by Hope Lane | Feb 16, 2019 | Blog
First Stage of Wolf Painting I got started by laying down a background tint of raw umber and then transferred my drawing using white transfer paper. Working in oils, I started by roughing in the misty forest background and then went on to placing the first colors in...
by Hope Lane | Feb 10, 2019 | Blog
Painting Wolves I’m going to show you something a bit different than what you’ve seen before from me. I’ve been working on a series of paintings that feature wolves in them. These paintings aren’t commissions but part of a body of work...
by Hope Lane | Feb 2, 2019 | Blog
Finished Portrait of Walter, a Rescue Walter, a Rescue by Hope Lane. 8″ x 10″Acrylic This is the completed painting of a very special boy named Walter. I had a lot of fun trying to capture his sweet smile. His “grandmom” told me “Walter...
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 | Nov 17, 2018 | Blog
A Sketch for Toby the Bichon’s Portrait Recently I was asked to do a painting of Toby, a little Bichon Frise who had passed away. I asked for a description of what made him special to his humans. I find that knowing this helps me in the painting process....