Tag: animal portrait
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Painting a Stray Cat on a Tokyo Street
I adore playing with colour, especially with watercolour using a wet on wet technique because it’s spreads and blends in beautiful shapes. Today I wanted to create an illuminated Tokyo Street scene featuring a stray cat. This is one of those paintings where I got to play, to push myself out of my comfort zone…
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Painting a Female Superhero and Her Dog
What is good about having a pet? When I saw this prompt I got so excited! It literally could not be a more perfect question to answer. Not only because I paint pets, but because I adore them. This painting is the first from my new collection ‘Resilience’. depicting strength whilst demonstrating love. A love…
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Painting a Girl and Her Dogs
I feel so grateful to have such a connection to painting. Yesterday I painted this gorgeous trio, a girl and her dogs. For me, painting is a lot like reading a paper book, it locks me into the real world. And my subjects are everywhere, I really enjoy walking down the street and observing everything…
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Painting a Dreaming Cat
There is nothing that calms me more than painting. I sat down to paint this cat looking at a dream catcher amidst a really stressful morning. I think it’s the mindful aspect of it, I think of nothing but the colours and the lines that I am creating. This painting ‘Dreaming Cat’ is definitely my…
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Painting a Rainbow Lorikeet Floral
What’s something you believe everyone should know. I believe that all humans are creative, even if they think they aren’t. That everyone has artistic abilities, it’s just about finding your thing. For so many years I thought my art was rubbish, that I’d never be as good as anyone else. So I set myself a…
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Painting Felix the Hong Kong Rescue Dog
What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? Painting has long been a hobby of mine. I had no idea it would turn into a career. The first pet painting was for a friends birthday, not long after that I secured my first commission. I set myself a goal to paint every…
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Painting Dexter the Romanian Dog
If you had a million dollars to give away, who would you give it to? A few years ago my family fostered a dog from Romania. Everyone quickly fell in love with him and he was adopted into the family. His name is Dexter. When Dexter first arrived, he was anxious and shy. He’d been…
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Painting a black Labrador
What was the hardest personal goal you’ve set for yourself? Since the 17th September I’ve painted a pet every single day. It’s been a really interesting challenge because even over that somewhat short time span I’ve seen my style develop and evolve. This is really obvious to me when I look at my instagram page.…
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Painting Ellie the Chihuahua
What is your favorite hobby or pastime? I think myself very lucky to have grown up not only surrounded by artists, but being taught by them. My granny was an artist who worked in watercolour and pastel. My dad sculpting in clay and painting in oil. Over the years I have worked in many mediums.…
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Painting Bruno the Golden Retriever
What would you do if you lost all your possessions? I’m always in awe when my Scribbly sketch turns into life on the page in front of me. That something can be created from nothing. There are several stages I move through when I paint. I mix my base colours first and have them ready.…
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