Pet Portraits for Christmas

Now that Christmas is over for another year I can add the WIP images for two pet portraits I did as Christmas presents.

Meet Archie:

Finished Piece

And Pepsi: 

Finished Piece

Christmas Gifts

Spent the last weekend of work completing reports and finalising marking, but when I needed a change of scenery I worked on 3 artworks I planned to give as Christmas gifts to friends. Below are some progress shots as well as the final pieces.

Frankie and the Doughnuts :) 

Completed Piece

Poppy: 

Final Piece

And Sarah's kids :) 

Finished piece

And then a gift for the graduating class:

(I think I was pretty generous with my own image, but hey- that's what artistic license is all about) 

Finished Piece

Romeo & Juliet Banners for the Classroom

Was finding it difficult to get decent sized copies of the family shields from Romeo & Juliet- so I drew them instead. Will get them printed up in colour asap. They're based on the Baz Luhrmann version.

World War One Digger

Here is number three, one more to go:

     

Botanical Studies: Digital Painting

Inspired by Redoute I wanted to practice creating dark burgundy flowers that offer a challenge in terms of tonal variance.

Final Illustration