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 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:

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:

Westie pet portrait completed.

My first completed pet portrait of 2008. This portrait of a Westie is 12" x 16" and in graphite pencil.

Westie work in progress

Here is the latest update on the Westie in graphite I am currently working on:

Westie update

I have been working today on the graphite Westie portrait. This is due to completed this week:

First pet portrait of 2008!

I have started my first Pet Portrait of 2008 this weekend. This 12" x 16" graphite portrait of a Westie was actually ordered before Christmas for completion in the New Year. So far I have just completed the outline:

Happy Christmas!

Hope you all had fun and are now looking forward to 2008! Now I won't be spoiling any surprises I can show you some of the pet portraits I completed as Christmas gifts.



These two beautiful yellow labrador's pet portraits were commissioned as gifts for the owners Mum. They went to America. The top one is Lib, the bottom one Biscuit. Both are 10" x 12" graphite portraits.

These two are elderly ladies Whisky and Poppy. They are both Golden Retrievers, which are one of my favourite dog breeds. This portrait is 18" x 24" graphite.

These two are Penny and Harry who took me an embarassingly long time to draw! I find white dogs in graphite really hard to do - I am a bit heavy handed with my shading so find it very difficult to be gentle and keep my tones pale. I'm pleased with how they turned out though and thankfully so was the customer. It's a 16" x 20" graphite portrait.

Westie Pet Portrait finished

My pet portrait of the westie, Jack has been finished today. It is 8" x 10" in graphite pencil. Here is the final scan:

I now have two commissions on my waiting list, Harry the Brittany Spaniel, and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel named Jobi, both in coloured pencil.

Westie Portrait - work in progress

Here is the latest image of the graphite pet portrait of Jack.

I am hoping to have it finished tommorrow.

Westie Portrait

Here is a photo of my latest Pet Portrait - an 8" x 10"graphite portrait of a West Highland White Highland White Terrier named Jack:

Pet Portraits in progress

Today I have been working on three different Pet Portraits. I have added the first layer of 'underpainting' on the coloured pencil portrait of Rosie, the Greyhound. Here it so far:

I have also started two new Pet Portraits, one is a horse portrait, that I only received a few days ago and needs to be completed by 14th May! I'm not sure yet if I can put that one on here though, as it's for a Birthday.

The other one is an 8" x 10" graphite portrait of a beautiful little Westie, called Jack. Here is the initial sketch: