These are the most recent commissions that I have completed.

I use reference photos and combine various images and get details from a variety of photos. My computer screen can get very crowded during the painting process.

The girl and her dog are painted in watercolour however the other two portraits are in mixed media. The surface of the paper, good quality Arches watercolour paper, is coated with chalk paint in random large brush strokes. The drawing is lightboxed onto the paper and then the initial washes of watercolour are applied. I then use coloured pencil followed by soft pastel and more watercolour. The final artwork is fixed using hairspray so that the pastel stays in place.