I painted Tyson, the beautiful rottweiler dog last autumn. It was commissioned as a gift for the client’s friend. Tyson sadly passed away before I painted her, unusual name for a female dog. She looked so beautiful and regal in her photo, it was such a pleasure to paint her portrait. I worked in the…
Tag: acrylic pet portraits
Rocco
This is a painting of Rocco, the tan Jack Russell dog. I worked on his portrait back in May. The painting is painted with acrylics on stretched canvas. It is 25 x 25 cm in size. The painting of Rocco was commissioned as a gift for his owner, the client’s girlfriend. The client was very…
Milo the Jack Russell
This is an acrylic painting of Milo, the lovely small jack russell dog. The painting is 30 x 25 cm in size and it was commissioned as a Christmas present. I worked with acrylics on stretched canvas. The client was very happy with the painting when he collected it a few days before Christmas. I…
Bess the collie dog
This is an acrylic painting of the beautiful collie dog Bess. I worked on her portrait last November. It was very fitting for the time of the year to paint a portrait of a dog in snow. It really put me in the mood for the approaching holiday season. Bess’s portrait is 25 x 35…
Kato the poodle
I worked on Kato’s portrait just last week. I really loved painting his portrait, what a beautiful dog and the reference photo worked so well. It was a smaller square painting 25 x 25 cm in size. I decided to stretch the canvas myself as I can never get a pre-made canvas of that size….
Oscar and Roux
This is my latest pet portrait to come off the easel. I finished it just last week and features two very cute bichon frise dogs called Oscar and Roux. I had two reference photographs to work with for the painting, one for each dog. I put them together into one composition, as if sitting beside…
Two Schnauzers Balhu and Albus
This is the latest dog portrait I worked on this summer. It is of two gorgeous schnauzers standing on a hill. Balhu is the black one and Albus is the white one. I just loved the reference photo, the setting works so well. The dogs were back lit and quite dark so I used some…
Milo – terrier painting
Meet Milo! He is a very sweet terrier and I worked on his portrait a few weeks ago. His painting was a gift for his owner for Christmas commissioned by his wife. She wanted something a little bit different for her husband and bought a gift voucher for Milo’s portrait. The painting is 20 x…
German Shepherd Portrait
I have finished working on the latest portrait today. It is of Zeus, the lovely german shepherd that I have been working on for the last few days. It is 25 x 35 cm in size painted on stretched canvas. I just love his majestic pose and I wanted to capture that in the painting….
German Shepherd Portrait in Progress
The studio has been so busy lately I have not found the time to post updates on new artwork. Well, here is the latest one I am working on: an acrylic painting of a lovely german shepherd called Zeus. He really is gorgeous and I am enjoying the painting process so much I simply had…