Welcome…
I am a self taught artist living and working in Wexford, Ireland. I recently realised I needed to re-introduce art back into my life, if for no other reason than to rediscover the joy and freedom I felt drawing as a child. I use a variety of media including pencils, charcoal, paint and digital applications. Welcome to my blog where I will be sharing my progress as an artist, sketches, finished pieces and occasional musings.
Ena Sharples
Getting a bit more familiar with textured brushes on the iPad
Self Portrait
The first self portrait painting I ever did.
Elderly Man in Cloth Cap
My first attempt at painting in Procreate. I was very happy with how the cap turned out in this piece.
Study of Human Skull
Back in 2020, during the Pandemic, I got myself an iPad Pro and this was the first drawing I did on it just to try it out.
Elderly Asian Man
I continued to persevere with digital painting, this time beginning with no sketch, just pushing paint around and restricting myself to one simple brush.
Caricature of Leo Varadkar
My first painted caricature, of Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, which was an attempt to be more painterly and less digital.
Indiana Jones
Digital painting of Indiana Jones one over a pencil sketch
An early painting of Colin Farrell
This portrait of Colin Farell was my first proper attempt at digital painting.