It's been a busy couple of months with some serious DIY and decorating at my Mum's house and a new car for Cassie to be chauffeur driven in.
I've decided to get rid of my big, thirsty diesel and buy a Fiat Panda as cheap and economical run about. Mainly to take advantage of the low £30 per year road tax and cheaper insurance, plus three years of trouble free motoring, all being well! The next phase will be to
design some "Pet Portraits and More" graphics to go in the rear side windows and across the tailgate!
Just at the beginning of April and here we have an update on one of the current batch of portraits coming off the easel...
This is a 16" x 12" watercolour portrait of Perry. A truly magnificent horse owned by Jenny and her husband, commissioned as a Birthday present for Jenny's husband.
I'm looking forward to seeing some photos of the painting up on the wall to see what frame and mount was chosen. Framing by a well known gallery/ framers in Market Harborough.
I had a great selection of photos to work from, both full head/ shoulders and detail shots of Perry's eyes, ears, nostrils which helped tremendously in getting every detail as accurate as possible. Horses are always great subjects to paint and this one was a highly enjoyable experience with the "wet on wet technique" dynamic background and the challenge in capturing the posture and elegance of Perry himself.
The next painting to come off the easel is another 16" x 12' watercolour portrait of two dogs called Barley and Tyeler, which I look forward to posting in the near future...
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