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 | Aug 23, 2020 | Blog
I started my portrait of Ruby and Lu a bit differently than I usually do. I generally start by laying in a rough all-over first layer of paint, and then refining it on additional layers. This time I dove right in and painted Ruby’s head in a fair amount of...
by Hope Lane | Aug 16, 2020 | Blog
Ruby the Goldendoodle and Lu the duckling had a very special connection. Lu had followed Ruby’s dad home one day, and became a member of the family for awhile. When Ruby, who was a very special dog, passed on, I was asked to create a painting commemorating the...
by Hope Lane | Feb 16, 2020 | Blog
Bentley, 8″ x 10″ Acrylic Painting by Hope Lane This is the completed painting of Bentley the Chihuahua, a small dog with a huge personality. I really loved painting his large expressive eyes and wonderful large ears....
by Hope Lane | Dec 29, 2019 | Blog
One of my very favorite things to paint are eyes–and a Chihuahua has wonderful large eyes that are somewhat prominent and round. That means they have lots of reflected light–and if a painting doesn’t imply that, then the eyes just won’t be...