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: pet portraits in acrylic
Bob sitting in his box
This is a portrait of Bob, the beautiful tabby cat whose portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present. Bob was sadly killed on the road last year and the client commissioned his painting as a gift for his wife. They both miss Bob terribly and wanted a keepsake of him in the form of an…
Lady with her dog
I hope you are all keeping well and safe during these strange times. I am still working away on my commissions, so please don’t worry they will all be painted and drawn. There might be a slight delay in finishing work as I have my 6 year old daughter at home so for now I…
Rafa and Luis
This painting is a 50 x 60 cm acrylic portrait of Rafa and Luis, the two beautiful King Charles Cavalier dogs that sadly passed away last year. The client wanted me to create a special keepsake painting of the two dogs. Rafa the tri-colour and Luis the Blenheim coloured dogs were very dear pets and…
A Painting of Cathbad
Cathbad is a lovely white and tabby bicolour cat. I painted his portrait a few weeks ago with acrylics on canvas. The painting is 30 x 20 cm in size. It was commissioned as a gift for his owner’s special birthday. She adopted Cathbad a year ago from the ISPCA and he is now her…
Portrait of Bobby the German Shepherd
I have finished working on Bobby’s portrait today. I have scanned it now and matched the colours as close as I can to the original. It worked out really well. I had planned to use a neutral brown tinted background, but have decided yesterday to add a little cobalt blue to compliment Bobby’s brown highlights….
Yorkshire Terrier Portrait
I have now finished working on Max’s portrait. It was really enjoyable, as Max the yorkshire terrier is so cute in the reference photograph. I just love the way he is running towards the camera all happy and bouncy. I have detailed his fur based on other reference photograph I got from the client and…