Rosemarie, a good friend of mine made it interesting for me with piercings on her face and a shaved head on one side wearing a beautiful green floral dress. I didn’t have the dexterity to to paint any of her piercings other than the ear-ring. Sorry Rosemarie… I do like your accessories!

The colours look strange in the early photos of the work as i took them with my phone camera.

I put on a good ol’ movie for my Mexican friend Nam Nguyen while I painted him. Thanks Nam!

Nam’s also a really funky artist, check out his work at:
http://www.middlenam.com

Visit my Etsy store to buy these ‘portrait a day’ paintings.

I tried to paint Caroline today but I just could find my rythm and found too many distractions. (Susan and Anfernee dancing in my studio).

In the end  took a photo and drew this…

This drawing is available for purchase at my Etsy shop!

My good friend Haruyo Morita is making a sea change and moving to France. What an exciting time in your life.  I wish you all the best and may all your dreams come true!

Check out #Haruyomorita artwork on Instagram!

Rafael David An Amazing singer song writer and guitarist sat for me today.
The angular and undulating face required more time than usual. I didn’t even get to the hair when we had to call it quits… so we replaced it with horns. much better!

Check out his music at: https://www.facebook.com/Raphaeldavidmusic

Thanks Toni for challenging me to paint your feather ear-ring and eyeliner.

I didn’t paint them in I’m sorry as they were giving me trouble with the overall colour scheme.  Overall I’m happy with the result!.

My good friend Vicky who’s also an amazing artist, came around to sit for me in a 2 hour pose.

I was only able to block most of her face from the pose, and work on the rest from a photograph.

Thanks for helping out Vicki! Check out Vicki’s work at
http://vickibosworth.blogspot.com.au/

So difficult to draw children let alone paint them.   My painting is still a little too hard edged.  I need more time to soften her features and capture her likeness. hopefully with time I get better!

Thank-you young Scarlett for posing for this painting! You’re a wonderful model!

I started out this one wanting to discard it all throughout the process of painting.

Here was the problem.
I’m only working on a 30 x 45 cm board.
The shirt is almost the same colour as the background…
And I had never painted someone smile before!

Why did you have to be so difficult to paint Anfernee?!

I thought I would get out of my comfort zone on this one and lugged my drawing equipment to St. John’s cathedral Parramatta where people passively gather on a Saturday morning.

Pam who I’d just met was kind enough to sit for half an hour. I think she has the most amazing features, especially from her profile.

Anyone wanting to sit for me please private message me so I can give you the terms and conditions!