Pet Portrait Completed

I have now finished Harley, the Boxer's coloured pencil pet portrait. Here he is:

Pet Portrait Update

Here is the latest stage on my current pet portrait of Harley:

New Pet Portrait started

I have just recently started a new Pet Portrait, a coloured pencil portrait of a Boxer. I love drawing Boxers, they have such expressive faces! Here is Harley:

Pet Portrait completed

I have finished Maddy's pet portrait today. It is in coloured pencil and is 5" x 7". Here she is:

Pet Portrait Update

Here is the latest update from one of my current Pet Portraits. It is a 5" x 7" coloured pencil portrait of the very cute Maddy:

A new Pet Portrait

Here is the first stage of my latest Pet Portrait, a coloured pencil portrait of a very cute Jack Russel named Maddy. As you can see I have just done the outline so far, but will start working on the colour on Wednesday:

Pebbles, Pickles & Arillus

Arillus has had another update on my latest coloured pencil pet portrait. I have added some of his chest fur to bring him in line with Pebbles & Pickles. Here is the portrait currently:

Arillus:

Pickles:

Pebbles:

Pet Portrait completed - Pebbles, Pickles & Arillus

I have finally completed the coloured pencil pet portrait of Pebbles, Pickles & Arillus. It is 12" x 16" and was quite a challenge, particularly Arillus. He was the first white dog i've ever drawn in coloured pencil and on white paper! Here it is:

A close up of the finished Arillus, completed today

And all together, (L-R) Pebbles, Arillus & Pickles.

Pet Portrait changes

The main reason I put the work in progress of my portraits up on my blog is so my clients can watch how their pet portrait is progressing and so they can ask for any changes as early on in the portrait's development as possible. This is because it is easier to make changes at the earlier stages.

The owner of Pickles, the Boxer I am currently painting in coloured pencil asked me to change one of her eyes to make it brighter. I thought I would put up the before and after photographs of the changes.


Pickles' eyes before:

And after I lightened up her left eye (as we look at it):

And an overall shot of her whole portrait:

Pet Portrait update

Today, I have been working on my current coloured pencil pet portrait of Pickles, Pebbles and Arillus. Pickles is now finished:


And I have done some more on Arillus:

Pet portrait update

I have done some more work on my ongoing coloured pencil portrait of Pickles, Pebbles & Arillus. I have been working on Pickles today, she is now nearly finished:

Portrait update

I have been working some more on my group pencil pet portrait today, as well as a new graphite portrait. Here are some photos from the group portrait of Pickles, Pebbles and Arillus. I have finished Pebbles off today. I love it how a portrait comes alive when I add the eyes and Pebbles' portrait did that today!!


Finished Pebbles:
The group:

And Arillus close up:

Pet Portrait update - Arillus started

I have started on Arillus today, the Westie in the coloured pencil portrait with the two Boxers. I have done his eyes and a quick start on some of his fur, just to create a base to work on showing the general highlights and shadows in the fur. Here it is so far:


A close up of Arillus:

Pet Portrait update

Today I have some updates on Pebbles, Pickles & Arillus' coloured pencil pet portrait, as promised yesterday. Pebbles is nearly completed now and Pickles is also coming on well. Here it is so far:


A close up of Pebbles:

A close up of Pebbles:

Pickles, Pebbles & Arillus - update

Here is another update on Pebbles, Pickles & Arillus. This portrait is taking longer than I thought it would due to the detail required with the coloured pencils. I was hoping to have it completed before we moved but obviously this isn't going to happen, but it will be completed by the end of January. Here it is so far:

And a close up of Pebbles:

Pet Portrait Update

Here is the latest update from my pet portrait of Pickles, Pebbles & Arillus. I have done some more work on Pickles and started on Pebbles' portrait. Here it is so far:


A close up of Pickles:

And a close up of Pebbles:

Pet Portrait update

Here is an update from my current portrait of Pickles, Arillus & Pebbles. This is the lovely Pickles, who I am concentrating on at the moment:

Completed Pet Portrait

Today I have completed Bertie's pet portrait. It is an 8" x 10" coloured pencil pet portrait. I have enjoyed this one because it is a bit different, as it isn't the standard portrait pose that I normally draw.

