First Steps–The Portrait’s Underpainting
First Steps--The Portrait's Underpainting For me, every painting starts with a first, rough underpainting. And when that goes well, I know the rest of the painting is going to go well too. This painting is starting off that way--you can see a resemblance to the Jack...
Starting a Jack Russell Painting
Starting a Jack Russell Painting This is Roscoe, a lively Jack Russell Terrier with very expressive eyes. The painting will be an 8" x 10" so I'm focusing in on his cute little face with this sketch. My sketch process has evolved because of the way I spent my previous...
Finished Painting of a Bichon Frise by Hope Lane
Finished Painting of a Bichon Frise by Hope Lane I've finished up my portrait of Chuckie. The trickiest part was trying to get the texture of his fur just right--with parts that seem soft and cottony, and other places where the fur is more "hair-like" around his face...
Working on Chuckie the Bichon Frise Portrait
Working on Chuckie the Bichon Frise Portrait I'm still painting pretty loosely--just trying to get all the tones set up. But I've already worked in a more detailed way on his eyes--for me, getting the eyes set up right is the key to making the painting fall into...
Stage One in a Bichon Frise Portrait
Stage One in a Bichon Frise Portrait I've started working on Chuckie's portrait by laying in a loose, washy underpainting in acrylic thinned down with lots of water. My goal is to establish the basic colors, and to create a feeling of where the lights and darks are...
A Bichon Frise Portrait and Some Photo Tips
A Bichon Frise Portrait and Some Photo Tips This is a sketch for a portrait of Chuckie, as cute a little Bichon Frise as you could ever hope to see. I was commissioned to do his portrait as a Mother's Day gift. I could see my subject was adorable--but his photos were...
The Finished Painting of a Chihuahua Rescue
The Finished Painting of a Chihuahua Rescue This is the final memorial portrait that I painted. Coppelia's guardian said some wonderful things about her painting. "Hope perfectly captured my beloved dog. I was teary-eyed when I opened the package and first saw the...
Little Dog With a Tiny Brush
Little Dog With a Tiny Brush After getting the whole painting down with a first layer of paint--I'm layering in the details that really pull the whole thing together. And if you ever wondered why a painting can take a while to create--just take a look at this photo....
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