Continuing a Portrait of Pudge
Continuing a Portrait of Pudge I roughed in the painting of Pudge using largish, bristle brushes and it very quickly started to fall into place. The fur already feels like the correct texture for a lab mix. Pudge's coloring seems about right too. Some paintings are...
Pet Portraits for a New Home
Pet Portraits for a New Home I was asked to create two portraits of Pudge and Daisy as a "new home" gift. Both would be 12 x 12 and would be hung together so their colors should be in harmony. Fortunately I had some great photos to work from which is not always the...
Finished Havanese Pet Portrait
Finished Havanese Portrait -- Remembering Bandit I was asked to paint Bandit as a memorial to "the best little guy ever". His sweet smile and his braids were especially important to his pet parent. Sometimes as I'm painting I get carried away and forget to take photos...
Back in the Saddle With a Havanese
Back in the Saddle With a Havanese For the past few months I have been taking a break from posting about my art. Life had gotten pretty chaotic for me as we decided to make a spontaneous move to a new home that would provide me with a separate room for my studio. In...
Finished Painting of a Black Labrador Retriever
Finished Painting of a Black Labrador Retriever This is the finished custom pet portrait of Huck, a Black Labrador Retriever. I've heard many other artists talk about the difficulties in painting a black animal--but I enjoy it. It's like using light to carve out a...
Black Lab Painting Continues
Black Lab Portrait Continues The client selected the sketch of Huck the black lab on a shaggy rug so that we could focus in on his face. The biggest revision was softening and making the colors in the background lighter and less intrusive. I started the painting by...
Lab of Love
Lab of Love I was asked to create a portrait of a handsome black lab named Huck as a wedding gift. When clients contact me--I always ask for several photos because you never know just which picture will make a good painting. Usually I do 2-3 different sketches for a...
Finished Pet Portrait–Hooray for a Shih Tzu
Finished Pet Portrait-- Hooray for a Shih Tzu Finishing the portrait of this little furry fan was lots of fun. Handling the lettering, working on the soft sweater texture and refining Quinn's fur. Because Quinn is mostly black and white, and the sweater itself was...
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