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...
by Hope Lane | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog
A Pair of Pet Portraits Sometimes I get commissioned to do multiple paintings at one time with the intent that they will hang together. This brings a specific set of concerns to the planning process for the art. The size of the surface and the painting’s colors...
by Hope Lane | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog
Final Painting of Three Havanese Three Amigos 24″ x 18 Acrylic on archival panel by Hope Lane Apologies to all for such a long delay in posting the finished painting–I got hit by this year’s flu. Now I’m back in the studio and painting away!...
by Hope Lane | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
Close Up of Julio the Havanese From the rough painting, I continued to refine detail. This is a close up of little Julio, the youngest of my Tres Amigos. I love his happy smile and little up do ponytail....
by Hope Lane | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog
From Sketch to Rough Paint Working with a largish bristle brush, I’ve roughed in a first layer of acrylic paint for my three little Havanese painting. I usually keep the paint fairly diluted at this stage so my paintings look quite a bit like watercolors. From...