Behind the Scenes…

My Holiday Season…. For the past 15 years

Hello everyone!

The Holidays are FAST approaching, and I wanted to show you what I have been up to aside from Art Retreating in Italy, zooms with friends and morning Lives on YouTube weekly.

This year I really didn’t advertise my Holiday Family portraits because I had a few repeat clients and friends message me before even thinking of releasing some availability to complete commissions.

I have been creating these Family Xmas / Holidays Cards since my girls were 3 and 5 years old… so for 17 years.

The process can be quite simple OR become very complexed as you’ll see with some of the designs.

🌟I ask the client -

How many people and pets?

What’s your vessel of choice?

Do you want to add any extras?

I have a base price of $265 US for 4 people on a vessel, on a 9×12 piece of paper… less people same price… more people , the price goes up. (You get the original painting plus a print ready file so you can make and print cards )

Once they have decided, I ask for some recent photos of their family. I do a rough quick sketch in pencil, and ask them if they want any additions… then I start.

First sketching it all out in pencil until I like how it looks, then using a pen I fine line it in permanent black (or brown) ink.

Finally I watercolour it. I love my Winsor & Newton.

I will create a reel on my Instagram soon with some process videos… Substack was acting up… so you’ll see photos of the finished pieces here.

🌟I have time for 3 more spots available for Illustrations for this Holiday season… so if you’re interested, message me and we can get the ball rolling.

You can email me at :blueshineart@gmail.com if you prefer.

🌟 A reminder we have a Festive Paint & Draw session on Sat 22- 3pm est

Click HERE to Sign up

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