First Steps–The Portrait’s Underpainting

First Steps–The Portrait’s Underpainting

by | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog

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...
Starting a Jack Russell Painting

Starting a Jack Russell Painting

by | Jul 26, 2014 | Blog

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...
Finished Painting of a Bichon Frise by Hope Lane

Finished Painting of a Bichon Frise by Hope Lane

by | Jul 13, 2014 | Blog

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...
Working on Chuckie the Bichon Frise Portrait

Working on Chuckie the Bichon Frise Portrait

by | Jul 6, 2014 | Blog

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...
Stage One in a Bichon Frise Portrait

Stage One in a Bichon Frise Portrait

by | Jul 3, 2014 | Blog

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...