Bridget’s PortraitBridget works for a US investment bank in London. She came to the UK as a student from Nigeria almost ten years ago. This portrait of...
Sight-size painting – Philip de LászlóAbove is a Youtube video of some film dated September 1928 of Philip de László painting a portrait. Hungarian born Philip de László had a...
Recent Charcoal Portraits Here are a few recent charcoal portraits. At my old art school in Florence initially we spent a lot of time drawing, mostly in...
Portraits of CouplesAlthough I have painted husbands and wives separately, I have yet to paint a portrait of a husband and wife together. I looked at some...
Portrait of a Chief ExecutiveOccasionally with my models, appearances can be deceptive. Above is a portrait of one of my students. Lively, sharp-witted and blessed...
Character in PortraiturePainting an accurate likeness is a matter of time and hard work, but painting the look that unveils the character of the model is the...
BrushstrokesWhen I look at the works of the Old Masters on line I can occasionally find a very high quality image which means I can scrutinise the...
Tintin and Portrait PaintingThe cutting above, from one of Hergé’s Tintin books, brings to mind the saying ‘Many a true word is spoken in jest’. Poor Captain Haddock...
Photographs, Smiles and Frans HalsI paint my portraits from life, not from photographs. A few clients find this hard to understand. These doubters have generally two...