Diana Probst, Cambridge Artist

Blue Dragon

This is a regular commission, ordered via Patreon, at the watercolour postcard level. I have been drawing a lot of dragons lately, and in the course of design for a sleeping dragon oil painting, I sketched this little darling. Dragons

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Blue Dragon

This is a regular commission, ordered via Patreon, at the watercolour postcard level. I have been drawing a lot of dragons lately, and in the course of design for a sleeping dragon oil painting, I sketched this little darling. Dragons

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Gold Eyed Cat

This was a Christmas Commission. It’s postcard sized, although it was delivered in person. This is a style that I really like right now – gold in a dark colour has a lot of impact. Black cats really do look

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Gold Eyed Cat

This was a Christmas Commission. It’s postcard sized, although it was delivered in person. This is a style that I really like right now – gold in a dark colour has a lot of impact. Black cats really do look

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Ely Cathedral

One of my commissions this year was a gift for a couple who live in Ely, and the Cathedral is the obvious choice. For those who don’t know, it’s an ancient gothic hulk that has been in danger of sinking

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Ely Cathedral

One of my commissions this year was a gift for a couple who live in Ely, and the Cathedral is the obvious choice. For those who don’t know, it’s an ancient gothic hulk that has been in danger of sinking

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All play and no work

It seems that everyone liked the things I made. Quotes like ‘awesome’ and ‘people have insisted I tell you how good it is’ came in over the Christmas period. January has a few things in, but I’ve been taking these

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All play and no work

It seems that everyone liked the things I made. Quotes like ‘awesome’ and ‘people have insisted I tell you how good it is’ came in over the Christmas period. January has a few things in, but I’ve been taking these

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All work and no play

Since the end of September, I haven’t had time to work on the portrait of A., and I’ve been doing Christmas work pretty constantly. I also can’t show most of the work I am doing, as a lot is gifts.

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All work and no play

Since the end of September, I haven’t had time to work on the portrait of A., and I’ve been doing Christmas work pretty constantly. I also can’t show most of the work I am doing, as a lot is gifts.

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Shell Gold Batman

Having recently finished my shell gold, I wanted to do a couple of experiments with it. Firstly, I had to know how it painted. Second, I wanted to run a multimeter over the gold to find out just how grinding

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Shell Gold Batman

Having recently finished my shell gold, I wanted to do a couple of experiments with it. Firstly, I had to know how it painted. Second, I wanted to run a multimeter over the gold to find out just how grinding

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Dragons, day 6: Finishing everything!

The last day’s painting was added details and some rocks. Some of the details were, necessarily, pretty big. The dragonling counted as one detail, for example, but its snake head and eager lizard face add life and movement to the

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Dragons, day 6: Finishing everything!

The last day’s painting was added details and some rocks. Some of the details were, necessarily, pretty big. The dragonling counted as one detail, for example, but its snake head and eager lizard face add life and movement to the

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