Finished Pet Portrait–Hooray for a Shih Tzu
Finished Pet Portrait– Hooray for a Shih Tzu Finishing the portrait of this little furry fan was lots of fun. Handling the lettering, working on the soft sweater texture and refining Quinn’s fur. Because Quinn is mostly black and white, and the sweater...
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...
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’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...Visit my shop on Etsy to order commission a painting or to see art I currently have on sale.
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