2024 Portfolio
I paint in pastels, mainly pastel pencils and soft pastels and my preferred paper is Clairefontaine Pastelmat. I specialise in animal art, especially animal portraits and still life. I source my photo references from my own photos and publicly available free use websites including Pixabay and Unsplash and facebook pages such as Free reference photos for Artists and Free animal reference photos for artists. Where photographer accrediatation is required this is noted.
NEW: Licorice Allsorts : Amber : Bluebird's the Word
![Cat](images/amber.jpg)
Amber
Gorgeous cat snuggled in her blanket. 25x35cm on brown pastelmat paper with various pastel pencils. Photo ref: Pixabay, Free Use. Created in July 2024
![Crisps](images/bluebird.jpg)
Bluebird's the Word
A packet of the all-time favourite chips. I was testing out my skills to see how realistic I could get this. 25x35cm on sand pastelmat paper with various pastel pencils. Photo ref: Own. Created in May 2024
![Lollies](images/licoriceallsorts.jpg)
Licorice Allsorts
Colourful licorice allsorts. 25x35cm on brown pastelmat paper with various pastel pencils. Photo ref: Own. Created in March 2024
![Horse](images/flynn.jpg)
Flynn
A portrait of our horse, Flynn. 25x35cm on sand pastelmat paper with various pastel pencils. Photo ref: Own. Created in March 2024