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The Contest Winner Finished Portrait

The Contest Winner Finished Portrait

Theodore, 8″ x 8″ Acrylic by Hope Lane After turning to my tiniest brushes, I finished this little painting of Theodore, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. When I run a contest to give away a painting, I never quite know what my winner will look like....
A Portrait of a Cavalier, In Progress

A Portrait of a Cavalier, In Progress

I was lucky with my painting of Theodore–my first stages of painting came together quickly with a resemblance. You never know if this will happen or not. A lot of paintings start out with the uglies and don’t come together until later on. The trickiest...
A Sketch for my Contest Winner

A Sketch for my Contest Winner

Meet cute little Theodore, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. His photo was the winner of my free portrait photo contest earlier this year. He loves to go outside–and his humans joke “that he is the world’s tiniest hunting dog because he races out the...
Finished Painting of a Cavalier

Finished Painting of a Cavalier

Jasper, A Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, 8″ x 8″ Acrylic by Hope Lane This is the finished pet portrait of Jasper. It’s small, just 8″ x 8″, but I think that was enough room to capture his sweet little face. The background color was...
Starting a Painting of Jasper

Starting a Painting of Jasper

A few years ago, I was asked to paint a portrait of Jackson, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who had just passed away. Recently Jackson’s humans contacted me again to paint a portrait of their new Cavalier pup, Jasper. It always makes me super happy when clients...