Portfolio Contents Page.

I've just made myself a quick, A3 piece to go inside the front cover sleeve of my portfolio. Rather than sticking to a general plain A3 piece of paper with text, I thought I would add some detail just to make my portfolio me attractive. I added part of an illustration from the inside of the portfolio and repeated it underneath the text. 

Portfolio Contents.

Tutankhamun

Yesterday I had a play about with water and acrylic ink painting. I painted a black and grey Tutankhamun mask. I was pleased with the outcome for my first painting in a long time, even if it is a bit messy. Here are some pictures from my process.

Blacking out and lining.

Blacked out and lined.

Finished.

Messy, but finished.

A5 Original Paintings.

I have recently sold quite a few of my A6 original paintings from my etsy store, so I thought I'd up my game and make some more detailed A5 originals. These are done on the same quality papers (recycled, cotton rag, 150gsm, acid free), just larger. Here are some examples of the first few. You can order these here.

A5 Panther Original.

A5 Cat Skull Original.

A5 Bird Skull Original.

A6 Original Ink Paintings.

Recently I have been creating a selection of A6 signed original paintings. Each piece is painted with black acrylic ink onto white, 150gsm, recycled cotton rag paper. I have made 4 out of 20 pieces so far, these are available to buy from my easy store for £8 each.

See them here.

A6 Original Hand Painting.

A6 Original Snake Painting.

A6 Original Knife Painting.

A6 Original Skull Painting.

Sketch to finished piece.

For the first time, I sketched down a simple little idea yesterday so I didn't forget it, and today I actually made it into something. It's strange because in always jotting down ideas but have never done anything about them. Must like this one in particular. Here is the final outcome, ghost/ghoul crying skull, (white paper, black acrylic paint, black marker pen). 

Commission piece.

Today I started a long over-due commission piece for a relative. I am painting a black and gold Buddha using acrylic paint on a large scale canvas.

First part, the eyelid (the photograph looks brown but is actually gold and black shading).

So far so good. 

End of year exhibition.

I finished college last week and had my final exhibition for the two years I was there. I made two large skull drawings (4x A1), these drawings were done using watercolour paint, acrylic paint, oil pastels, watercolour pencils, coloured pen, ink, acrylic ink, and chalk. I also bound my own book of etchings, pressed leaves (laminates) and carbon paper drawings. I did this using the Japanese stab binding technique. I got a merit for my exhibition and have finally got the grades I need to get into uni! Illustration degree here I come! 

Fisheye photograph of my full exhibition space.

Painting.

It's been a long time since I sat down and made a proper painting. This is a vase of roses, painted in acrylic on canvas board. Hoping to get this done in the week. Will be for sake on my etsy page when it's completed!