 pet ferret portrait watercolour painting Another pet ferret portrait, painted in watercolour paint. This ferret was commissioned and painted as a pair together with with another I posted here last week.
http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/pet-ferret-watercolour-portrait  A pet ferret portrait painted in watercolour paint. Ferrets are in fact domesticated animals and probably originate from the European Polecat. Ferrets belong to the weasel family (latin: Mustelidae) which also contains animals such mink, pine martens and badgers. They make good pets given the right conditions but just like all domesticated animals need to be properly looked after.
The RSPCA has more info about Ferrets on their website. Ferret groups are also active on Facebook. http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/pet-portrait-of-a-ferret 
Watercolour painting of a residential care home
Southlands Residential Care Home in Bolton has just celebrated its 25 years anniversary and I was commissioned to paint this watercolour house portrait of the home for the owner as a surprise present. Southlands has been a family run business for the last 25 years so it was nice to commemorate the anniversary with this painting. Here are a few close up details of the watercolour: The house portrait now hangs proudly on the wall with the owner who was thrilled to bits when she received the portrait. It's always nice to get positive feedback from clients especially to hear the reactions when a portrait is given as a gift. http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/watercolour-painting-of-a-residential-care-home
When painting windows you will often notice that the higher windows are are almost white because of the glass reflection from the sky. In the image above you can see the transition from light to dark in the glass. The darker shadows in window panes are often created because of trees or neighbouring buildings. Curtains, internal features and indoor lighting levels behind the glass also have an effect on the amount of reflection too. 
Custom watercolour painting of a house in Zurich
Another house portrait in watercolour paint, this time the house is located in Zurich, Switzerland. This Zurich House has typical green painted window shutters and the steep roof with dormer windows. The painting angle is slightly offset so that you can just see the side of the building and other houses in the background. This often makes for a more interesting composition for house portraits.  Watercolour detail Details such as planting in pots and stonework on the driveway for example often help to add more depth and interest to a house portrait painting.  Watercolour detail of window When painting windows you will often notice that the higher windows are are almost white because of the glass reflection from the sky. In the image above you can see the transition from light to dark in the glass. The darker shadows in window panes are often created because of trees or neighboring buildings. Curtains, internal features and indoor lighting levels behind the glass also have an effect on the amount of reflection too.  Watercolour detail of window pane The lower windows, as shown here, often have much darker window panes because there is no light reflection from the sky. The reason for this is that the angle of the portrait is mostly taken at eye level of a person standing at ground level. Because light travels in straight lines, so do the reflections that we see in windows, so the most likely reflections we see in a ground floor window are the street or garden trees behind you. http://www.portraits-online.com/art-blog/zurich-house-portrait-painted-in-watercolour
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 |
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