The Contest Winner Finished Portrait
Theodore, 8" x 8" Acrylic by Hope Lane After turning to my tiniest brushes, I finished this little painting of Theodore, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. When I run a contest to give away a painting, I never quite know what my winner will look like. It's part of the...
A Portrait of a Cavalier, In Progress
I was lucky with my painting of Theodore--my first stages of painting came together quickly with a resemblance. You never know if this will happen or not. A lot of paintings start out with the uglies and don't come together until later on. The trickiest part of this...
A Sketch for my Contest Winner
Meet cute little Theodore, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. His photo was the winner of my free portrait photo contest earlier this year. He loves to go outside--and his humans joke "that he is the world's tiniest hunting dog because he races out the door to chase...
The Winner of a Free Pet Portrait
Congratulations to Donna Phillips and Theodore for winning the a Pet Portrait from Hope Lane Art. The contest was very successful. We had over 80 entries submitted of some pretty adorable pets. But sadly only one could win. The winner was chosen by a random drawing...
Enter a Pet Portrait Contest on my Facebook Page
As a thank you to all of my friends who follow this blog and my Facebook page--and to make your 2021 a bit brighter, I'm running a contest. I'm going to do a drawing for one lucky winner to get a free pet portrait. All you need to do to enter is add your pet's photo...
Completed Portrait of Ringo the Havanese
© Ringo the Havanese, 8" x 10" acrylic by Hope Lane, www.hopelaneart.com This is the finished painting of Ringo. Doesn't he look dapper with his little blue bandana? It was great fun painting his black and white fur. And oh, those eyebrows. I'm knee deep in the...
Starting A Havanese in the City
This is the first stage of a recent painting of a Havanese. I was asked to create a portrait of a very special Grand-dog named Ringo by one of my friends. He lives in NYC with his family, and is loved by them all. The painting will be an 8" x 10". This was the end...
Finished Painting of a Cat Named Buck
Buck the Cat, 11" x 14" oil painting by Hope Lane. www.hopelaneart.com This is the final portrait, completed with a lot of love for my niece. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out--I wanted a certain softness to come through, and working in oils helped that. Buck...
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