100 Little Portrait Painting Project. Painting No.16. "A Young Man" Copyright Christine Montague

This 6″ x 6″ oil painting portrait of an attractive young man is also a commission. It is the first time I have painted a soul patch.

The collection on my wall of reproductions of these little commissions is happily growing.

No. 15 of 100 Little Portrait Paintings. "A Young Woman" Copyright Christine Montague 2012

This portrait painting of a lovely young person was commissioned as a gift.

100 Little Portraits Project. 6" x 6" cat portrait oil painting. Copyright Christine Montague

It’s fun for me to have a cat portrait thrown into the mix of commission work. It was a cat portrait painting (click here) that inspired the 100 Little Portraits Project.

100 Little Portraits Project. 6" x 6" oil painting of a little boy. Copyright Christine Montague

This 6″ x 6″ oil painting portrait commission, also commissioned as a Christmas gift,  is of a four-year old boy.  What wonderful eyes this little guy has!

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Portrait of a Two Year Girl. 6" x 6" Portrait oil painting. Copyright Christine Montague

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Portrait 11. 6" x 6" oil painting of a baby girl by Christine Montague

The colour is a bit off in this image of this dear little baby girl. The background is purple and the t-shirt pink, so hopefully if this little girl, is anything like the little girls I know, she’ll at least like the colours when she gets older. Commissioned as a special 1st birthday gift, it was a joy to paint.

100 Little Portraits Project: 6" x 6" portrait oil painting of a boy. Copyright Christine Montague

Finished today and drying in the studio is this 6″ square  portrait on canvas of a 10-year-old boy. No. 10 in the series. I’m enjoying the expressions that  can still be conveyed on these small canvases. Many of these portraits are on display in my studio at the Williams MIll Visual Arts Centre.

6" x 6" Portrait oil painting on canvas of a young man copyright Christine Montague

At last! Here is No. 9 in the 100 Little Portraits Project. Who know’s what this youth is thinking, but chances are it is more than the bright sun that is making him scowl. Could it be that a certain someone is taking too many photos of him in a public place?! “Now what.” could easily be entitled  ”Go away”, but at least this handsome young man is polite enough to keep these thoughts to himself.

Portrait 8 of 100 Little Portraits. Teenage Girl Smiling. Copyright Christine Montague 2011

Newest of the 100 little portrait oil paintings, this 6″ x 6″ oil painting is of a 16-year-old girl, err, young woman. She is proud of her Irish heritage, and so the hint of the green shirt, the green trees in the background, (as well as her dark hair, and hazel green eyes ) are a nod to this lineage.

Portrait 7 of 100 Little Portraits Project. Baby Face Copyright Christine Montague 2011

Here’s portrait 7 of 100 Little Portraits Project, a 6″ x 6″ oil painting portrait of a baby boy. I love this little face that looks at me daily in the studio. He looks a little worried though.