A3 Pencil sketch for Debra :-)

My biggest customer.... this is the 3rd sketch she has ordered from me.

Various paintings in progress!

I have had so many thoughts of paintings I would like to finalise by the end of the year that I'm not sure it's actually possible... here are some of them... however, I still have many others which are sitting in the back of my mind, waiting to be brought to life on canvas...

So nerve wrecking to take on a self portrait... but I wanted to gain confidence within myself and thought this would be the perfect task.... this is obviously one of the first layers and clearly I have a long way ahead before this is complete!

I wanted to tackle a variety of skin tones, this is my daughter hours after birth and still with a very pink, sensitive little skin... nervous about the end result but also looking forward to it.

... and the final result :-)

and finally... I came across this beautiful picture of the Drakensberg Mountians and just HAD to paint it... but with all else I've bitten off I'm not sure when I will manage to complete all these paintings.

Charcoal / soft pastel / oil pastel sketches

I'm doing a very brief series of sketches.... just for the fun of it.

A3 charcoal sketch

A3 soft pastel sketch

A3 oil pastel sketch

A3 soft pastel sketch

A purple fairy...

Started my first fairy painting in oil.... first layer done, so many ideas though of how to finalise the background... time will tell what I decide :-)

I love the way this turned out... makes a lovely gift for little girls ;-)

Black and white oil painting for Mynie de la Rey

I've been asked to do my first black and white oil painting... don't understand why I'm so nervous each and every time I take on new work...

The first layer is done... now just needs to dry before I can move on.

So this was my first black and white portrait and rather more challenging in my mind than a colour portrait!

A3 Pencil sketch for Leana Rudolph Smit

Leana requested I do a sketch of her son... and was very pleased with the final product.
It is so gratifying to have a happy client!

Thanks for again approaching me to do a sketch Leana...

you have a beautiful daughter!

Photoboads for Children's parties

I recently painted a photoboard for my daughter's 3rd birthday... clearly it was a Tinkerbell theme.

I'm considering hiring out boards or selling them should the request arise.

Please contact me for pricing.