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    Melanie’s April Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s April monthly news and it is truly springtime in our cottage garden. The wood pigeons are cooing, the woodpecker has been tapping furiously, the Canada geese are flying over, we have seen the first swallow and the…

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    Melanie’s March Monthly News

    Welcome to another Melanie’s March Monthly News. Thankfully things are a little happier here. Dad is home from Spain and recovering well, the car is still poorly (read last months blog post to hear about big dent in door!) but…

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    Merry Christmas to Everyone!

    Merry Christmas to Everyone – all of our clients, followers and prospective clients in 2023! Welcome to our last blog post of the year. Lily and I did a little Christmas message which you can play below. We hope that…

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    Melanie’s November Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s November Monthly News…Christmas is just around the corner!! Both Nicholas and myself have been really busy in the studio this month and we are still beavering away! We have a few paintings and drawings that we are…

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    Melanie’s October Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s October Monthly News with another update from here, both in and out of the studio. Nicholas and myself have been really busy finishing lots of portraits in pencils and oil. We aren’t really able to show very…

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    Melanie’s August Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s August Monthly News, where another month has flown by. We hope that all of our readers are well and enjoying their summer (or winter) wherever you may be! We have had some wonderful weather this month, which…

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    Melanie’s May Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s May Monthly News. Another month has flown by and we have been getting up to quite a lot this month, with a few days out, lots of running and plenty of portraits being created. The first portrait…

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    Melanie’s April Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s April Monthly News. I cant quite believe I’m slightly more organised this month and the blog is actually coming out on time! Considering it has been a busy time with Nicholas having an April birthday to celebrate…

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    Melanie’s July Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s July monthly news, the latest instalment in what we have been getting up to this month. The first piece of lovely news is that we have received a wonderful photo from one of our clients who received…

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    Melanie’s May Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s May Monthly News which will mostly comprise of the completion of our front garden renovations…at last! The photo below, even though a fairly old photo, shows the old stone wall well. It was once a lime washed…

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    Melanie’s April Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s April Monthly News where we have been a little further afield this month. All thanks to the relaxing of restrictions, plus we have been pretty busy to boot too! Cute photos of Lily to start this months…

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    Melanie’s January Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s January Monthly News and another month has whizzed by. Well I say whizzed, we are still in lockdown and so haven’t really been anywhere exciting….. well anywhere really! Our weather has been pretty bad, we have survived…

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    Melanie’s July Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s July monthly news, another month has flown by again and here we are with lots more photos and news. Lily and myself have still been doing our early morning trundles down the lane and have come across…

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    Melanie’s June Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s June Monthly News! We hope that all of our readers are being able to stay well and healthy across the globe. Nicholas and myself are both fine here and still working hard. We are still pretty much…

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    Melanie’s April Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s April Monthly News. We usually add photos of our little jaunts and expeditions with Lily, but like most people all over the world, we haven’t been anywhere! The weather has been absolutely beautiful here though so instead,…

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    Melanie’s December Monthly News

    Welcome to Melanie’s December Monthly News! Merry Christmas to everyone! As you may have noticed we haven’t posted any artwork in the last couple of months. Mainly as most of it has been for surprise presents this Christmas. I will…

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    Happy Halloween 2019!

    Happy Halloween to everyone for October 31st 2019! We love Halloween in our house. My dad grows pumpkins every year back at the smallholding where I grew up. He planted a massive patch this year and grew about 30, including…

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    Melanie’s October News

    Welcome to Melanie’s October News! It has been a busy month with lots of things happening. At the start of the month I had an odd headache bug, then as soon as I felt better, poorly Lily came down with…

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    Golden Retriever Oil Painting

    Welcome to the Golden Retriever oil painting of H. Nicholas traditionally hand painted the portrait on Italian Linen canvas. Our client commissioned the painting as a Christmas surprise for his wife. We love it when clients get in early for their…

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    Pencil Drawing of Bramble

    Welcome to my Pencil Drawing of Bramble. Commissioned by Richard for his wife birthday as a surprise. Framed using our Madison Slate frame. One of my favourite frames for my drawings as the blue slate colours work really well with…

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    Melanie’s Monthly News in September

    Welcome to Melanie’s monthly news in September! Where has this month flow to?! I can’t believe it is October already. We are both pretty much fully booked for Christmas portraits, we haven’t even started to think about Christmas ourselves yet.…

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    Spaniel Oil Portrait of Millie

    Welcome to our latest Spaniel oil portrait of Millie. This portrait was completed in August however it wasn’t to be given to the recipient until September so we are just adding it to the blog now. Consequently, we are always…

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    Cat Portraits in Oils

    Welcome to our most recent cat portraits in oils of Roly. He is a very handsome cat, painted for returning clients in Scotland by Nicholas. Kirstie commissioned the portrait as a gift for her husband’s birthday. Gordon was over the…

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    Melanie’s August News

    Welcome to Melanie’s August News! We hope that you enjoyed our last months news all about our roof renovations. If you haven’t already taken a peak, you can do here – June & July News. We are thrilled to say…

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    Ruffwear Logo Pet Portrait

