by Hope Lane | Apr 18, 2015 | Blog
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...
by Hope Lane | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog
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...
by Hope Lane | Mar 8, 2015 | Blog
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...