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...
by Hope Lane | Jan 4, 2015 | Blog
Sketch for a Yorkshire Terrier Portrait Mel is a Yorkie, and just five pounds of sweetness, energy and personality. When I saw her photos, I knew she’d fit just right into a small 5″ x 7″ painting. When I first started painting pets–I painted...
by Hope Lane | Dec 20, 2014 | Blog
Finished Painting of a Yellow Lab Rescue Named Mack This is the finished portrait of Mack, the Yellow Lab, an 18″ x 24″ acrylic painting by Hope Lane. I’ve been working to catch the texture of his fur in all its different aspects–short and...