by Hope Lane | Jun 1, 2014 | Blog
The Underpainting Process for a Portrait I’m off to a pretty good start on my memorial pet portrait of Coppelia. I begin most of my portraits by painting loosely with acrylic paint thinned way down with water–it’s almost like working in watercolor....
by Hope Lane | May 21, 2014 | Blog
The Finished Portrait of Jeffrey This is the finished painting of Jeffrey, a little Chihuahua mix rescue. His guardians were very happy with how their custom pet portrait turned out but even better, they’ve adopted a little chihuahua sister for Jeffrey. The two...
by Hope Lane | Apr 29, 2014 | Blog
The Finished Painting This is the finished memorial portrait of Ruby the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Posting this has turned out to have special meaning for me–as I lost my own little dog of 16 years this week. Knowing what losing a beloved pet feels...
by Hope Lane | Apr 10, 2014 | Blog
Underpainting for Ruby This is the roughing in stage of my painting of Ruby. I find Cavaliers particularly easy to paint–I think because their faces are quite human in some ways. Unlike many breeds, their eyes show much more of the white part like ours do. And...
by Hope Lane | Jul 24, 2012 | Blog
I’ve been working more on Kirby and adding quite a bit of detail with that teeny teeny brush. I’m finally getting his big soft eyes. Kirby’s fur is a bit different than many Havies–he has quite a lot of curl, making it more poodle-like in...