Yorkshire Artist and British Portrait Painter unveils A Portrait of Elizabeth One of the most difficult, yet rewarding, parts of being a portrait artist is painting a loved one as their loved ones see them. I not only need to capture a likeness and their character as I see them but their very being as […]
Yorkshire Artist: An Update from British Portrait Painter Hannah Ostapjuk Recent Small Studies I love quick sketching in pencil or charcoal… Painting Process Exploring the English countryside, progress. Currently working on this figure oil painting. These young ladies by the river. I am really enjoying painting this piece, it’s a much smaller scale and there’s […]
Yorkshire Portrait Artist and British Painter – Another Update for You All… Pride of place I hung my beautiful Smile. Talk. Laugh. poem / watercolour figure painting (myself and watercolour are officially friends again). The frame is just stunning and compliments the piece so well. Hear me read the poem in full: IGTV Lost and […]
Portrait painters near me, a term used to find a local artist and you’ve found me! Commission a portrait of yourself, family, children, grandchildren. This has become a highly popular and sort after ‘thing’ to do. “Anyone” can take a photo (have to be careful there as I have photographer friends who’d disagree) but no […]
Proud to call myself a British Artist and happy to give you a peek at my oil painting process… It’s been a year [of this crazy pandemic] and today (22/03/21) I celebrated another birthday in lockdown. This past year has been everything from fantastic and exciting to stressful and very difficult. I have challenged and […]
Happy New Year from me, portrait painter Hannah Ostapjuk! I have many exciting things to tell you, Firstly, I completed ‘A Portrait of Young Destiny’ A Portrait of Young Destiny An oil painting sketched out when my daughter was 6 months old. Kept having to put it to one side to complete commissions and other […]