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 […]

December 2 2022 As promised here is my Friday post. I’m pleased with this weeks progress on the underpainting. Simply establishing the general tonal range and lighting in the image. Overall most of the areas […]