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Cockapoo Painting Phase Two

Cockapoo Painting Phase Two

Cockapoo Painting Phase Two   I started the underpainting for Grover’s portrait using a stiff hog bristled brush to try to set up that soft, fluffy quality a cockapoo’s fur has. It was also important that I capture the red-gold sunset lighting that...
Grover at the Beach

Grover at the Beach

Grover at the Beach There’s nothing better than when a client I painted a portrait for comes back again for another painting. I originally painted a sweet-faced yellow lab named Ozzie almost three years ago and now my client has decided to give a portrait of...
Finished Painting of a Schnauzer

Finished Painting of a Schnauzer

Finished Painting of a Schnauzer Commissioned Painting of Sassy by Hope Lane, 8″ x 10″ acrylic This is Stella’s finished portrait–In this final stage, I’ve added lots of small highlighted hairs with a very tiny brush trying to get the...
Schnauzer Portrait Continues

Schnauzer Portrait Continues

Schnauzer Portrait Continues Sassy’s portrait is starting to come together as I layer in the fur stroke by stroke. Her fur has an almost luminous silvery quality that I hope to capture. I use a combination of carbon black, pthalo blue and titanium white in the...
Starting Off Sassy the Schnauzer’s Portrait

Starting Off Sassy the Schnauzer’s Portrait

Starting Off Sassy’s Portrait This is the first rough painting for a portrait of a Schnauzer named Sassy. Her “human” gave me a wonderful description of her. I always start off a commission by asking for a sense of what a dog or cat is like, because...