Pet Portrait completed - Katy and Lulu

I have finished Katy and Lulu's portrait today. It is a 16" x 20" graphite pet portrait. Here it is:

Pet portrait in progress

Here is another update on Katy and Lulu. As you can see I have now completed yellow Labrador, Katy and am working on Lulu.

Katy and Lulu - work in progress

I have been away for a week to visit my family and arrived home yesterday. Today I was back to the easel though and continuing with Katy and Lulu's pet portrait. Here is the latest update:

Katy and Lulu update

Today I have been drawing some more of Katy and Lulu's pet portrait. So far I have been concentrating on Katy. Here is the latest update:

Katy and Lulu take 2

Katy and Lulu's pet portrait has been started again, due to their owner being unhappy with the original. Here are two work in progress photographs. The first one has been darkened considerably to show the outline.

Work in progress - Katy and Lulu

I have been working on Katy and Lulu's pet portrait this weekend. I have now finished Katy and will get Lulu completed by the end of the day. Here is the portrait so far:

Siamese cat in Acrylic finished

I have finally completed my Siamese cat Acrylic painting today. As you know it was my first ever Acrylic painting. I learned the hard way about mixing enough of a colour - I had to do a second layer of the cream as I wanted to cover up some detail I was unhappy with but hadn't mixed enough so the second layer is too dark. I found the detail very hard to do, I just can't control a paint brush like I can a pencil. I was using a smaller brush than reccomended, but still couldn't get fine enough lines. I have posted the finished peice on the Pet Portraits forum I am a member of for some constructive criticism so I will let you know what comments I get from there. Here is stage 3 and then the final painting: