Please check out my information on Portrait Commissions. The pictures in this gallery here are quick portraits done at the Malden Sketch Group Portrait sessions. Painting from a live model is, for me, by far the best and most enjoyable way to do a portrait. Each of these took from 1 to 2 hours. I did them just for practice. I often save them so I can think about the technique I used - or just because I like them.