Hello February

I've been rather quiet on this blog lately! I suppose it's because I've been so busy with many different projects... including planning a trip to Wales! But I thought I'd pop my head back into this blog and share a pic of my workspace at the moment... as you can see I've been working on several different pieces at once (as per usual)!

You might notice one of the paintings is a bit different than the others, so let me tell you about it. the portrait painting was commissioned for someone's younger brother as a Bar Mitzvah present. The customer wanted a painting that would reflect the young man's interests, which center around fantasy elements such as swords, dragons, castles, wizards, etc! She described him as a very dreamy and creative young man, so we decided it would be a neat idea to paint him asleep, having a dream about a great wizard/dragon battle. He actually owns his very own sword, which forms the 'border' for his dream. I'll post more update photos as the painting progresses, but here it is so far:

The underpainting for his face is finished, now I've just got to smooth it over and tighten it up. Next I will add some shadows in the clouds surrounding his face, and then move onto the swords!