The Boudoir Portraits

The Boudoir Portraits Skye Holland is a London-based contemporary artist creating portrait drawings in the ‘bo***ir’ t This is entirely different.

The Bo***ir Portraits is an experience for women created by London-based artist Skye Holland. The idea transpired after a spontaneous request by Skye's daughter to draw her in an intimate pose as a gift for her boyfriend. Wearing her favourite lingerie and Louboutin heels, a seed was sown. There is a current craze for Bo***ir photography - and like any craze it has become hugely commercial and lac

ks individuality or sensitivity. The Bo***ir Portraits is a day at Skye's studio - totally private - where through a creative process, she draws you in a timeless and sensual way. There's a champagne lunch, and the whole experience is wonderfully relaxed and fun... The 'wow' expression when clients uncover the final portrait at the end of the session is a joy to see. So far, ladies have commissioned their own personal portrait that they want to give their loved one, or it has been a gift from their partner. Skye have even have drawn a couple who wanted a personal gift to themselves!

This detailed   in   and   was completed recently for a wonderful lady in her late 50's confirming 50 is the new 40!  Sh...
22/08/2016

This detailed in and was completed recently for a wonderful lady in her late 50's confirming 50 is the new 40! She's agreed to allow me to publicise the image as she loves it and feels proud! What I loved was the fact that she is very senior and in command of her business life and yet, just like most of us, has the more closely held and more secret sensuous identity and the wish to keep playing! She chose lingerie which was yes, more or less revealing - and yet still very sensuous and most importantly, made her feel 'Vavavoom!'.

Here's some of her testimonial....

"It is my tenth wedding anniversary this year and it occurred to me that having my portrait drawn would be an unusual but very personal gift for my husband on our anniversary. I made initial contact with Skye to talk through in more detail whether this was something I wanted to do. I am 58 years old and I was nervous about the thought of having a Bo***ir Portrait.
Skye was very easy to talk to and reassuring , I booked a sitting and was given some pointers in terms of the types of clothing and accessories I could consider. I found buying the clothing a challenge because I kept gravitating towards anything that would cover me up, which was the opposite of what I was trying to achieve. I finally settled on two articles of clothing one revealing slightly more than the other.
On the day of the sitting I arrive at the studio excited and nervous. The whole day was an extremely positive and memorable experience, it was a pleasure and a delight being in Skye’s company. She is a warm and intuitive person who is very easy to talk to and be with. My anxieties quickly melted away as we talked and laughed, when the drawing commenced it seemed to flow naturally from conversation to pose. She made the whole process relaxed and natural (if sitting still for ages can be natural!).
Following my sitting Skye continued to work on my portraits over the next week or so and I waited in anticipation for sight of the finished drawings. When the drawings arrive I was thrilled, they were fabulous, they were very stylish and she had captured me well, I know my husband will be absolutely delighted. I not only have two beautiful portraits from a very talented artist but also the memories of the terrific day I shared with Skye".

I've just heard from my client this morning and apparently her husband shed a tear! It confirms to me the power of the giving of yourself as the most intimate and affirming gesture and a fabulous and unique gift!

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I made a call this morning to the lovely and very excited Manchester winner of the Brides Magazine competition run in Ju...
18/08/2016

I made a call this morning to the lovely and very excited Manchester winner of the Brides Magazine competition run in June. She is to have her Bo***ir Portrait drawn at the studio, to include a champagne lunch and dressed for her artwork in whatever she chooses. From her bridal gown down to her bridal lingerie or just shoes and veil if she so wishes! Apparently she's been too excited to keep shhhhhhhh!! from her groom to be - but it should still be a lovely surprise because even she doesn't quite know what the end results will look like. And as importantly, how the whole experience will make her feel. We'll be hearing more from her soon I'm sure! 🍾❤
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www.thebo***irportraits.com

So with Father's Day upcoming on Sunday and the fact that most guys love a woman in heels (sorry, but yes most do!!), I ...
14/06/2016

So with Father's Day upcoming on Sunday and the fact that most guys love a woman in heels (sorry, but yes most do!!), I thought I'd post this great video produced by Stylist Magazine - giving men a chance to well.... try them on for themselves!! Would be interesting to know whether their views changed after the experience?? Doubt it. It's a hardwiring thing!!
Shelley J Whitehead Kym Dolcimascolo Susie Heath

'I'm not going to lie, I think I might break my ankles' Four men from Stylist’s London offices try wearing women's high heels for an entire working day. Prod...

