This one changed a bit from the study I did in my sketchbook, but I decided to go with a stylized look rather than realism. Anyway, she’s an elf! I painted her on a watercolour canvas board by Fredrix and I have to say, I absolutely love this surface! It’s Read more…
My first portrait in oils (not counting this study because it was just a study, not really a finished painting)! And it won’t be the last. 😉 Winsor and Newton Artists oils on a 12 inch, round Fredrix canvas. Do you use reference photos to help you come up with Read more…
Do you know the best thing about using a sketchbook? You can sketch down any old-crazy-idea and it doesn’t even matter if it looks completely different to your normal style! So, in the interest of being different and trying new things with my art, we have a Big-Eyed Elf. I’ve Read more…
A fun little sketch of an elf wearing a crown of flowers! This is an 8×10 study-kind-of-thing for an upcoming oil painting. Luminance coloured pencils and Conte pastel pencils in tan Strathmore sketchbook.