Sophie Ploeg

After many months of work I can finally announce the birth of my latest commissioned portrait! ;) As you can see and I'm sure imagine I was delighted to be asked to paint three beautiful red heads. What more could I ever ask for? I could paint them forever. With permission from the client, please enjoy and let me know what you think.  oil on canvas, 70x50cm / 28x20"

Still lots of tweaking to do on this but I wanted to share anyway. Part of a larger commission. Oil on canvas.

This is a part of a larger portrait commission - still a work in progress. I liked this stage where the hair looks a bit 'medieval', but I'll have lots of work to do to soften it up a bit.

I am working on a triple portrait (a commission) with the client’s permission, here are some teaser pictures....   

I am busy working on a great commission of three sisters. To explore their faces I sometimes make some sketches - in different positions/angles than the final painting. These sketches are not worked out into great detail, but enough to have given me real good study of proportions, shapes and values. Here’s one: graphite, @20x25cm