    Welcome to my most exciting project of the year, the Ruffwear logo pet portrait commission. Andrew Geere, the CEO of Ruffwear, called me to discuss commissioning a pencil drawing earlier this year in April. The focus of the portrait would…

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    Spaniel Pet Portraits

    Welcome to our latest Spaniel Pet Portraits oil painting commission of a beautiful spaniel called ‘Kitty Little’ aka ‘Kitkat’! Our client Steve called our studio a few months ago to find out if Nicholas would be able to complete a portrait…

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    Golden Retriever Pet Portraits

    Welcome to the latest Golden Retriever Pet Portraits commission of dogs Monty and Mungo. Nicholas was commissioned by clients in Guernsey to paint their two beautiful dogs, one of which Monty, had sadly passed away. The portrait would serve as…

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    Oil Pet Portraits

    Welcome to our latest bespoke oil pet portraits commission. This portrait was commissioned by Jamie and Lubka Hallam of their two gorgeous dogs Bilbo and Mr Kipling. Jamie and Lubka requested a large oil painting of them sitting in their…

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    Cat Pencil Portrait

    Welcome to my latest Cat Pencil Portrait of two cats called Archie and Roly. This portrait is for returning clients Kirstie and Gordon (UK). They previously commissioned a portrait of their beautiful cat Dudly who is sadly no longer with…

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    Triple Dog Pencil Portrait

    Katie Rampton (UK) commissioned a triple pencil drawing of their three dogs Winston, Alfie and Ziggy for her husbands birthday. She purchased a gift voucher so that Matthew could choose his own photos and design. Matthew was thrilled with his…

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    English Bull Dog Portrait

    Welcome to Nicholas’ latest English Bull Dog Portrait in oils on canvas. Mark (USA) contacted us earlier this year to see if Nicholas could create an oil painting of his English Bull Dog with a more natural setting behind. The…

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    Double Horse Oil Painting

    Greg Piske, USA, purchased one of our gift vouchers in December 2018 to give to his wife as a Christmas present. Jane was delighted and therefore sent us photos of their horses Finn and Mac for the oil painting. Nicholas…

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    Labradoodle Pet Portrait

    Welcome to our Labradoodle pet portrait in oils by Nicholas Beall. This commission was a lovely one for Nicholas to work on. He very much enjoys the larger in depth paintings with full backgrounds however, he also enjoys creating the…

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    Melanie’s May News

    Welcome to Melanie’s May News which, this month has all been about ponds, frogs, toads, water snails, newts, bees and flowers! Oh and a naughty cat! The photo below shows what the pond looks like as of today! Sitting pretty…

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    Oil Pet Portrait of Boo

    Welcome to Nicholas’ latest oil pet portrait of Boo! Boo’s portrait is a 12 x 10 inches oil painting. Commissioned by Sienna, a lovely client in the UK, who we thoroughly enjoyed working with! We worked with closely with Sienna…

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    Pencil Pet Portrait Of Chloe

    Welcome to my latest pencil pet portrait of Chloe! Returning client Bob commissioned the pencil pet portrait of Chloe. We have also actually met Bob and Jennifer! They came over to the UK visiting family and took a trip around…

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    Melanie’s April News

    Welcome to Melanie’s April News. What a difference 20 days makes! As you can see from the photo below of our front garden, at the start of April we had an unexpected snow flurry. Woke up to a light covering…

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    Cottage Oil Portrait

    Welcome to our latest Cottage Oil Portrait with Stella. Our client Richard, had one particular favourite photo he wanted to use for the portrait. This was his dog Stella in their garden with their cottage in the background. Nicholas painted…

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    Pencil Drawing Of Ellie

    Welcome to the Pencil drawing of Ellie commissioned by returning client Jo and her family. I have been working with Jo’s family for a number of years. You might have recently seen the Cuddly Toy of Piggy drawing she commissioned…

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    Melanie’s March News

    Welcome to Melanie’s March News! We actually haven’t been anywhere of note this month. It’s all been about getting portraits completed for deadlines. However whilst we have been busy bees in our studio…the sun has shone outside in the garden…

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    Freddie’s Dog Portrait

    Welcome to Freddie’s Dog Portrait in Oils on canvas. Our clients, her win the UK, wanted to have an oil painting at 14 x 11 inches. Vanessa and her family emailed two photos for Nicholas to use, one for the…

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    Alsatian Pencil Drawing

    Welcome to my latest Alsatian Pencil Drawing of Nash. The portrait was hand drawn by myself for clients in North Carolina, USA. Mike wanted to have a large sized portrait, which also worked well for his breed of dog. Mike…

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    Oil Painting of Bob

    Welcome to the Oil Painting of Bob. Isn’t he gorgeous! Nicholas traditionally hand painted Bob at 16 x 12 inches. The painting is an on Italian linen canvas. It was painted for a lovely client here in Wales called Sharon.…

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    Melanie’s February News

    Welcome to Melanie’s February News! This month has flown by again. I cant quite believe we are at the end of February already. We have had a busy month, we have been to a few places although mainly detours when…

