Bea - Finished

Here is the final version of Bea, waiting for approval, which I still get nervous about! :-D

Bea

I've nearly finished Bea, just her ears and muzzle to go. I'm quite pleased with my progress so far. As many artists will agree, starting a painting is the hardest part, knowing how you're going to approach it, working out in your head what colours to use, how many layers may be needed for certain areas etc but it gets easier when you get in to it and for me, it's also easier once I've painted in the eyes as this is where a lot of the character lies and you get more of a feel for the painting.

Bea

I'm back and painting! I got on a bit further with the painting of Bea today and it seems to be coming along okay so far. I'm hoping to crack on with all my paintings now and catch up with deadlines so keep an eye on the blog. Also, many thanks to everyone for your kind words about my dad. He had been ill for a long time with dementia and the cancer was very quick so he was hopefully in very little pain and was completely unaware as to what was happening so he's gone on to a much better place. A place full of ice cream and sail boats, two of his favourite things!

Sad news

Just to let you know that my dad died at the weekend. He'd been very ill so it's a release for him but I won't be getting much painting done for the next couple of weeks but I will be contactable if anyone needs to get in touch.

Bea

Here is the start of Bea. New customers and the eagle eyed amongst you might notice that I've been a bit slower of late with my work and that I've given my waiting commissions large amounts of time to work on them. This is because unfortunately my dad has been taken really ill and so I need to make sure I can drop things if I need to get back to Devon in a hurry. He has been ill for many years and we had prepared ourselves for this day but it's still been quite a shock seeing him so ill and we're praying that he won't have to suffer for too much longer, hence keeping my time table as flexible as possible. And I don't want those of you who have deadlines to worry, I will get the paintings done in time, hence my time allocations for each.

Bea

Here is the first stage of Bea, that really attractive stage where I've put down the background and then blocked in so the canvas isn't showing through. I'm sure I could make it look a lot prettier by putting a thicker colour down but I like to be able to see my drawing underneath so I know I'm definitely putting things in the right place.

Paris - finished

Here is the finished version of Paris awaiting approval. The photo has come out lighter than the original, with the painting from my last posting being a truer colour reference.