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.