by Hope Lane | Apr 16, 2016 | Blog
Continuing a Portrait of Pudge I roughed in the painting of Pudge using largish, bristle brushes and it very quickly started to fall into place. The fur already feels like the correct texture for a lab mix. Pudge’s coloring seems about right too. Some paintings...
by Hope Lane | Mar 19, 2016 | Blog
Finished Havanese Portrait — Remembering Bandit I was asked to paint Bandit as a memorial to “the best little guy ever”. His sweet smile and his braids were especially important to his pet parent. Sometimes as I’m painting I get carried away...
by Hope Lane | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog
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...
by Hope Lane | Jan 18, 2015 | Blog
Yorkie Portrait Off to a Good Start Sometimes with the little paintings, I get going when I start painting and before I know it, I’ve gone much further than I expected to at one sitting. This is what happened with Mel’s portrait. There’s often a...
by Hope Lane | Dec 20, 2014 | Blog
Finished Painting of a Yellow Lab Rescue Named Mack This is the finished portrait of Mack, the Yellow Lab, an 18″ x 24″ acrylic painting by Hope Lane. I’ve been working to catch the texture of his fur in all its different aspects–short and...