by Hope Lane | May 30, 2016 | Blog
Portrait of Daisy, a rescue dog The painting I last posted about–Pudge’s portrait was part of a set given as a gift. Daisy was the companion dog portrait that I painted. This is the sketch for her portrait. In order to keep both paintings...
by Hope Lane | May 10, 2016 | Blog
Finished Portrait of an English Yellow Lab This is the finished custom pet portrait of Pudge, an English Yellow Lab. The final painting was 12″ x 12″ in acrylic on an archival hard panel. I’ll be posting the companion portrait of Daisy next. I was...
by Hope Lane | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog
Continuing a Portrait of Pudge I roughed in the painting of Pudge using largish, bristle brushes and it very quickly started to fall into place. The fur already feels like the correct texture for a lab mix. Pudge’s coloring seems about right too. Some paintings...
by Hope Lane | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog
Finished Painting of a Black Labrador Retriever This is the finished custom pet portrait of Huck, a Black Labrador Retriever. I’ve heard many other artists talk about the difficulties in painting a black animal–but I enjoy it. It’s like using light...
by Hope Lane | Aug 1, 2015 | Blog
Shih Tzu Portrait Continues I seem to be working this painting from top to bottom which isn’t always the case. Quinn’s face is important in this painting so I concentrated on keeping the feeling of the way his hair grows, and trying to capture his rather...