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    Vizsla Pencil Drawing

    Welcome to my latest Vizsla pencil drawing of Kiwi. Catherine commissioned the portrait, who was a returning client. Very sadly Catherine’s good friend lost her young Vizsla, Kiwi, in a tragic car accident. Consequently the family were devastated. Catherine felt…

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    Cat Pet Portraits In Oil

    Welcome to Nicholas’ latest cat pet portraits in oil. Katie contacted us asking if we would be able to paint her cat Shelly in oils at 16 x 12 size. Katie has two photos of Shelly, one that wasn’t such…

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    Black Labrador Portrait

    Welcome to my latest Black Labrador portrait of Merry. Nicholas Williams commissioned the pencil drawing of Merry as a gift for his wife’s birthday. Nicholas took a few photos of Merry while out on a walk. Consequently, he managed to…

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    Oil Portrait of Blu

    Welcome to our latest oil portrait of Blu, a gorgeous little dog commissioned by Jayne and her family. In actual fact Jaynes family purchased one of our Gift A Portrait Vouchers for Jaynes birthday. Jayne and her family sadly lost…

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    Melanie’s January News

    Welcome to Melanie’s January News! Its been a busy month with work, however we did manage to go to a few places this month. Starting with a favourite place of ours called Tenby. I have to say its best visited…

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    Dog Oil Portrait

    Welcome to our latest dog oil portrait of Spyder. Nicholas traditionally hand painted Spyder for clients Karen and her family in Ohio, USA. Karen’s husband took some beautiful photos of their dog Spyder specifically for a portrait. Karen initially asked…

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    Pencil Pet Portrait Montage

    Welcome to my first drawing of the year, a pencil pet portrait montage of Mikey. A lovely client in the USA commissioned the portrait of Mikey. Sadly Mikey passed away last year and so he felt that this Pencil Pet…

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    Black Labrador Oil Portrait

    Welcome to our Black Labrador Oil Portrait which is the first oil painting of January! It was lovely to get back into the studio and start on the next batch of paintings and drawings. Drinda sadly lost Brhyer in 2018…

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    Oil Portrait Commission

    Welcome to our latest oil portrait commission of Leya and Jack. Matilde contacted us in 2018 to see if we would be able to create an oil portrait for her mum for Christmas. Time was very short as we were…

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    Weimaraner Oil Portrait

    Welcome to our latest Weimaraner oil portrait of Keo. Nicholas completed this oil painting just before Christmas in 2018 for client Lyndsey in the UK. The photo of Keo was beautiful – and of course Keo is too! Nicholas was…

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    Melanie’s December News

    Welcome to Melanie’s December News! Well, what a month. I literally can’t believe how much work we have completed in the month of December. I’m sure that you can see by the number of our recent blog posts how many…

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    Horse Pencil Drawing

    Welcome to my latest horse pencil drawing. The portrait of Duker was commissioned by Lizzie as a surprise for her mum Jane. Lizzie ordered a gift a portrait voucher as Jane’s birthday was fairly soon after Lizzies initial contact. She also…

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    Bichon Frise Oil Painting

    Welcome to our latest Bichon Frise Oil Painting! This portrait was painted in October 2018 by Nicholas for a client in the USA. Jennifer commissioned it to give as a gift to her family for Christmas. The Bichon Frise in question is…

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    Horse Oil Portrait

    Welcome to our latest horse oil portrait of Elly. Nicholas completed the oil painting for a 50th Birthday surprise. Hannah arranged the oil painting for her boss and their family to give as a gift to Elly’s owner. They had…

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    Cat Oil Portrait

    Welcome to our latest Cat Oil Portrait of Mitzy. Helen in the UK commissioned an oil painting of their family’s beloved cat called Mitzy. It was to be a surprise present for her husband. Sadly Mitzy has passed away and Helen…

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    King Charles Spaniel

    Welcome to Nicholas’ latest King Charles Spaniel pet portrait. Readers may have noticed that we haven’t posted any of Nicholas’ oil paintings recently. I will be adding them to our blog over the next few days as surprises have been…

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    Beagle Pet Portrait of Blue

    Welcome to my latest portrait and yes it’s another beagle pet portrait! I love that my clients rescue dogs, it warms my heart to know that they are now in a loving home and safe environment. That is just what happened for Blue in the last couple…

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    Boxer Dog Drawing

    Welcome to my latest Boxer dog drawing of the gorgeous Lola. Linda emailed me a few months ago and asked if I would be able to get a pencil drawing completed and framed for her husbands birthday in November. The…

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    Dog Pencil Drawing

    Welcome to my latest dog pencil drawing of a gorgeous dog called Stormy. The portrait was commissioned by a lovely family here in the UK. I spoke to Mike on the phone a number of times making the arrangements. Sadly…

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    Happy Halloween 2018!!

    Happy Halloween 2018!! Welcome to our Halloween post of 2018. Every year we celebrate Halloween by carving pumpins and decorating our inglenook with them and differnt coloured lights. We started with the front of our cottage putting up christmas coloured…