Sparkles the Lion (And Happy Pride)

Happy "pride" month!

A bit different! This is a quirky little commission I finished recently.

I was so excited to paint a rainbow mane. The client's final design has an added purple headband/bow 

(yes its a girl lion, with a mane).

I made some nice big shiny stickers of this and you can find them here

(Disclaimer: This wasn't created specifically for pride, but it certainly is rather fitting for this month😊)

some rough sketches:

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2025

www.amyholliday.co.uk

A Fiery Rainbow Phoenix! | A Pastel Pride Rebirth Design

So I've been asked a few times if I could create a rainbow coloured version of my "Fiery Phoenix" painting, well I finally did it! 

The phoenix bird has such a strong and beautiful meaning of rebirth and rainbow feathers make it even more special.

If I ever get the time, I would love to paint a new rainbow phoenix from scratch! but for now I added fresh colours to the orange/light phoenix painting in Photoshop.

I played around with a few different colour ways - one of them has a red head and rainbow wings - but this is my favourite so far. The pretty pastel shades are completely different from my usual work. 

Stickers of this colourful rebirth birdy are already available here 

Artwork © Amy Holliday 2023

www.amyholliday.co.uk

Pet Portraits - gerbil babies, budgies and fancy goldfish

These are some pet portrait commissions I have completed recently.

This little series was a commission for a5-sized paintings of three gerbil portraits and one budgie. I worked from photo references but the client had some requests for little extras which I added in too.

 The rainbow was an unexpected request, and it called for some practice and experimenting with various techniques before I painted the final piece.

This handsome boy's name is Merlin, so he needed a bit of extra magic! 

Another recent pet portait was of this playful chappy named Bartholomew (the best name for a fish I have ever heard)