Finished Portraits

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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This is the second portrait of Harley I have had the privilege of drawing. The first was a graphite which I finished in January. After seeing the graphite piece her family also wanted one in colour but from a different photo. As you know, I LOVE drawing curls. Cockerpoos have lots of these so her portrait was one I got lost in :D. She's now at my framers being mounted so will be soon off to he...
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As you know, I love drawing against a black background. I really enjoy the contrast it creates and how the subjects pop. The addition of two of Levi's favourite toys really balance out this portrait. He has such expressive eyes and the colour and reflection where a real pleasure to capture. Levi's portrait will be heading off home in the USA! His parents have been mentioned the mount and frame th...
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