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!http://www.redbubble.com/people/macart99/portfolio! This is a link to my Redbubble site where you can buy reproductions of my work from postcards to framed prints. Check it out and let me know what you think.

The judges choices are in at the Portrait Awards

Well the Judges have made their choices on what they liked in the Portrait Awards. In the portrait of a child under 10yrs- Julie Kraz came first with an excellent graphite portrait of her daughter, and second prize went to my sketch of my son Brodie.

In the main portrait comp first prize went to David Rowe for a self portrait of himself and his two kids, and second prize went to my sketch of Kit Wallis.

The portraits are on display until the 22nd Oct, there is still the people’s popular choice to be done, so come and visit the gallery and vote for your favourite. The people’s choice will be announced on the night of the Maraka Procession which I think is the 30th Oct.

The other 2 pics that I am using in the Portrait Awards

The Centurion 1908 - 2010 A well-known pioneering women of the Herbert River District

 Judges choice announced tonight 11th Oct 2010 and ‘The Centurion’ came second

These 2 pics I have already posted previously but thought I might re-show them.

'Brodie' This is a sketch I did of my son when he was 2 years old.Judges choice in the children under 10 section awarded second to 'Brodie'and of Course I have re-included the 'Coach''Coach' This is a sketch I did of my son's Junior Rugby League Coach.

New sketch

The early stages of this sketch

This is beginning to take shape now, I still have not added the boys yet.

The kids in the background are beginning to come together and I am generally happy with the direction this sketch is going.

Close up of the progress of the kids

Getting much closer to being finished

Close up shot of the finished kids

This is a sketch I have done of the boys under 10 football Coach as a way of saying thankyou. It is in the Maraka Popular Portrait Award which is also a peoples choice award, so come by and vote.

Well I have been to my sons Football presentation night and as a gift to the boys Coach I did a sketch. It felt kind of strange giving Steven this, because I had to take it away again as it is going into the Popular Portrait Awards along with another 2 I have entered.  The Coach was surprised to get it. I hope you like it and remember I do commissions if anyone is interested. Come by the Gallery and vote.

Oh Yay I am finally getting the hang of this

I am finally beginning to get somewhere with this blog, I finally had the time to work out how to get my photo’s visible… I may be slow but I’ll get there eventually.   🙂

On the Weekend I’ll upload my newest sketch.

I have finally uploaded photo’s of most of my paintings

Well I have finally uploaded my photo’s of painting that I have done. The photo’s were suppose to come across from my old blog page when my blog entries came over, but of course this did not happen.

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Welcome to my new blog page

I really hate having to start over again but due to changes in the future with my old blog site I thought if I didn’t start now I probably would never get around to it. My last blog site was so easy to set up, now I have to think to work this one out. So please forgive me ahead of time for when I botch something up.

progress update

My sketch of the reining horse is on hold at the present while I try to finish off a sketch for the portrait comp. I am taking progression pics of it as well but I haven’t put them on veiw yet. Those sketches will be put up around the first week of October. Then I also have to finish a portrait of my Uncle, my Aunt has waited quite a while for that one. I will work on the reining horse as well then. I think I’ll be having a few late nights ahead.

Reining horse

I have just uploaded some progress photos of this sketch, I have been very slow progressing on this one lately. I will have to get back into this one and complete it.

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Received my letter today

Well I received my letter today confirming that I had indeed won the Peoples Choice Award, and I have filled out the paperwork to claim my prize. Now I have to get stuck into my next works for the Popular Portraits Awards. So far I have completed one portrait which you can see on this blog. The next one I plan to do is of my Sons football coach, but I really have to get cracking to get this one done in time.