Blog | Livvy Portraits 2023

Seeing Beauty in Imperfection

In my regular sketching class recently we were drawing our hands, a great exercise in working from life -after all our hands are probably...

A portrait of my son as he goes off to Uni

I am sometimes commissioned to paint people to mark importrant landmarks in their life and I have tried to do the same for my kids over...

My Sketchbook diary - drawing from life everyday

My New Years resolution for 2023 is to try and draw from life every day even if it's just for 5 minutes. Admittedly, it's not going to be...

A Young Woman in National Costume

It’s always a real pleasure when a returning customer gets back in touch. This beautiful young woman in her national Japanese costume...

Painting Myself - self portraits spanning 20 Years

Being a portrait artist I'm always in need of a model so my own face is the obvious choice- I'm the only person who is always willing and...