Dog Portraits

Here is the final scan of Josephine. Nick has just put brush to canvas on willow so I will have some new stages of her soon too!

Here are the first stages of Nicks oil painting of a German Shepherd called Josephine. Josephine is a much missed family pet who has sadly passed away and Nick is painting her in oils on linen canvas to the size of 14 x 10. I hope to have more stages of Josephine tomorrow!

Heres Merlin! I have added him to the website and you can see him on this page here – Old English Sheepdog Pencil Portraits >> 

I have very nearly completed overhauling the about us page and I will then be able to show you photos of the new kitchen. We are now back to work properly after all of the upheaval, and Nick is half way through Josephine’s portrait, so I’ll add photos of Nick oil asap.

Here is the final scan of Knuckles - the South African Boerboel pet portrait painting that Nick has been working on for the last couple of weeks. The portrait is 26 x 18 on linen canvas and will be framed by Jane our local framer so as soon as I have it back in the studio ill take photos for the blog and website. Knuckles already has his very own page and you can check it out here – South African Boerboel Portrait >>

Nick is now about to start Josephine and I will have the first stage here soon. I’ll also have a final scan of Merlin this week too. Have a great weekend all!

I have added the first stage of Ruby again below along with the other stages as it was blogged a while ago. I have also added the final scan of Ruby and you can see here in full on her webpage here – Flat Coat Retriever We are really thrilled with how its come out and Nick has been working hard on it over the last few days. The next canvases are now being prepared for the new paintings starting next week.

Here is my latest montage portrait of Biscuit and you can see him in all his glory on our website here – Montage Pet Portraits >>  I have created this portrait just in time for a birthday surprise at the end of April and he will be flying over to the US across the pond after the Easter holidays on Tuesday.

An admin day for me today and I am catching up on blog posts to start with. Here is Oscar, a 10 x 10 pencil portrait I have completed recently and I will have the montage of Biscuit next! Then I have a number of new mock-ups and emails to reply to so a busy day here in the studio.

Gibby and Flag will be ready to collect tomorrow so ill have posts of their framed portraits soon too.

I have been a little behind on the blog, mainly as I have been at my easel, but also due to the happenings in our cottage. We are renovating our kitchen at the moment and so its all very exciting. They have taken the middle out of our old stone chimney breast that has been blocked up for a good number of years, well before we moved here and so we have opened it all up, putting a cooker in the space and having new kitchen and floor. We are in a bit of a lull now, particularly as its Easter so builders are taking a break for the holidays. We are still working though, we have been lucky enough to have been able to work during the renovations and have lots of deadlines so we will be in the studio painting and drawing over Easter.

This is a final scan of Winston below, he’s all finished and we are taking him to Jane tomorrow. We are also collecting Gibby and Flag so I hope to have photos of them both asap! I will also have final scans of my pencils so its all exciting and more posts will follow over the coming days. I have added Winston to our website and you can see him here – Bulldog Pet Portraits >>

Here is Romy’s portrait! I’m really pleased with how this one has turned out and you can see more photos and read more about it on Romy’s page on our website - German Shepherd Pencil Pet Portraits >>

Here is Flag the lovely Chocolate Labrador!  Nick has been working on Flags oil painting all last week and he has now completed it and it’s ready for framing. You can see Flag in more detail on our website in the gallery and as soon as he is framed we will update the webpage and the blog with the photos.