm so busy painting and drawing that I rarely get the pictures on here.  These are such a pleasure to do, I'll add some more...