A watercolour portrait painting of a Labrador Retriever dog
A watercolour portrait of a Labrador Retriever. His name was Dillon and we decided to include this on his name tag. When ordering a custom portrait please let me know if you want items like the dog collar or name tag including or not.
http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/dog-portrait-painting-labrador-retriever 
Custom pencil drawing of a Jack Russell dog
Graphite pencil works well even when the fur is mostly black, especially when it has lots of variation. Including the collar often helps to add more detail to a dog portrait and of course makes it more personal to their character.
http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/jack-russell-pencil-portrait-drawing 
A custom watercolour painting of two black Labrador dogs sitting on grass
Here is a watercolour portrait of a pair of black Labrador dogs I completed last week.The painting is for a returning customer as a memory of the two dogs, Drummer and Buddy who are sadly no longer here. The portrait is A3 size and taken from a photo with them standing a little further apart than in the portrait. I arranged the composition to get them to fit better onto one portrait. I started by sketching out the composition, and painting the grass background first. I then used masking fluid to screen some of the grass in front of the body areas before painting in the black, gradually adding more detail of the fur and grass areas. http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/black-labrador-watercolour-painting 
Custom watercolour painting of a Persian Greyhound dog
An elegant looking dog with very light fur colouring. I think the breed is a Saluki or Persian Greyhound (please correct me if I'm wrong!)
I completed this a couple of years back and forgot to ask the client what breed it was. What the photo here shows is that taking the photo of a dog is often only possible with the help of another person, in this case by picking the dog up to pose for the camera! If in doubt, take lots of digital photos and at least one good one should turn out. I need at least one good photo of your dog to draw or paint a portrait. http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/persian-greyhound-portrait-in-watercolour |
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