by Hope Lane | Nov 1, 2020 | Blog
This is the first stage of a recent painting of a Havanese. I was asked to create a portrait of a very special Grand-dog named Ringo by one of my friends. He lives in NYC with his family, and is loved by them all. The painting will be an 8″ x 10″. This was...
by Hope Lane | Jun 30, 2019 | Blog
Finished Portrait of Molly the Havanese Molly the Havanese, 9″ x 12″ acrylic by Hope Lane, www.hopelaneart.com This is the completed painting that I did of Molly. I ended up replacing the knee of the person she was sitting on in the original photo with a...
by Hope Lane | Feb 6, 2018 | Blog
Sketch for a Portrait of Candy the Havanese I was looking through my photos to see which paintings I haven’t posted yet and I came across Candy’s. Her portrait was the result of a painting I donated to help raise funds to a Havanese Rescue group (HRI) for...
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...