New Pet Portrait - Bertie

I have recently started a new pet portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. It is a 8" x 10" portrait and is going to be in coloured pencil. It is a bit different to all of my portraits so far because the dog Bertie) is asleep. It's a really cute photo though and I think will make a really nice portrait and lovely for being a bit different. So far I have just done the outline. It is on white paper, I had to darken it show the outline clearly:

Pet Portrait update - Pickles

Here is an update on the coloured pencil portrait of Pickles, Pebbles & Arillus. I'm currently working on Pickles, so here is the current update on her:

New Pet Portrait

I have recently started a new pet portrait. It is a 12" x 16" coloured pencil portrait of two Boxers, Pickles & Pebbles and a West Highland Terrier, Arillus. So far I have just completed the outlines of the three:

Pet Portrait finished - Taylor

I have finally finished Taylor's pet portrait after having been working on it for an embarrasingly long time. Here it is!

Portrait in progress - Taylor

I have recently been working on Taylor's portrait. This 8" x 10" coloured pencil pet portrait is now nearing completion. Here is the latest update:

Pet Portrait completed

Here it is, Shadow's completed Pet Portrait....

Pet Portrait update - Shadow

Here is another small update on Shadow's pet portrait.

I am also currently working on a commission of a Pomeranian that is being completed for a Birthday gift. I am unable to show you the progress, but the pet portrait will be completed soon, so I will add it here as soon as I can.

WIP - Shadow's portrait

Here is the latest scan of Shadow's pet portrait....

work in progess update

I have been working on Shadow's pet portrait today. This coloured pencil portrait will be finished by the end of June. Here are a couple of work in progress images:

Pet Portrait update - Shadow

Here is another update of Shadow's pet portrait...

Pet Portrait update

Here is an update on one of the current pet portraits I am working on. This is Shadow and it is a 12" x 16" coloured pencil portrait.

Work in progress update - Taylor

Here is another update on my current coloured pencil portrait of Taylor:

I have continued working on this today in a slightly different way than I normally do. I normally work in sections, completely finishing one area before moving on to another. However, with all the complex shading in Taylor's fur I was finding myself overlapping sections and trying to do detailed parts before working on the intial layers that have to go down first.

So I have marked a basic outline of the darker areas of Taylor's coat, so I can build on these areas, making some parts darker and belnding them into the highlighted areas to build up the depth of the coat.

Pet portrait update - Shadow

Here is an update on Shadow's pet portrait that I started way back last month. It is in coloured pencil and is 12" x 16".

Work in progress - Taylor

I have been working on Taylor's portrait today. Taylor is a little Terrier cross and is having a 10" x 12" coloured pencil portrait.

Shadow - new pet portrait

I have started a new coloured pencil pet portrait today. This is Shadow who is a Staffy cross Collie. The pet portrait is 12" x 16".

Chacho update

I have done some more work on Chacho this afternoon due to his owner advising there was actually more colour on his face and the original photographs had been slightly over-exposed. I have now been given some photographs taken in natural light. Here he is now:

Chacho - pet portrait completed

I have finished Chacho's pet portrait today. It is in coloured pencil and is 10" x 12". Here it is:

Pet portrait update - Taylor

I started Taylor's Pet Portrait some time ago and have done some more work on it today. It is in coloured pencil and is 10" x 12".

New pet portrait started

I also started work on a second pet portrait today. I like to work on a couple of portraits at a time and this one is of Taylor, a little Terrier cross. His portrait is 10" x 12" and is coloured pencil. I have just done the outline so far and had to darken the photograph a lot to show the pencil marks. The paper is actually off-white all over!!

Pepsi and Ice finished

I finished Pepsi and Ice's pet portrait yesterday, but was unable to get decent pics due to lack of daylight! Here they are:

A close up of Ice, a white German Shepherd:

And a close up of Pepsi, a standard black and tan German Shepherd:

Cat pet portrait completed

I have finally finished Vada's pet portrait. It is 12" x 16" and is in graphite pencil. Here it is:

Pet Portrait update

Here is an update on Vada's pet portrait. I have now finished her, I just need to complete the pile of logs she is led on and then her portrait will be completed.

