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
So I have painted another layer on the oil portrait of Rolf. I have only used large brushes so far and there is plenty of work left to do before I can call this portrait completed. I will try to use as large brushes as I can the entire painting process. I have not yet decided what the background will look like, but I sure want his face to be the lightest part of the painting. Let’s see what I will decide to do at the end. Now it hangs on my wall and it’s in drying stage.
Oil Portrait in Progress - Third stage of Rolf
Yesterday I started to block in the oil painting of American Bulldog Tigerbull and I’m pretty sure this painting will be one of my best so far. The linen canvas I’m painting on is in such a good quality that I probably could complete the entire painting in one session if I wanted. The surface absorbs the thin paint mixed with Turpentine so much that it’s dry enough to add extra layers of paint. Even though this canvas is more expensive, I don’t need to add as much paint as I usually do and that’s a money saver right there. The oil paint I use is not very affordable, but worth every penny spent. Got to love the Winsor & Newton Artists!
Tomorrow I will continue to paint the portrait of Rolf, so make sure to visit again in order to view the next stage.
American Bullgos Portrait - First Stages
Pet Portraits in Oil - First Stages
Dog Painting - First Stages
American Bulldog Painting - First Stages
Today I continued to paint the portrait of Rolf in oil. I added some undertones and blocked in all big areas of the canvas. Some undertones will be less visible at a later stage, but will shine through in some places. I’m using a very limited palette for this painting, will reveal which colors I’m using at a later stage. This canvas is such a pleasure to paint on, can’t wait to continue.
Oil portrait in progress
So today I started to sketch the portrait of Rolf and took a photo of me at work. This oil painting is commissioned as a memorial of Rolf, who was the founder of a company here in Sweden. He was a truly colorful character and will be for ever missed by all people who knew him. The painting will always have a place of pride there.
I used Raw Sienna and a touch of Ivory black which is a great base for the next stages. It felt natural to just continue adding different values and shades at this early stage and it’s now hanging on my wall to dry. So while this painting is drying, I will complete the pastel portrait of Harley.
Portrait in progress
This is the next step of Doberman Harley in Pastel. Next time I upload this portrait it will be the final scan, can’t wait to see it completed and then framed. I do have allot of work left on the background and on the portrait though.
Next stage of Doberman Harley in pastel
This time I have continued with the background, it’s not completed at all as it will be much softer but it’s a step in the right direction.
Step three of Doberman Harley