by Hope Lane | May 12, 2019 | Blog
Beginning the Cavalier Painting My goal when I started this painting was to get the entire canvas (or in my case, a panel) covered with paint. I knew with the complexity of the pattern in the chair, I needed to get the whole thing blocked in at one time so my colors...
by Hope Lane | May 2, 2019 | Blog
Sketch for a Painting of Mack This is the sketch I prepared for a portrait of Mack. He’s a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and is now about 12 years old. He’s very, very special. His human family just adore him, and he’s so sensitive, he knows...
by Hope Lane | Mar 10, 2019 | Blog
Completed Painting of a Golden Doodle Charlie the Golden Doodle by Hope Lane, 8″ x 10″ acrylic on archival panel Don’t you just love that happy smile? It was such fun painting Charlie’s portrait which was commissioned by his...
by Hope Lane | Mar 2, 2019 | Blog
Starting a painting of Charlie the Golden Doodle I was asked to paint another much beloved “grand-dog”. Charlie is a lovely Golden Doodle with an infectious smile. After a very good first day of painting–this is the initial roughed in stage. It came...
by Hope Lane | Feb 24, 2019 | Blog
Howling Wolf, the Finished Painting Howling Wolf by Hope Lane, 12″ x 16″, oil Many many layers of oil paint brushstrokes later, this painting is complete. What a pleasure to paint this beautiful animal. I have several other wildlife paintings that I am...
by Hope Lane | Feb 16, 2019 | Blog
First Stage of Wolf Painting I got started by laying down a background tint of raw umber and then transferred my drawing using white transfer paper. Working in oils, I started by roughing in the misty forest background and then went on to placing the first colors in...