by Hope Lane | Sep 7, 2014 | Blog
Chocolate Lab Early Painting Stage It’s been awhile since I’ve posted as I’ve been away traveling–getting inspired by new and beautiful places. My last post on Bear showed the sketch I did prior to painting. This is the first overall layer of...
by Hope Lane | Aug 18, 2014 | Blog
Wedding Gift Painting of a Chocolate Lab I was commissioned to create a painting as a very special wedding gift. Bear is a handsome chocolate lab, and this painting was going to be quite large–24″ x 18″. As you can see, the original photo was a good...
by Hope Lane | Aug 10, 2014 | Blog
Finished Portrait of Roscoe the Jack Russell Terrier I’ve completed my painting of Roscoe, fine-tuning all the detail into his fur, his eyes and his collar. He’s such a handsome boy. When I showed his painting to his “mom”, she noticed how...
by Hope Lane | Aug 3, 2014 | Blog
Jack Russell Fur Detail Roscoe’s coat is made up of a mixture of brown and white tones, but the brown fur is sprinkled with loads of fine white hairs. There are no shortcuts for a painter–out comes the little brush while I layer dozens of tiny strokes on...
by Hope Lane | 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...
by Hope Lane | 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...