Pencil drawing of Dash (Dog Portrait)

24 Thursday Mar 2016

Doing custom drawings of pets it is rare that I get a repeat customer. Most people only have 1 or 2 pets… Yet I was asked by a previous customer (and acquaintance) for another drawing. I had drawn her dog Maverick and now she wanted to get one as a birthday gift for a friend. I was pleased to work with her again on this secret project. I was sent 3 photos to chose from and this one was a great outdoor shot of the dog Dash on a fishing boat. I got a lot of positive feedback via email during the process…

“I wish I had more pets for you to sketch—I love watching the progression. It’s like Christmas every time I open an email from you…This is truly amazing! It’s looking more and more like Dash every time. Love it!… that looks exactly like him! It’s so real! I’m super excited and can’t wait to see it in person. Thanks again!!! …I look forward to being a returning customer. :-)…I think it looks fantastic!…My friend is going to love it! Thank you so much for working so hard and getting it completed before their birthday… Wonderful job as always!”
-Jenn R., Oklahoma

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Colored pencil drawing of calico cat Whiskers

12 Friday Feb 2016

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Art, Artist, Calico, cat, colored pencil, drawing, pet, pet portrait, Prismacolor

I decided to get some more practice drawing in color since it has been a while…about 2.5 years! I offered to do this portrait for our neighbor to pay her back for babysitting and pet sitting for us. She was pleased to accept the free drawing!

I used toned paper from a sketchbook and prismacolor pencils. I wanted to keep it small since colored pencil can be time consuming and uses up pencils very quickly. The drawing is 5″x7″ and it actually only took about 4 hours. The small scale may have actually been a challenge because the pencils need to be sharpened a lot. Even when sharp the lines still look a little thick to me as you can see in the whiskers. I matted and framed it and our neighbors love it! Here is the progress and final scan.

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Yellow Lab (Jackson)

17 Saturday Oct 2015

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Art, Artist, Custom art, dog, drawing, Follow me, labrador, labrador retriever, pencil, pencil drawing, pet, pet portrait, sketch, yellow lab

This drawing was done in August for a friend of mine who lives in my area (which qualifies for a 10% discount!) This friend I met because our husbands work together, we both have young children who get together at library storytime and we both have labradors! I had to combine 3 photos to create this portrait the way she wanted it since the original photo she liked was blurry. It was nice when I was done that her and her husband came over to my house to see the portrait in person before taking it home. They loved it! Here are the 3 photos I had to use and the portrait I created for them.

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Maverick

11 Sunday Jan 2015

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dog portrait, drawing, pit bull

Jenn is another army wife who I met in Hawaii who asked me to draw her dog as a Christmas present for her husband. I always knew Jen loved her dog just like a child so I was thrilled she finally asked me to draw him! The photo a perfect pose of Maverick lying on a bed. I added the bone tag with his name just as she requested. I worked on this drawing in November, shipped it off and finally it was revealed on Christmas. Her husband was surprised and he loved it. She took a photo of his reaction to share with me.

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Leila and Marley

11 Sunday Jan 2015

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dogs, drawing, pet, pets, portrait, puppies

I admit I have been a bit lazy and have not updated my blog with the past two drawings I have done. No more procrastinating, here they are. This portrait of two little dogs I did this summer (and I didn’t get around to posting it until winter!) These two dogs belong to a very important army couple we knew while my husband and I were stationed in Hawaii. General Tate was my husband’s commander who he deployed with all 3 times! His wife played important roles back home for all us army wives. They adore their dog Leila and always took her everywhere. When they moved out of Hawaii they got another dog Marley. They are so cute together and I was so pleased to have been asked to create this work of art for their home.

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Dennis and Leia

04 Saturday Jan 2014

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chocolate lab, color, colored pencil, dog, drawings, family, labrador retriever, pet, pet portrait, pets, portrait, portraits, puppy

This was a very special project for me…a color portrait for my husband on his birthday! This drawing is done in colored pencil and is 11×14. Took me 15 hours to complete. Needless to say, he loved it and so did our dog Leia!