Work in Progress I: Update

This post is an update to one of my previous work in progress preview paintings. Hopefully I can show a bit of my painting process.

Oil on canvas board 30" x 20"

I have just completed another full layer to this painting and I am pleased with its progress! There is still some work to continue on this painting; the next work is to add some glazes when this current layer has dried. The tonal values of this painting are still being worked on but these will all come together with the next few glazes and layers!

Whilst waiting for this painting to dry I am now working in rotation on two other paintings whilst sketching some others.

Works In Progress I

Oil on canvas board 30" x 20" Shannan El Madan

I am working on many oil paintings for completion in 2011 and will be posting pictures of works in progress between now and completion.

This painting is in the early stages. I layer my paintings up with many thin layers of paint and glazes, all which are allowed to dry between one layer and the next. This painting still has plenty of layers to go and will be finished in 2011. There may still be some small changes in details such as with the mane and the mouth but I am pleased with how this painting is progressing.


This painting is one in a series of 3 which are all the same size and similiar in composition. Progress pictures of these paintings will be posted in the upcoming weeks.


Inspiration for this painting: Shannan El Madan (Shael Dream Desert x Perla K) owned by Al-Mohamadia Stud. Photographed at the UKIAHS show 2009.