KATJAS WORK IN PROGRESS BLOG

While I was on vacation a client of mine was kind enough to send me some photos she took of her uncle opening his gift, which was a portrait I created for his birthday. It’s a watercolor pet portrait of Farley I painted a while ago. This is what she wrote:

Hi Katja,

I hope you are enjoying the summer.  I just remembered I never sent you the photos of my Uncle George opening up the picture of Farley.  He absolutely loved it!   My aunt and uncle hung said everyone who comes into the room compliments them on the beautiful portrait.  Thanks again!

Take Care,
Sarah Guidotti

Client's photo of painting

I decided to paint one more layer to the Tervueren female Glinka before adding any details. So this is how the portrait looks right now. It will change quite a bit before it’s completed though. I’m hoping the paint will dry soon enough for me to complete the portrait this week. I’m still thinking about which frame to choose for Glinka’s portrait, but I’m almost sure about which one would be suitable.

Dog Portrait painting of Glinka, step 5

This is the first stage of Farley. Its a watercolor portrait in the size little bigger then 7 x 9 inch. Its because I create a bigger portrait to fit the dimensions rather then trying to squeeze in the subject on a size that doesn’t quite fit in. The portrait would be too small and I really don’t want that. At first I paint the bigger areas with light colors. I also paint the subject with colors which reflect the environment or background, in this case blue. I will finish the portrait next week.

I will also start to paint the oil portrait of Glinka and the first Limited edition Print of King Charles Spaniels, in the park. Since I can’t paint in Saturday and Sunday, I will take the time to update a website for a client and also create a logotype for a Pet Shop here in Sweden next week. The Logotype will have the same style as the illustrations which I created for a book.

Step 1 of Watercolor Dog Portrait

Hi all!

I have been working on my website for a long time (about 7 months) and finally uploaded it yesterday! I have had many new websites and logotypes to create, and I’m still working with the illustrations and new pet portrait commissions, that’s why I had to work with my web site in the evenings. It took 2 hours to upload and check out errors, creating new google sitemap and looking for something I might have forgotten in the process.

I have already got some positive feedback from my visitors who already yesterday sent me emails, telling how good they think my new web site looks and how easy it is to find good information about my services. Well, I’m very happy that I put so much work into it!
 

This is the 2nd place winner of the photo contest 2007 on Pet-Art.net! This drawing is drawn in size A3 of Tervueren Gipsy and a lovely Rabbit (Lionhead) Häschen. So here it is:

The latest drawing I created in size A3 of Malinois Thor. This is the second commission from the same family. The first time Mario contacted me to draw his other, older Belgian Malinois “Zoran” (two years ago) and he was delighted with it. This time his wife contacted me to draw their other malinois “Thor” as a birthday gift for Mario. I’m sure he will be very happy to receive this portrait.
 It is so nice to get commissions from someone who knows exactly how to do it right. She sent three high quality photos, along with a description of Thor, telling exactly what size and medium she wants to commission. I made the mock-up and sent it, everything went exactly like it should and not many emails had to be sent back and forward. Wish it would always be like that. So here he is:

My latest dog portrait in watercolours of a Doberman.