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Finished Portrait of Tinker, the Maltese

Finished Portrait of Tinker, the Maltese

Finished Portrait of Tinker, the Maltese Tinker the Maltese, 8″ x 10″ acrylic by Hope Lane www.hopelaneart.com I painted this portrait of Tinker after a rather long break from painting. We renovated our new home this year, and for several months, we became...
Simple framing

Simple framing

Simple Framing I’m going to share something a little different this week. As an artist, you’d think my walls would be loaded with my artwork but in fact, I prefer to enjoy other artists’ work in my living space. I recently purchased two lovely...
Finished Portrait of a Cavalier

Finished Portrait of a Cavalier

Finished Portrait of a Cavalier This is the finished memorial painting of Katey, a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Many of my clients come to me when a pet they have loved has passed on. As a pet “parent” myself, I have loved and lost my own dogs, and...
Portrait of Katey, a Cavalier

Portrait of Katey, a Cavalier

Portrait of Katey, a Cavalier I completed the underpainting and went on to start layering in the strokes that create the fur. Coats on different animals and breeds vary enormously. The artist needs to use different types of brush strokes to capture their many...
Sweet Katey, beginning a memorial portrait

Sweet Katey, beginning a memorial portrait

Sweet Katey, beginning a memorial portrait I began this painting of Katey, a lovely little Cavalier who crossed the rainbow bridge, quite a while ago. I was looking over my past work and realized that this turned out to be a favorite painting–but that I never...