Vada

Here is the latest update on the pet portrait of Vada, a beautiful black cat. Her portrait is in graphite, which is one of the best mediums for portraits of all black pets.

Black cat portrait update

I have been busy today so not got a lot of artwork done, but managed to spend about an hour doing a little bit of Vada the cat's pet portrait. Here she is so far:

Dylan's Pet Portrait finished!

I have finished Dylan's Pet Portrait today. It is on 12" x 16" Italian Fabriano paper and is in Coloured Pencil. Here it is:

Pet Portrait work in progress

Here is another update on Dylan's coloured pencil pet portrait.

Latest Pet Portrait

As promised, here is Dylan's pet portrait so far. I'm enjoying doing this one. I like drawing black dogs, either in colour or graphite pencil. There's just such a brilliant range of tones available.

Cavalier Spaniel Finished

I have today finished Jobi's pet portrait. It is 12" x 16" in coloured pencil on heavyweight cartridge paper. Here it is:

I have also been working on the coloured pencil pet portrait of Dylan, the Labrador cross Springer. I will upload the scan later for you to see.

Cavalier Spaniel nearly finished

I have completed Jobi, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel's second ear today. His pet portrait is now nearly finished. Here it is today:

New Pet Portrait started

I started my latest pet portrait commission today - a coloured pencil drawing of a Springer Spaniel cross Labrador called Dylan. I have just drawn the outline so far, but will have more to show by the weekend. I have had to darken up the scan so you can see the outline, the paper is actually white!

Coloured Pencil portrait update - Jobi

I have been working on Jobi's pet portrait again today. I have used a pale blue and lavender coloured pencils to create a base layer for the black, then used indigo to depict the shadow areas on his ears. This blue 'underpainting' will create a base for the black to be layered onto and will help create depth as well as shining through in the highlighted areas.

Pet Portrait update - Jobi

Yes, i'm back. Don't worry, I didn't fall in a black hole - i've been doing loads of extra hours at work, I practically worked full time last week and have been so tired.

But today i'm back to my usual hours and back to the Pet Portraits. I did some work on the coloured pencil portrait of Jobi, the cavalier King Charles Spaniel today. Here he is so far:


Jobi's portrait is due to be finished the end of next week, then I have another commission to do that is a surprise for a Birthday in October and I have another Greyhound portrait to do, which is another charity gift voucher to raise money for Greyhound rescue. I am waiting for photographs from the winner of the voucher and I will be able to show you the progress here on the blog.

Completed Pet Portrait

I have finished Harry's portrait today. It is 8" x 10" and in coloured pencil. Here it is:

Pet Portrait update

Today it has been the turn of Harry, the Brittany Spaniel, to have his pet portrait updated. I have done his eyes and nose and will get it finished by the end of the week. Here it is so far:

Coloured pencil pet portrait

Here is the latest update on a coloured pencil pet portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Jobi. His portrait is 12" x 16".

Pet Portrait update

Here is another update on Harry's pet portrait:

Brittany Spaniel update

Today I have been working on Harry's pet portrait. He is a Brittany Spaniel and is having a coloured pencil portrait. Here is the latest update:

New Pet Portrait started

I started my latest commission today - a 12" x 16" coloured pencil pet portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. So far I have only done the outline, but here it is:

Brittany Spaniel Portrait

Today I have been working on the coloured pencil pet portrait of Harry, the Brittany Spaniel. I had a bit of trouble getting started with this one and started it 3 times, but I am now pleased with how it's progressing. Here it is so far:

Coloured Pencil Pet Portrait in progress

I managed to get some more done yesterday on Harry, the Brittany Spaniel's Pet Portrait. I am a lot happier with this attempt. Here are two work in progress pictures:

Amended Greyhound Pet Portrait

After looking at the Pet Portrait of Rosie, her owner noticed that her eyes were a little small, so today I have made her eyes slightly larger, and have to agree it does now look better. This is one of the reasons why I find it so useful for the customer to be able to watch the progress of their portrait online and to have a final scan to approve. It means that anything I haven't done quite right can be amended without the need to send the portrait back. As the owner of the particular pet in question, the customer will often spot small things that I have missed and it's often the small things that get the likeness just right. Here is the latest update on Rosie:

Arab Horse in graphite

I have been doing some more of the Arab Horse portrait today. I'm really enjoying it - most of my commissions are Dog portraits, so to draw a Horse is a nice change. It's nearly completed now - hopefully I should have it finished tommorow. Here is the current Pet Portrait:

Springer Spaniels nearly finished.

