This is my drawing of Stella, a liver and tan German Shepherd. She’s lovely and has an easy going temperament. It was a pleasure to do her portrait!
The drawing is on Fabriano Artístico hot pressed watercolour paper. The pencils used are Faber Castell polychromos, Caran d’Ache luminance, Derwent coloursoft & lightfast pencils.
Reference photo is courtesy of Stella’s owners.
Corgis are lovely little dogs. I know three personally. Two of them are Welsh Pembrokes and the other a Welsh Cardigan. Although the two breeds differ in appearance the personality and temperament seem to be the same. And they love to play!
I often use reference photos from free stock sites like Pexels and Pixabay. This picture of the boy and his dog captured my interest as the subject for my next drawing. I’ve used coloured pencil on smooth bristol. A drawing takes longer to complete than watercolour but I love working in both mediums.
Photo credit: Sam Lion on Pexels
This is a wedding gift for the bride and groom of their pets, Mattie and Herbert. I’ve met Mattie (who was on guard during the ceremony) and hope to meet Herbert soon.
Watercolour painting on Arches 140lb cold pressed paper.
This portrait is a wedding gift for a couple of their dog Tommy. He is another dog that I have never met and needed to rely on photos for reference. As it was a surprise the only photographs available were from a cell phone. I find cell phone pics are grainy and don’t print very well so I was a little concerned how the portrait would turn out. However I’m happy to say the couple are quite pleased with it! Tommy seems like a really nice easy-going fellow as evident in his photos. I especially liked the exasperated expressions he had when dressed for Halloween!
This is a watercolour painting on Arches 140lb cold pressed paper.
My latest commission is of Pixie, a Yorkshire Terrier.
She’s a little sweetheart and is great friends with my dog.
The painting is done in watercolour on Arches 140lb cold pressed paper.
