Commissions! :D

I must apologise  for the quality of this photo. I will replace it with a better one soon, I promise.

One of the biggest payoffs of having my exhibition is the amount of PR it has generated and the number of commissions have resulted. 

This is a preparatory pencil sketch for a painting but the sketch has turned into a stunning piece in its own right.

I love working from beautiful photographs, especially when the photographer is also the client. The challenge is to produce a piece of art that compares and complements the photograph (which is also a work of art) while also being new and fresh.. The photographer is also very intimately familiar with the subject matter and I feel that I really have to up my game to feel worthy of the trust placed in me. 

I do love  a challenge! ;)

I'll post the oil painting when it's finished. I'm busy with the underpainting now and it still looks like an amorphous lump.

Alysa on the Beach

(graphite pencil on 200gsm paper - A2)