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Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo

Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo

by | Apr 28, 2017 | Blog

Painting A Black Dog From A Dark Photo I was asked to create a portrait of Bella, a medium-size black lab mix. The painting shown is my first stage rough underpainting. One of the challenges (as it is with any black animal) is that in the reference photos, a lot of...
A Pair of Pet Portraits

A Pair of Pet Portraits

by | 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...
Final Painting of Three Havanese

Final Painting of Three Havanese

by | 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!...
Close Up of Julio the Havanese

Close Up of Julio the Havanese

by | 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....
Painting Three Havanese

Painting Three Havanese

by | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog

Painting Three Havanese It’s been far too long since I’ve posted. Between the holiday rush and the fact I took an unexpected trip to the ER (all fine now), I have been taking a break from social media. But it’s a new year and time to get back to...