I have been working on the Springer Spaniels portrait over the last few days and it should be finished tommorrow. I have completed Clyde now and just need to do one half of Molly and then it will be done. Unfortunately I still have no camera battery, but i'll get one tommorow so I can photograph the finished portrait. I also started a new pet portrait today, for the second time! I wasn't happy with the composition, so started again today and am much happier with it. It's of a Brittany Spaniel, and I will post a picture of it tommorrow along with the Springer Spaniels.

Spaniel Pet Portrait update

Another update on the Pet Portrait of three Springer Spaniels, Smokey, Clyde and Molly. Here it is so far:

And here is a close up of the gorgeous Clyde:

Springer Spaniel Portrait update

I have been very bad while my in-laws have been visiting and not done hardly any drawing at all. Today I am back with my routine though, and a renewed determination to stick to it. I have been working on the Pet Portrait of the 3 Springer Spaniels today and have got quite a bit done. I completed the second ear on the first Springer, Smokey, and have started on Clyde. Here it is so far:

Here is a close-up of the work I have done on Clyde. It isn't this dark in real life. I love the expression on Clyde's face. It is the classic snooty yet sad look that my Springer Spaniel, Tom, has so often.
And here is a close-up of Smokey with both of her ears completed.

Springer Spaniels Portrait

Today I started on a new commission - 3 Springer Spaniels. I'm looking forward to doing this one as I have a real fondness for Springers - I do have two of my own! It's also going to be nice doing a graphite portrait after working with the coloured pencils for so long. As much as I enjoy working with colour and the effects achieved with coloured pencils, graphite is and probably always will be, my favourite medium.

Here is the first stage of the portrait. It's 12" x 16" on Italian Fabriano 5 hot press 140lb watercolour paper. The composition was suggested by the customer - he wanted to create a triangular shape with the male Springer in the centre slightly higher and the two girls either side.

Great Dane completed...

...just the background to do now. Here is Strath's Pet Portrait so far:



As you can see, I have now finished the Great Dane. The customer has seen it and is happy so far, so now I need to work on the background. This Pet Portrait is having a full, detailed background of the owners garden. I shall post more updates shortly.

Great Dane work in progress

I have another update on Strath, the Great Dane in coloured pencil. I am hoping to have him finished over the next few days and to have started on the background by the end of the week.



Here is the portrait so far:


And here is a close up of the recently completed section:

Coloured Pencil Great Dane update

This afternoon I have been working on the coloured pencil portrait of Strath, the Great Dane. So far I have put down a base layer of Peach and started on the detail on his head. I have done his eyes. I often do the eyes first as they tend to be one of the darker areas so they give me a reference to help me build up the other colours. Here is a full body image

And a close up of the head detail

Great Dane portrait

You may remember ages ago I started a drawing of a Great Dane which was a prize for a Best in Show - well I have finally completed all my current commissions with set deadlines so have started on the Great Dane again. I wasn't happy with the first composition - I had too much background and not enough dog, so I started again. Here is the new pencil outline. This one is now at the top of the priority list so expect more updates next week and possibly at the weekend.

Cocker Spaniel Pet Portrait

Well here it is as promised, my latest completed Pet Portrait. She is a Cocker Spaniel named Annie, and was commissioned as a birthday present by the lady that owns her's daughter. I had great fun drawing her. I did it a slightly different way round than normal, doing the black bits first, then filling in the blanks with the lighter tones. She has been drawn in graphite pencil, size 10" x 12". I'm quite pleased with the way she turned out and the customer was happy, which is what matters.