Wedding Gift Painting of a Chocolate Lab
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...
Finished Portrait of Roscoe the Jack Russell Terrier
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...
Jack Russell Fur Detail
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...
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...
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...Visit my shop on Etsy to order commission a painting or to see art I currently have on sale.
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