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 | Apr 1, 2018 | Blog
Finished Portrait of Scarlett Scarlett, 5″ x 7″ acrylic by Hope Lane This was the completed painting of Scarlett–it developed rather quickly so I didn’t have a chance to photograph it at the early stages. My photographic reference was fairly...
by Hope Lane | Mar 23, 2018 | Blog
Remembering Scarlett The original sketch for approval. I wanted to post about this portrait for quite awhile–I originally painted it while I was mid-renovation, and as you can imagine, life was just a bit out of control then. When I first heard about Scarlett,...
by Hope Lane | Mar 18, 2018 | Blog
Completed Portrait of Shanti the Pekingese This is the finished painting of Shanti. I always take photos of my work for my records and for self promotion. This turned out to be a lucky thing as the original painting was lost after it was delivered to the client. The...