Oil portrait test

Oil portrait test   

Just some experimenting in painting portraits in oil.

Lots of fun, but quite challenging.  Something I want to continue to try.
 

Tea time - oil

Tea time - oil 

I wanted to experiment with metallic effect paints on top of an oil painting.
A cup of tea seemed perfect for it!.
 

Cookie day - oil

Cookie day

A small oil painting I did as a leaving gift for a good friend.

Hopefully it will remind him of all the cookie eating we managed as a team :)
 

Winter scene oil

Winter scene oil

This oil painting is based on a photo I took one winters morning walking our dog by the river.
I added the sheep to bring some life to the scene.

Yellow Christmas

Yellow Christmas watercolour

I painted this card to cheer up my friend.
I think this is how we've all felt about 2020.

 

Iris

 Iris watercolour

I've been getting back in to watercolours lately.  I wanted to try something more botanical.

Tiger

Tiger - graphite pencil

Another test using pencils.  It's been great to get back to using pencil rather than paint.  It's a challenge trying to capture the different textures in pencil.

Bighorn sheep

Bighorn sheep - graphite pencil

Experimenting with pencils.

Jumping spider

Jumping spider - oil

Experimenting to see if I could paint one of our cheeky jumping spiders.

Birds

 Birds - Oil

Painted for my dearest friend. 

Piglets napping

Piglets napping - watercolour

Loved painting these little snoozing piglets. 

Bee

Bee watercolour

Having more fun with loose washes of paint with this small bee picture.