Victoria's Art Blog

Oliver

This is my friend’s nephew Oliver, the portrait was for his, his mother and father’s birthday. Oliver would be 1.

I painted my Granny, who is 89 years old in acrylics. This is the piece of work I am most proud of yet, and I really enjoyed doing it. It took me about 4 days, the most difficult thing was … Continue reading →

Joshua

11 Mar ’12

I was asked to do this portrait for my friend Sophia, Joshua is her nephew and it was a present for her sister, this was a challenge for me because I have not done many babies, and it’s very hard … Continue reading →

Tom and his brother

11 Mar ’12

This was done for my friend Tom for his grandmas birthday, they are strikingly different looking boys and in personality so I tried to get that across with different tones.

Juliette and Dom

11 Mar ’12

Dom hired me to draw this portrait for the couple’s anniversary, I had to combine two separate photos, I was lucky it turned out well!

Life Drawing Class

30 Nov ’11

For this particular class our model was an older lady in her 60’s with a great body to draw, I really enjoyed the session learning the structure of the body better,

Stephen Fry

30 Nov ’11

Stephen Fry is probably my favourite famous person. After watching Blackadder I have followed most things he has done, he is amazingly witty. I keep the painting I did of him in a frame in my house and it turned … Continue reading →

Bob Marley

30 Nov ’11

I drew Bob Marley for my friend who sees him as a big figure in his life.

Baby Orangutan

30 Nov ’11

Another experimentation with coloured pencils. I found that with animals, it was impossible not to use coloured pencils to get the detail of their fur, and the brilliant colours. This was a very quick piece, it only took me around … Continue reading →