This is Lucky! Lucky was abandoned in a dog park when he was a puppy and my client’s family ended up adopting him. Lucky is such a fitting name for this cutie! According to his owners Lucky loved the beach and protecting the family. He would cuddle and sleep with on the bed. He was a quick learner too!
acrylic painting
Clancy Acrylic Painting
This is Clancy, the adorable corgi. He sadly has passed away, but hopefully I did him justice.
Ginger and Jasper Acrylic Painting
These Cavalier King Charles Spaniels were so cute! They were also in two different photos and then placed in the same one. This one was a bit easier because the angles that they were at were very close to begin with.
In painting this my approach was to work from dark to light, really allowing the light values to pop.
Fatso & Shorty Acrylic Painting
These two were another cute pair that was fun to paint. They presented a bit of a challenge, as they were in different photos, that were taken from slightly different angles. I usually like to stick quite close to the reference material so the end painting is representative to the pet itself. in this case, we had a similar enough photo, I was able to compensate the angles and photoshop together a reference that looked accurate.
The background on this one was also a new adventure, and let me tell you, leaves are hard! Getting the correct balance of detail and blur to represent depth is quite difficult.
Looking back at 2018!
Well it is the last day of 2018, it sure went by quickly. Looking back on the year I have definitely grown as an artist and learned a lot. I wanted to visually break down what I have done this year and since I started working on pet portraits. Here are the numbers:
1775 Total Paintings
1203 Dogs
502 Cats
20 Birds (16 Parrots/Budgies, 2 Pigeons, 1 Finch, 1 Hummingbird, 1 Chicken)
15 Guinea Pigs
12 Rabbits
4 Iguanas/Lizards
3 Pigs
3 Horses
2 Hamsters
2 Rats/Mice
2 Ferrets
1 Hedgehog
1 Turtle
1 Snake
1 Fish
1 Donkey
1 Chinchilla
This doesn’t include any of the commissions or other projects I did this year, such as all the dogs for the card deck. Cool and crazy to think about!
Have a Happy New Year!
September 6x6 Pet Portraits
Here are all of the 6x6 pet portraits from September.
August 6x6 Pet Portraits
Here are all of the 6x6 pet portraits from August.
July 6x6 Pet Portraits
Here are all of the 6x6 pet portraits from July.
June 6x6 Pet Portraits
Here are all of the 6x6 pet portraits from June.
May 6x6 Pet Portraits
Here are all of the pet portraits from May.