by Hope Lane | Dec 12, 2021 | Blog
Remi the Chocolate Lab by Hope Lane I recently completed this portrait of a lovely chocolate Labrador Retriever named Remi. The client had commissioned paintings of her other dogs, a yellow Lab and and a black one, previously. There really is nothing that makes me...
by Hope Lane | Apr 22, 2018 | Blog
Yellow Lab Painting Early Stages After laying down an undercoat of raw sienna to give an overall sunset golden tone to the painting, I started by roughing in everything with a big brush. Then (because I really like to get the eyes in first), I started to add detail to...
by Hope Lane | Apr 19, 2018 | Blog
Painting a Portrait From Multiple Photos Tara was a sweet Lab, and a devoted hunting companion for her humans. I was asked to paint her a few weeks after she had passed away. The idea was to paint Tara in an environment that spoke to her love of duck hunting. But the...
by Hope Lane | Aug 20, 2017 | Blog
Finished Portrait of Bella, A Black Lab Mix Completed Portrait of Bella, a black lab mix. 8″ x 10″ Acrylic Original Painting by Hope Lane www.hopelaneart.com...
by Hope Lane | Jun 15, 2017 | Blog
Painting Bella, A Black Dog, Part Two It’s been awhile since my last post as I’ve been away–but now I’m back in the studio. I continued to develop my portrait of Bella by refining the darks and lights, and building up the paint. I often like to...