Ooh, in Brides Magazine this month; a finely drawn portrait in your wedding dress to be won 😍 Share if you know someone ...
02/06/2016

Ooh, in Brides Magazine this month; a finely drawn portrait in your wedding dress to be won 😍 Share if you know someone getting married who'd love to gift a portrait to her groom - or a groom out there who'd love to spoil his bride-to-be! 💓
http://www.bridesmagazine.co.uk/latest/win-save-book/win-wedding-goodies-10090

Thanks again to bridal designer Jurgita Stakauskaite at Atelier JST for the dreamy silk wedding nightgown and the lovely Olivia Plekaviciute for modelling.

Olivija Style Lady Mone@jessicahuie@jurgitastakauskaite

Enter now for your chance to win these wedding goodies worth £10,090 (BridesMagazine.co.uk)

  Man Ray created this photo using trickery in the darkroom (Rayography) sometime in the 1920's (no photoshop back in th...
24/05/2016

Man Ray created this photo using trickery in the darkroom (Rayography) sometime in the 1920's (no photoshop back in the day!)... making the visual connection between womanly shape and musical instrument (a cello perhaps?!) :-D I wonder what feminists made of it then or now for that matter? I've always found it quite charming and amusing - the little things, the little things......

"Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art" Man Ray.

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Whatever secrets I hear in the studio in a  ***irportrait session stay secrets....   I will never share the identity of ...
19/05/2016

Whatever secrets I hear in the studio in a ***irportrait session stay secrets.... I will never share the identity of my clients - the bo***ir is a very private and special space for a lady... and sometimes for men! 🍾💋...

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"Bo***ir" can mean anything you want.   You are who you are, you own your image, your body, your looks, your sensuality....
17/05/2016

"Bo***ir" can mean anything you want. You are who you are, you own your image, your body, your looks, your sensuality... We all have our little gremlins telling us we're not perfect. Let's shout them down and celebrate!!

Cute coffee cups for my client in the studio today 💕💋👯
04/05/2016

Cute coffee cups for my client in the studio today 💕💋👯

Watch the beautiful Alessandra Ferri in this inspiring ad for No.7 aimed at the more mature skins amongst us!! Apart fro...
29/04/2016

Watch the beautiful Alessandra Ferri in this inspiring ad for No.7 aimed at the more mature skins amongst us!! Apart from this cheap and effective new age-defying serum which is supposed to be flying off the shelves at Boots, having a fling around to music is such a fun way to de-stress and energise. Happy May Day 💕👯🌞

Watch the advert for new No7 Lift & Luminate TRIPLE ACTION Serum, starring world-class ballet dancer Alessandra Ferri, 52, dancing with a hologram of her 19-...

Hi, anyone out there this rather grey and moody Monday morning??!Just sharing this invite to come along to my Kingston A...
25/04/2016

Hi, anyone out there this rather grey and moody Monday morning??!

Just sharing this invite to come along to my Kingston Artists Open Studios - where there's a bag of talent and interesting artwork, sculpture, prints & ceramics to see and buy (some at affordable prices!!)... but my studio will be open and it would be lovely to see you. Let me know who you are if you'e thinking of coming so I know who to look out for :))

starting today we will be posting works by Kaos artists taking part in this year’s open studios in early June. We will be distributing leaflets in and around Kingston with more info about the studios so watch out for this ! ... and applaud our talent with plenty of ‘LIKE'

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