Pet Portraits

I have been desperate to share his portrait with you for weeks. It was finally given to his dad for a surprise Father's Day gift and he loved it! It was so lovely to hear just how much the portrait is being cherished. Ranger is a sweet, gentle and kind soul who in a couple of weeks time will be kept very busy with a 8 week sister! Another blue Staffie <3. This is an A4 (8.3" x 11.7...
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Last week I had the pleasure of capturing this sweet Yorkie :). Sadly, Jodie is no longer with us and his owner misses him dearly. There are times when the reference photograph I am asked to use does not have the detail or quality I ideally need. The photo I had of Jodie was an old photo so the quality was lacking however the lighting was good. There was a nice light source that although did c...
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Here is the finished pastel portrait I have been working on :). I have adored capturing these four beautiful Collies. Seeing all four personalities come together on one portrait has been a real delight. Layout process for this piece: Getting the sizing and ratio of each of them was important being that they were set out in this format. Coming up with layouts such as this I always design first...
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Billie was posted off this morning and is making her way across the other side of the world to Australia! I had the pleasure of drawing her brother Buddy last year. Both A4 (8.3" x 11.7") size portrait. Buddy's was in colour pencil and a full body portrait but for Billie her mum opted for a pastel head and shoulder type portrait on the warm grey paper :).
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I don't get asked to draw as many cats as I do dogs but when I do I love the change! Capturing the feline expression is something I really enjoyed. Cleo has such a sweet face and the lighting in the reference photo was ideal. She was sat right at the window so that light bouncing off the black fur was a real delight to capture. This background is definitely one of the most popular. The soft gr...
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A couple of months ago I finished a pastel portrait of my own Sprocker Lexie. I thought I would share the photo I used as reference for the drawing and show areas where I used some artistic license to make the artwork more to what I had in mind. Lexie's face in the reference was in shadow so that's one thing I altered and added more mid-tones and highlighted details. The light bouncing off the gr...
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