I was working on Hamish’s and Oscar’s portrait today, finishing off Hamish and I will hopefully get stuck into Oscar’s portrait on Monday. Below are progress photographs. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Author: trueimage
True Image Fine Art - Art in Progress Blog contains all up-to-date information about current commissions and artwork.
Pet Portrait in pencil – Hamish and Oscar
This is a new pet portrait commission. I started working on this drawing yesterday and having completed the outline I started detailing the portrait today. The portrait is of a beautiful black labrador Hamish and an equally lovely cat Oscar, for a client in county Kildare. It is a Christmas present, so has to be…
Win a free portrait of your pet – last chance
Just a reminder that there are only a few days left to enter our competition for a free pet portrait. True Image is offering a free portrait for the winning photo in the Drogheda Animal Rescue Photo Competition. You have until the 5th November 2011 to email your photographs to D.A.R. with a small donation…
Competition: win a pet portrait
The Drogheda Animal Rescue’s Pet Photo Competition starts this weekend and runs until the 5th November 2011. You can join by emailing your best pet photographs to fundraising@dar.ie together with a small donation of €6 for one image and €10 for 2 images. Before entering, read through the rules on DAR’s fundraising page here. The…
Labrador puppy pet portrait – final scan
This is the final scan of the latest dog drawing in pencil. It is of the smallest size I offer, 8″ x 12″ (A4). I used graphite pencil HB, 2B and 4B. If you enjoy this drawing and would like to commission your own portrait, or just have a query, do not hesitate to contact…
Identities
Two images merged into one means a new identity – in progress. Graphite pencil on Fabriano.
Labrador puppy pencil pet portrait – work in progress
This is more progress images of the labrador puppy pet portrait I’ve been working on. It is now finished and I have to scan it and then post it here. The size is A4 or 21x30cm and pencils I am using are HB, 2B and 4B. Graphite pencils are great for their light and shadow…
Labrador puppy pencil portrait
I am working away on this puppy pencil portrait. I am working left to right as always so as not to smudge as I draw. The base drawing goes down first and when the whole area is covered, I will go over the details and make sure it matches the photograph. This portrait is working…
Labrador Puppy portrait
This is a new pencil portrait I’ve been working on. It is of a very cute labrador puppy. The pet portrait is in graphite pencil on 160g cartridge paper and it is an A4 size (8″ x 12″). I’m using my usual mix of graphite HB and 4B pencils. I hope to finish it in…
Jack Russell Terrier Pencil Portrait
This is the final scan of Neeka’s pencil portrait. Neeka is a Jack Russell terrier and I drew her portrait in graphite pencil on 200g Fabriano paper. I took some photographs of the final portrait in a mount and I will post them here soon. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………