by Hope Lane | Jul 25, 2015 | Blog
Hooray for a Shih Tzu I was asked to paint a custom pet portrait of Quinn wearing his Mississippi State sweater. It’s always fun to do something a bit different, and I knew trying to get the sweater’s texture and lettering would be a good challenge. I...
by Hope Lane | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
Schnauzer Portrait Continues Sassy’s portrait is starting to come together as I layer in the fur stroke by stroke. Her fur has an almost luminous silvery quality that I hope to capture. I use a combination of carbon black, pthalo blue and titanium white in the...
by Hope Lane | Feb 21, 2015 | Blog
My Havanese Pet Portrait Continues I’m enjoying working on Stella’s portrait. I’ve got a good photo to work from and it’s nice and clear. She’s got particularly pretty eyes and I’ve tried to capture their liquid and reflective...
by Hope Lane | Jan 18, 2015 | Blog
Yorkie Portrait Off to a Good Start Sometimes with the little paintings, I get going when I start painting and before I know it, I’ve gone much further than I expected to at one sitting. This is what happened with Mel’s portrait. There’s often a...
by Hope Lane | Dec 14, 2014 | Blog
Yellow Lab Painting Continues At this stage on my portrait of the yellow lab Mack, I’m softening my color transitions so it looks less harsh and more realistic. And even though the placement matched the photograph, I’ve adjusted Mack’s nose so it...