Wine design

I am finding that the better I make the prep drawing the easier it is to do the painting quickly and well. So in theory if I practice my drawing more then my paintings should get better.

The Little Carollers

Fine Art Santa

African Baby Jesus

Nativity scene aimed at African American market.

African American Shepherds Design

Shepherds scene

Village cricket

Madonna

with thanks to Michaelangelo Buonarotti for coming up with a beautiful Madonna sculpture that I can use for reference!

and more dogs

More dogs

Christmas dogs

Relaxing

Invisible waiter spills invisible drink

Engagement card

Wedding card

Wedding card

Wedding design. Had to hide faces so people of all appearances will buy the card.

Santa's workshop

I used myself as a model then plumped it up.

Merry Christmas

Shepherds came to see the newborn King.....

An homage to Rembrandt.

Christmas Scooter

Another Christmas one - first done in photoshop then given the treatment in painter.

Christmas Choir Procession

This is the latest design in the church choir Christmas card series. Done in photoshop with textures ramped up nice and big.

Madonna and Child

Another Madonna design done just in time for Christmas.

Mother's Day

Here is a design I did for an Australian Mother's Day card (not sure when Australian Mother's Day actually is!)

Done first in photoshop then given the treatment in painter.

Shepherds at Nativity

Another choir one

These are getting a bit forumulaic but that's commercial work sometimes. Hopefully these will get licensed then I can do some more to order.

I found myself wondering - if it wasnt for the digital approach's forgiving nature and undo feature would I have been better off doing them with traditional oil pastel.

Church 3

Choir numero 2

This is the second painting in the Christmas choir range. I think it marks some progress for me - its a different composition that what I'm used to doing so it pushed me outside my comfort zone. Also having the church in the background not compete with the choir was quite a challenge. All in all an enjoyable piece to paint.

Church and choir

This is the first of a series of 'village church and choir' Christmas card designs that I've been asked to do.
The technique is intended to simulate a 'semi-impressionistic, painty, pastelly technique'

Mountain biker

Mountain bike card design. One of a series of male-oriented card designs.

I actually found it harder working out the background than the biker because I found I kept over complicating it and distracting from the man on the bike.

Photoshop and Painter.