Giving Birth to Monsters

 Messing about in the studio, using old cast aside bits and bobs and putting them together.
 A Sea Urchin, (Echinocardium Cordatum), or sea potato, wire, gold leaf and polymer clay.

Was using an old sea shell as a painting palette. 

Added an old blackout poem for substance.

Achilles - Bread and Butter Work

I was asked by a lady where I used to work to do a portrait of her husbands late dog, Achilles.
I have finally gotten around to finishing it before my deadline and am quit happy with the result.
It is gouache on 7x9 in (18x24 cm) stretched canvas, below is a photo of the finished product and some process shots.

Harvey

The latest canine commission done for a lovely lady at work for her husbands birthday. 

Gouache and ink on A4 board.

Penny

Knocked up a quick painting today of my Mum's chihuahua Penny. Its been sitting on my desk now nearly a year waiting to be finished. Instead of using acrylics as originally planned, I finished it with gouache. It is on a 6x6 canvas.

Bub

A bread and butter work, a Christmas commission that is in its new home in the United States.

A5 Gouache painting with gold leaf and plain border on A4 watercolour board.

Mère Nature en Main x2

Mother Nature in Hand, Watercolour, and ink on vintage pastel 17x25cm paper. These will be on display and for sale in February at the Adare Heritage Centre.

'Narcissus'

'Weeds'

Dog Pile

Gouache on A5 board

Hounds

Gouache on A5 board

Pen and watercolour on pastel paper

Icon 1

Working on something new, unrelated to the previous post, although similar. We shall see how this goes.

Acceptance

'Her soul left her body in search of a God or Devil that would accept her as their own.'

(Vintage Photo Card, gouache, pen, and pencil)

Brie

'Brie,' 2016, Acrylic on round canvas

A birthday present for my fathers 70th birthday. It is of his sweet terrier, Brie. Difficult one to do, because of the angle of the photo and because of the lack of colour, also was on a short deadline. It came out pretty good. I some-what purposely didn't take a photo of the drawing stage as there was about 4 drawings, on the one canvas and were all just terrible I didn't want to immortalise them in a photo, so it is just the underpainting and finished product.

Ashes

Finished painting, 'Ashes,' 2016

 A bread and butter painting of a beloved basset hound called, Ashes. This will be sent to the United States. Acrylic on a 20cm circumference canvas. I dont think the camera has done it justice, there is gold paint throughout the portrait which really makes it stand out.

Ashes

Detail

Drawing

Underpainting

Tones and such set.

Coco Bean

A bread and butter work Painting; I was commissioned to do a painting of someones dog for a Christmas present, unfortunately I was not able to meet the dog for this painting so it was a bit harder to connect with the subject. I didn't get to know the personality or take my own photos, so hopefully I captured the essence of the dog through the colours and such.
Despite all this I think it came out well and will hopefully be a nice surprise for the receiver on Christmas morning.
Acrylic on a 10 x 10 canvas.

The Final Painting

 The base drawing and The underpainting

Getting the colour down and body finished

Detail

Original Photo

Luna

Some Bread and Butter work. I received a commission to do a portrait of the lovely Luna.
Acrylic on 14x10 canvas. Here are photos of the process.

'Luna,' Final Painting. 

3. Undercoat 

2. Undercoat

3. Drawing 

Luna

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Bread and Butter Work

Turns out you need to sell your work if you need to make a living, it dose not help that I live in a country were unemployment is rife.  So to make my bread and butter I have reopened my Etsy store were I will be selling my Black out poems. I currently only have eight up to see how it goes but will be adding more. If you see one on the poetry blog that you will like let me know and I will see if it is still available. Please spread the word they will make great stocking fillers, and gifts for loved ones or yourself!

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I am also accepting commissions for unique portraits of animals, dogs cats set in a variety of media, prices vary on size and medium. And I am also available for other arty-farty work. Spread the word!