by Hope Lane | Dec 8, 2018 | Blog
Finished Painting of a Bichon Frise Toby the Bichon Frise by Hope Lane, 9″ x 12″ acrylic In painting Toby, my challenge was to capture the two distinct textures of his white fur–the soft curly lamb-like quality of his body coat and the top of his...
by Hope Lane | Jul 13, 2014 | Blog
Finished Painting of a Bichon Frise by Hope Lane I’ve finished up my portrait of Chuckie. The trickiest part was trying to get the texture of his fur just right–with parts that seem soft and cottony, and other places where the fur is more...
by Hope Lane | Jul 6, 2014 | Blog
Working on Chuckie the Bichon Frise Portrait I’m still painting pretty loosely–just trying to get all the tones set up. But I’ve already worked in a more detailed way on his eyes–for me, getting the eyes set up right is the key to making the...
by Hope Lane | Jul 3, 2014 | Blog
Stage One in a Bichon Frise Portrait I’ve started working on Chuckie’s portrait by laying in a loose, washy underpainting in acrylic thinned down with lots of water. My goal is to establish the basic colors, and to create a feeling of where the lights and...
by Hope Lane | Jun 22, 2014 | Blog
A Bichon Frise Portrait and Some Photo Tips This is a sketch for a portrait of Chuckie, as cute a little Bichon Frise as you could ever hope to see. I was commissioned to do his portrait as a Mother’s Day gift. I could see my subject was adorable–but his...