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A Portrait of a Cavalier, In Progress

A Portrait of a Cavalier, In Progress

I was lucky with my painting of Theodore–my first stages of painting came together quickly with a resemblance. You never know if this will happen or not. A lot of paintings start out with the uglies and don’t come together until later on. The trickiest...
A Sketch for my Contest Winner

A Sketch for my Contest Winner

Meet cute little Theodore, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. His photo was the winner of my free portrait photo contest earlier this year. He loves to go outside–and his humans joke “that he is the world’s tiniest hunting dog because he races out the...
The Winner of a Free Pet Portrait

The Winner of a Free Pet Portrait

Congratulations to Donna Phillips and Theodore for winning the a Pet Portrait from Hope Lane Art. The contest was very successful. We had over 80 entries submitted of some pretty adorable pets. But sadly only one could win. The winner was chosen by a random drawing...
Enter a Pet Portrait Contest on my Facebook Page

Enter a Pet Portrait Contest on my Facebook Page

As a thank you to all of my friends who follow this blog and my Facebook page–and to make your 2021 a bit brighter, I’m running a contest. I’m going to do a drawing for one lucky winner to get a free pet portrait. All you need to do to enter is add...
Completed Portrait of Ringo the Havanese

Completed Portrait of Ringo the Havanese

© Ringo the Havanese, 8″ x 10″ acrylic by Hope Lane, www.hopelaneart.com This is the finished painting of Ringo. Doesn’t he look dapper with his little blue bandana? It was great fun painting his black and white fur. And oh, those eyebrows. I’m...