Finished Portraits

Last year I had the pleasure of drawing Lily. Along with her 5 other dog brothers. I have the pleasure of drawing her two younger brothers which joined the family earlier in the year. So much detail with a beautiful reference photograph I was given.
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I had the absolute pleasure of drawing Mia in this A4 pastel portrait. I honestly am so grateful for all the amazing comments I got when I shared her portrait on my Facebook page. It really means so much. She really has that something special which I really wanted to capture. Her expression and markings really are beautiful. She has that soft look in her eyes and gentle expression which makes...
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I have all my paper based artwork professionally mounted by my local framer before they leave me to head to their new home. This includes my graphite and pastel portraits which are all done on acid free, archival artist high quality heavy weight paper which almost feels like card. Lovely to work on and great for the mediums I work in. Betty's A4 pastel drawing with mounted to fit a standa...
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I had the pleasure of painting this lovely Labrador. Charlie is sadly no longer with us and his family miss him dearly. This painting is now in their home and in pride of place. Tomorrows blog post will be the full time lapse video :) For this painting there required a lot of airbrush work. The reference photograph I had for this was beautiful and his body was completely out of focus with all ...
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This weekend Willow went off to her new home. There were some changes that I had to make to create a portrait that was quite different to the photograph I was given. In the reference photograph Willow had her winter coat so was a much more muted, darker brown. Her owner wanted her as she remembers her most fondly which is in summer when she has the vibrant bay colours. I had another photograp...
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