Paddy

 

Tonight I stayed up late sketching this portrait of my Granny.
It's her on her 80th birthday, which was such a lovely, family day and clearly made her so happy.

 

 

 

I copied the image to work on with watercolours to bring it to life. I like the effect on the top, and lighter areas of the image but think the pencil shading makes it a bit too dark when watercolour is added.

I was really happy to do some portrait work again after what feels like years! so hopefully I will be inspired to do a few more soon.