by Hope Lane | May 30, 2016 | Blog
Portrait of Daisy, a rescue dog The painting I last posted about–Pudge’s portrait was part of a set given as a gift. Daisy was the companion dog portrait that I painted. This is the sketch for her portrait. In order to keep both paintings...
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 | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog
Pet Portraits for a New Home I was asked to create two portraits of Pudge and Daisy as a “new home” gift. Both would be 12 x 12 and would be hung together so their colors should be in harmony. Fortunately I had some great photos to work from which is not...
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 | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog
Back in the Saddle With a Havanese For the past few months I have been taking a break from posting about my art. Life had gotten pretty chaotic for me as we decided to make a spontaneous move to a new home that would provide me with a separate room for my studio. In...