Kofi and Lily are the names of these two lovely terrier cross dogs. I had the pleasure of drawing their image in the form of a graphite pencil portrait on paper based on a series of photographs of both of…
Terrier dog portrait drawing in pencil on paper.
I am now working on the second terrier dog portrait. His name is Ernie and just like Bert, he is very cute. It’s amazing how different his expression is though. I just love this about drawing portraits. The personalities of…
I finished another pet portrait in pencil. This one is of an adorable Jack Russell Terrier called Neeka. Below are progress images together with a little detail of her face. I will post the final scan tomorrow. The drawing is…
This is the second portrait for the same client I created Polly’s portrait for. It is of three wheaten terriers called Balhu, Jester and Mutley. The client commissioned this portrait for her husband as a present for his 50th birthday…
I finished working on this portrait yesterday and I scanned it today. It was a large one and I worked on it on and off for three weeks. The drawings take a while to take shape I find, but when…
I began the year 2026 with a really interesting project: a colourful portrait painting of a couple – I know I created many of these before – but this time was very different. The photo I was given as a…
I drew this pencil portrait of a smiling young man called Leigh with his pet dog Gus. Gus sadly passed away. His owner Leigh just misses him so much: “He does miss him quite a lot, they were like two…
This is a small drawing of two donkeys called Mouse and Gruffalo. I drew this portrait earlier in July as a birthday gift for their owner, my client’s mother. She commissioned a number of drawings before, including a speedboat montage…
This is the third time my client Colette contacted me to create a portrait of her dogs. She adopts abandoned dogs and they are growing in numbers 🙂 When she first contacted me a few years ago, I made a…
This is a painting I worked on in January for a return client. I created a drawing of three of her dogs a year ago and since then the client rescued Socks. She wanted to include him in the portrait…
This portrait is another one commissioned for last Christmas. It was of two lovely dogs called Jake, the yorkshire terrier and Sam, the golden labrador. I had some good photos of Jake. Sam sadly passed a long time ago and…