Celebrating Florida Dogs With Latte the Havanese
Celebrating Florida Dogs With Latte the Havanese As some of you know--I live in coastal Florida and this week has certainly been challenging due to Hurricane Irma. The thing about evacuating--you start to take stock of all the things you value and what is most...
Finished Portrait of Bella, A Black Lab Mix
Finished Portrait of Bella, A Black Lab Mix Completed Portrait of Bella, a black lab mix. 8" x 10" Acrylic Original Painting by Hope Lane www.hopelaneart.com
Painting Bella, A Black Dog, Part Two
Painting Bella, A Black Dog, Part Two It's been awhile since my last post as I've been away--but now I'm back in the studio. I continued to develop my portrait of Bella by refining the darks and lights, and building up the paint. I often like to use a blue highlight...
Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo
Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo I was asked to create a portrait of Bella, a medium-size black lab mix. The painting shown is my first stage rough underpainting. One of the challenges (as it is with any black animal) is that in the reference photos, a lot of...
A Pair of Pet Portraits
A Pair of Pet Portraits Sometimes I get commissioned to do multiple paintings at one time with the intent that they will hang together. This brings a specific set of concerns to the planning process for the art. The size of the surface and the painting's colors must...
Final Painting of Three Havanese
Final Painting of Three Havanese Three Amigos 24" x 18 Acrylic on archival panel by Hope Lane Apologies to all for such a long delay in posting the finished painting--I got hit by this year's flu. Now I'm back in the studio and painting away!
Close Up of Julio the Havanese
Close Up of Julio the Havanese From the rough painting, I continued to refine detail. This is a close up of little Julio, the youngest of my Tres Amigos. I love his happy smile and little up do ponytail.
From Sketch to Rough Paint
From Sketch to Rough Paint Working with a largish bristle brush, I've roughed in a first layer of acrylic paint for my three little Havanese painting. I usually keep the paint fairly diluted at this stage so my paintings look quite a bit like watercolors. From there...
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