New portrait website

I know - I haven't been posting for a few days. There is a good reason though! I'm in the process of setting up a new portrait website, one for baby and children's portraiture. It is now online and I am currently working on another baby portrait for the gallery. More to come..

Check it out if you like: http://www.babyportraitartist.com

There will also be a separate blog:

http://babyportraitartist.blogspot.com

Let me know what you think! :o)

Boxer portrait finished

I guess I haven't updated my blog in a few days... I basically pulled a muscle in my right shoulder which is rather painful so drawing/sitting at my pc has been a bit of a struggle. Oh well, getting there... I have managed to finish Gina's portrait though. The scan's a bit lighter than the original...the background is really a creamy/beige colour. Size is A4, pastels.

Baby portrait finished

I've just finished the portrait of the little boy. I am definitely going to use charcoal again for human portraits.

Baby portrait in charcoal

I'm still working on my horse's character study and have done 3 of the small portraits and started the larger head study. It's coming along nicely and I'll post another scan soon. I have also been working on a new charcoal portrait. As you know, I love charcoal for my pet portraits and wanted to see if I might like it for human portraits as well so I decided to do a baby portrait. Well, I think I do like charcoal for any subject! I feel it's even better than graphite in some respects, especially as the contrast/tonal values are concerned. Here's a scan of the work in progress.