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Bridget’s Portrait

Bridget 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 László

Above 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 Couples

Although 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 Executive

Occasionally with my models, appearances can be deceptive. Above is a portrait of one of my students. Lively, sharp-witted and blessed...

Character in Portraiture

Painting an accurate likeness is a matter of time and hard work, but painting the look that unveils the character of the model is the...

Brushstrokes

When 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 Painting

The 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 Hals

I paint my portraits from life, not from photographs. A few clients find this hard to understand. These doubters have generally two...

Painting a Portrait

A few months ago, during the painting of a commissioned portrait, the model’s wife took a lot of photos of the work in progress. She gave...

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