February 21 2023 I love this stage of a painting, the details and finishing touches. The small corrections, saving the tonal best for last. Those little highlights and touches that make the imagery in my […]

February 4 2023 This week I have been working on the foreground grass, all the leaves and branches in the bush to the right too. Slowly but surely drawing out a sense of light glinting […]

January 27 2023 I can’t believe it is Friday already. I hope you have had a good week. I have taken a couple of extra pictures for you all, I hope you enjoy them. One […]

January 20 2023 This week I have enjoyed creating more depth in the background  as well as more layers of grass. I hope this will create the sense of dimension that I’m looking for. Layer […]

January 6 2023 Happy New Year everyone, I hope it will be a great year for you all. I have now started back in the studio, in fact a few days away left me excited […]

January 6 2023 Happy New Year everyone, I hope it will be a great year for you all. I have now started back in the studio, in fact a few days away left me excited […]

December 24 2022 Another week of steady progress. I still have some corrections to make as the image evolves. This week I have been enjoying building up the texture of the fur on the leopard. […]

December 16 2022 Some steady progress this week, refining and modelling the image. I enjoy this stage even though it can be challenging to work through, the messy stage if you like, sorting out what […]

I have had a good week in my studio. I have the very basic underpainting done, now for the more time consuming detail and correcting of the more subtle areas. I’m reasonably happy so far […]