All my portraits are created using artist's quality pastels and produced on acid free and age resistant artisit's quality velour paper.

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About Jill Tisbury

Hi! I'm Jill, although most people call me Jilly - except when I'm in trouble - then it's Jillian!

Hope you're enjoying my website.
I have been drawing and painting for as long as I can remember.

My earliest memory of painting is quite a special one. It was my first day at school and my Dad had taken me as he was recovering from knee surgery and the walk was good exercise.

As we walked he was telling me that I would love school, meet new friends and learn new things; I'm not sure whether he was trying to give me comfort or himself.

We passed so many crying youngsters and distraught parents, when we got to the classroom I spied a table set out with paints, paper, brushes and water. I sat right down and started to paint and my Dad went home in tears. We both smile when we remember that day and 40 years on I'm still painting!

About my artwork

I'm a self-taught artist and have used most mediums.

For people portraits I prefer graphite pencils and a little pastel, but for animal portraits I prefer pastels. Pastel painting is the oldest painting technique and I think it is a very sympathetic medium to use for portraiture.

I particularly like the challenge of rendering the fur for animal portraits.

If you have ideas for a particular portrait, but can't find the information you're after on my site, either email me with the details or call and I'll be very happy to discuss your exact requirements.

Take care

Jilly