I am so excited and honored to have my art included in this book along with some of the most accomplished colored pencil artist. I received my hard copy in the mail today. What a great Christmas present.

"Lulu"

9x12

Colored Pencil and Pastel

Meet "Lulu" the Shihtzu. I photographed her at a dog sporting event then created her portrait in colored pencil and pastel.

"Rhodesian Ridgeback" Colored Pencil by Charlotte Yealey

11x12

Colored Pencil

The breed of this dog is a Rhodesian Ridgeback which I photographed at a sighthound event I attended with my sighthound.  Named for the ridge of hair on their back that grows in the opposite direction.

Charlotte Yealey Blog

8x10

Oil Painting

Been working on several new paintings and this is one titled "On the Hill" from a reference photo by Steve Lyddon  from the United Kingdom with his permission.

30x24

Oil

Finished this commission and was picked up today. Glad that everyone was happy with it.

"Rolo" oil painting of a labradoodle

5x4

Oil 

This is Rolo a labradoodle owned by Gwen Card from Canada. I had a lot of fun capturing this hairy guy in oils

22x37

Oil

Big Brown is my favorite race horse so I wanted to paint him. I think I am drawn to animals that run.

"By A Nose" Pastel

30x40

Pastel

This pastel was accepted into the Keystone National 2013 Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper starting September 13 to October 11 at the Art Center in Mechanicsburg.

"Saddle Bronc" Acrylic painting by Charlotte Yealey

16x20

Acrylic on illustration board

I love painting horses especially catching the action of their movement. I wish I could say that my reference photo for this painting was my own but an artist friend of mine, Joan Paredes from Montana gave me permisssion to paint this saddle bronc ride she caught with her camera at a rodeo. I changed several things-less cluttered background and some parts of the horse and rider.

 Pastel

These are three of my paintings that were chosen for prints by the Center Stage at Hershey Medical Center that will be placed in the patients rooms to cheer them during their stay. It warms my heart that my art will put a smile on some faces.

Oil     

Acrylic                                                                   

16x20

Oil pet portrait

I think I am finished! Client will pick up next week.

Commission oil Pet Portrait

Pet Portrait commission

After checking with the client, I will not include the dogs tags in the portrait since I feel they are distracting. This dog looks like he is smiling. Still a lot of work to do.

Work in Progress

16x20 oil commission

After an hour and 15 minutes I have the chair and the pillows on the chair painted with a start to the background and a start to the dogs face. I am using hand made Williamsburg oil paints with Maroger medium.The values in this painting will change as I go along.

Commission Work in Progress

16x20

Oil on board

This is a commission I received so I thought I would blog my progress which is something I usually don't do. I started this commission by treating my board with many layers of gesso and black acrylic. The black background made it easy to show the customer the beginning drawing and will be a help with values since this will be a white dog.

"Rusty" oil painting by Charlotte Yealey

"Rusty"

4x4

Oil Painting

Sunday is a good day to do what you want and that is why I painted "Rusty" an English Springer Spaniel. I love doing miniatures.

"Halen Running"

12x16

Colored Pencil

My dog, Halen the ibizan hound, loves to run. This colored pencil drawing was fun to do because of his happy expression when gets a chance to do what he loves to do. I also tried to capture the sense of movement in his legs and sometimes completely airborne.

"Irish Wolfhound" oil on canvas

5x5

oil on canvas

This is a miniature oil painting on a 5x5 canvas of an Irish wolfhound. I love doing miniatures and my references photo was from years ago when I worked for a pet shop.

8x10

Oil

This painting is of a friend of mine in Vail, Arizona who has the life I always dreamed of- she is a true cowgirl. This will be the second painting of mine hanging in her house. The first was an oil painting of her bunnies. Visit her Etsy store where she sells her beautiful jewelry at www.etsy.com.shop/heartofacowgirl

"Robin" Oil Painting

8x10

Oil

Have you seen any of these lately? We all hope to see them to remind us that spring is soon here. This is an oil I painted from Rita Morgan's beautiful photo. Thanks Rita!

"Irish Setter" Colored Pencil

9x12

Colored Pencil

I joined a sight call  "Paint My Photo" and found the reference photo for this colored pencil painting. The dogs name is Beau and he is a young Irish Setter. I really enjoyed this portrait.

Red Hen Profile

6x8 Oil on canvas

I painted this red hen from my own photo I took while I was visiting in Vero Beach, Florida. This hen was one of many that supplied the farmer's market with fresh farm eggs to sell.

Eastern Bluebird

4x6 Oil

 I sold this oil painting at the Hanover Area Arts Guild. I love painting birds so I guess I will have to paint more.

Blue and Gold Macaw

7x10

Colored Pencil on Mi Teintes Touch

My reference photo for this drawing is a photo I took in the Florida everglades many years ago. This bird and many more were at a wildlife refuge where we also took an airboat ride through the everglades. I am working on subjects for an exotic pet art display.

Florida Rooster painting in Acrylic

4x6

Acrylic

I met this guy on a farmette in Florida where the owners were celebrating their 100th year anniversary of operating a farmer's market. The two older Peterson brothers said their grandfather started the business and now they continue to sell fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs and milk along with souvenirs and other novelties. The animals were in pens arranged as a petty zoo atmosphere. The roosters seemed very happy with all their hens and this one liked looking at my camera. Just had to paint him.

Shetland Sheepdog Oil

4x6

Shetland Sheepdog

I was going through my numerous dog photos from years ago and found a photo of a sheltie I met at a

dog event where I had my dog in a flyball demonstration. This little guys owner was so nice but I forgot her name and the dogs name and failed to write it on the back of the photo. I love painting these little miniatures.

Young Golden by Charlotte Yealey

9x11

colored pencil

This young golden retriever was at a dog lure coursing event to be socialized and have a try at coursing. It seemed to have a lot of fun that day so I had to do this colored pencil drawing.

Eastern Bluebird

4x6

Oil

This is my actually first painting of the new year. After painting commissions over the holidays I felt I had to paint a subject I chose and also needed something blue for the Hanover Art Guild "In the Blue" show. I used an old photo I took years ago of a bluebird that flew into my tree from the neighbors. I don't have bluebirds coming to my feeder but I wish I did.

"Tyson" Pet portrait

Oil on Wood

8x10

It has been a while since I did a pet portrait on wood but this was a special request from a previous customer for a friend. It needs to dry then varnished-hope he likes it.

Cardinal #3

4x6

Cardinal #3

I do believe I have Cardinal fever. I keep seeing more at my feeder and I keep snapping their photos and then I have to paint them. These three were painted before Christmas maybe I will continue the

series in 2013.