by Hope Lane | Aug 10, 2014 | Blog
Finished Portrait of Roscoe the Jack Russell Terrier I’ve completed my painting of Roscoe, fine-tuning all the detail into his fur, his eyes and his collar. He’s such a handsome boy. When I showed his painting to his “mom”, she noticed how...
by Hope Lane | Jul 30, 2014 | Blog
First Steps–The Portrait’s Underpainting For me, every painting starts with a first, rough underpainting. And when that goes well, I know the rest of the painting is going to go well too. This painting is starting off that way–you can see a...
by Hope Lane | Jul 26, 2014 | Blog
Starting a Jack Russell Painting This is Roscoe, a lively Jack Russell Terrier with very expressive eyes. The painting will be an 8″ x 10″ so I’m focusing in on his cute little face with this sketch. My sketch process has evolved because of the way I...