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Beginning the Cavalier Painting

Beginning the Cavalier Painting

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...
Sketch for a Painting of Mack

Sketch for a Painting of Mack

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...
Completed Painting of a Golden Doodle

Completed Painting of a Golden Doodle

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...
Starting a painting of Charlie the Golden Doodle

Starting a painting of Charlie the Golden Doodle

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...
Howling Wolf, the Finished Painting

Howling Wolf, the Finished Painting

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...
First Stage of Wolf Painting

First Stage of Wolf Painting

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...