Melanie & Nicholas Pet Portraits - Pencil drawings and Oil Paintings o...

I have been working on the portrait of Pixie and Boots and this is the first progress photo. I have competed Pixie and am about to start the drawing of Boots which will be positioned to the right of Pixie.
The drawing is 16 x 12, however I always cut the paper larger so my clients have plenty of choice when framing for space around the drawing. You can see in the photo the paper is quite a lot larger. I will have another photo very soon!...

Here are the next stages of Chico, I have taken a close up photo while Nicholas was working and one whilst he was away from his easel so I could get a full shot of the portrait. It won’t be long and I will have a final scan. He only has the final details...

Here are the first stages of Chico’s oil horse portrait at 14 x 14 inches in size. The painting is for a returning client who will be having the next portrait in Nicholas’ client list too. It will be a portrait of their gorgeous dog Amber.
The portrait is based on a photo taken of Chico in an autumnal woodland setting which is the perfect backdrop. The colours on Chico work so well with the warm Siennas and Ochres of the woodland. Nicholas is capturing the whole scene beautifully and it...

One of the reasons both Nicholas and myself have been behind over the last month is because our most wonderful framer and friend Jane sadly passed away on Sunday.
Jane was more than a framer to us, she was our friend. She lived in the next village and when she became poorly earlier this year we helped her as much as we could at home and then visited her during the weeks she was in hospital. We saw her for the...