This week went by so fast! Well, allot of things has been going on “behind the scenes”, but nothing yet to write about in my blog. Anyway, I started with the pastel portrait of Magic and painted yet another stage of Hunter. So much work left there! So you can see four progress images below.
Painting a dog portrait
Stage three of Labrador Hunter
Stage one of horse portrait
Stage two of horse Magic
So I have been painting on Tigerbull and Hunter’s portrait the past 5 days. There is allot of work left to post another stage of Tigerbull, but I managed to complete the second stage if Hunter. I also have a logotype to create this week, so I will keep this post short and go back to work. Hope you like the second stage of Hunter…
Me painting second stage of Hunter
Second stage of Hunter's Portrait
So yesterday I started to paint the oil portrait of Hunter. I sketched him up with thin ivory black oil and the painting is now hanging on my wall, drying. I have prepared for the challenge I have in front of me; to make him look like he is outside. This means changing lights, colors and facial expression without ruin his likeness. The progress with this painting will be really interesting, even for me! Anyway, can’t wait to continue with it. Below You can view three photos of me painting, hope you like it so far.
step by step of dog in oil
painting first stage of dog portrait
painting dog portrait in oil
For three days this week I have been continuing to paint the relatively big painting of Tigerbull running in water. One more layer of paint has been added to the canvas and it is now hanging on my wall until it’s dried enough to continue with. This dog painting will take some time to complete as I don’t want to leave out too many details, the water will take some time to complete. Just follow this link to view the previous stages of Tigerbull >
Tomorrow I will start sketching on the painting of Hunter and next week I will start the portrait of Magic.
American bulldog painting
painting of dog running in water
Yesterday I started with the pastel sketch of Abbey and after hours of work I took a photo of my hand sketching it earlier today. It’s completed as I’m writing this post and I will scan the final montage portrait tomorrow. I have also been at the framers today, collected two framed paintings; one of Ravin and the other of the little Lemur I painted in mixed media. They both look gorgeous and I will photograph and blog them tomorrow too.
painting border collie pet portraits
This is a photo of me painting stage four of the two Shiba’s Aiko and Zuki. As you can see by comparing the hand next to the painting, it’s not a huge painting at all. The photo didn’t come out very well at all though, it looks like it has a sepia filer applied to it. The colors look quite different in reality, but you will have to leave those to the imagination until the painting is completed and scanned. The portrait will be completed and posted here in Friday.
Stage four of Aiko and Zuki
For two more days I have been working on the portrait of Aiko and Zuki. Now I must leave it to dry for some time, but it feels nice to have a great base for the portrait which I started on Friday. In mean while I will continue with the portrait of Rolf.
Stage three of Aiko and Zuki
This is the last Christmas portrait for 2011. It’s of two beautiful Shiba Inu; Aiko and Zuki in oil. The painting will dry for one day, and I will continue with it in Wednesday. In mean while I will continue with the pastel portrait of Penny. It’s not much work left on the pastel and it feels good to know that it will be completed in time for Christmas. Below you can view some progress images of Aiko and Zuki.
Painting on stage one
Stage one of Aiko and Zuki
Painting on stage two
Painting on stage two
Painting on stage two
Completed Stage two of Aiko and Zuki
I have been painting Penny’s portrait for two more days and took allot more photos while I was working for the tutorial. Rest of the photos for the tutorial will be created after I have the text. This is going to be a great portrait and of course a great tutorial too.
Painting on Stage 2
Painting on Stage 3
Working on Stage 4
Stage four of Penny completed
Today I started to paint the portrait of Penny in Pastel since the oils I’m currently working on are in a drying stage. I also must complete this portrait as soon as possible as it’s going to be a christmas gift, just like the doberman Harley. The painting of Harley will be on it’s way to USA tomorrow already. I’m taking many photographs of this progress because it’s going to be a tutorial, one simple tutorial for my website which is free for everyone to read and one extended tutorial which is going to be available to purchase after New Year. More information about this will be available later on. Anyway, the portrait of Penny is progressing very well and here is the first stage. Hope you all like it so far…
Starting up a new pastel portrait
pet portrait artist painting
pastel painting in progress