by Hope Lane | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog
Starting Off Sassy’s Portrait This is the first rough painting for a portrait of a Schnauzer named Sassy. Her “human” gave me a wonderful description of her. I always start off a commission by asking for a sense of what a dog or cat is like, because...
by Hope Lane | Mar 1, 2015 | Blog
Finished Painting of a Havanese Named Stella I finished Stella’s portrait by amping up the background color. I also worked on the fur detail on Stella’s face and body with a small, fine brush trying to get the textures just right. The final touch was to...
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 | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog
Stella the Havanese Portrait Begins I was asked to create a small custom pet portrait of Stella, a darling Havanese as a gift. Stella, I was told “had put the light back into” her human’s life after something sad had happened. This commission had...
by Hope Lane | Jan 30, 2015 | Blog
Finished Portrait of a Yorkie I really loved painting little Mel with her expressive eyes and small black button of a nose. Yorkshire Terriers have wonderful coloring–caramel, gold and slate gray edging into silver. It’s always a fun challenge to try to...