Last week I noticed a new follower on Twitter, Anna Roberts of Out To Play, whose Twitter bio simply states “I paint portraits in pastel and pencil”. I liked her Twitter icon, which suggested she paints children, so curious I clicked to find out more…
Oh my. Did I fall in love with what I saw! This portrait of Anna’s daughter Pearl was my absolute favourite. I love the colours, I love the space, I love the sentiment. The best news is: Anna takes on private commissions. Check out more of her work here.
Perhaps this is also a good moment to introduce you to a blog I love called I am a Child – it’s basically a huge catalogue of children in art. I don’t know why, but I have this thing with paintings of family life – previously I mentioned Swedish painter Carl Larsson, a favourite of mine. Do you have any favourite paintings?
(image: pearl and pram by out to play)
What an adorable portrait, it really captures that sweet innocence of childhood. Love the way she uses that pastel green palette against the deep brown. Stunning.
I love the way she paints hair. So softly. Very talented indeed.
So beautiful Ursula-what a brilliant discovery through Twitter!! Hope you had a great meet up today lovely. We were all paid up to go and see Evie’s friend in a play and totally forgot. Isn’t that awful!?! Big oops See you soon – it’s been far too long! xx