Commission

My book-keeper, Lisa, has a brother who is married to Mels, and they have had a baby girl called Emily. It looks like I might get commissioned to do more than two paintings, but pictured here is the first sketch of Mels with Emily. This first stage usually takes me about an hour and a half and as you can see it's pretty crude and basic. I like to get the basic structure down and if possible get facial expressions working sooner rather than later. I quite like this stage where with some rough and ready brush strokes you can get the whole composition laid out. If this feels good then I am then encouraged to go in and work on some detail.