Moonlit Forest Stream

I wanted to do a piece with a limited palette, and a sort of Grimms fairytale feel.

The Approaching Storm

Looking back at some of my older pieces I felt inspired by the stormy ocean concept, so I decied to take it a step further and focus mainly on an atmospheric piece. Hope you like it! Thanks for viewing.

10 min life studies

Just a quick wee post. I was in dundee earlier this week and decided to join in at the 4th years life drawing class with Reinhard! I'm a bit rusty but I really enjoyed loosening up with these quick 10 min studies.

portrait for a birthday card

Ice Siren

Hi all, long time no uploads!
Before x-mas I got a few commissions for some figurative work, so the digital aspect had to take a back seat, so for the first new image this year I thought I would try combining some of my figure studies with some digital work. I found this piece quite challenging because of the ice's texture, but i'm glad I gave it a go, not my best but its always good to experiment. Here's a before and after pic for your consideration!

Samson killing a Philistine - V & A

Here's a watercolour painting of the sculpture of Samson killing a Philistine in the V & A, I had a quick sketch already from a couple of weeks ago so decided to re-visit it today to take a break fromt the laptop.

Painting Dreams

Crazy dreams make good subjects for paintings!!!
A while ago I had this weird dream where I was standing int the middle of a busy city ringed by skyscrapers, as I was looking at them they began to explode one by one, in a domino effect, and some turned into trees and rocks, others bushes etc and a few turned into waterfalls, it was all a bit surreal really but the image stuck in my head so I decided to paint it!
This time round I decided to try my hand at a matte painting, below you'll see the photos I used for a quick mock-up and my base for the painting, then the final image. I'm quite pleased with the final outcome and i might even try to paint some more of the dream!!

another concept for leap year

So here's another wee piece for Sarah Dargie im not 100% happy with it at the mo, mainly the wall before the city but im not feeling it right now, so i will probably come back to it in a few weeks. So if anyone has any strokes of genius about it please drop a comment!
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Jellyfish Tea!

Hello, here's another quick concept which was just a bit of fun really, im trying to loosen up a bit from my normal detailed work so I don't get too cross eyed, also its nice being able to upload this blog more often! Thanks.

A Northern Nightcap

Hello, here's a quick painting inspired by...well drinking too much caffeine probably! Just meant ot be a bit of fun, i might try to continue this steam turning into stuff theme, but not sure yet, so keep an eye on future updates! Oh and a big thankyou to Sarah Coonan for modelling for me, check out her work here
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