"Bulldog", Work in Progress

5"x7" Oil on gessoed hardboard.

Here is another work in progress. I usually sketch out the p[ortrait very lightly with vine charcoal and then start to roughly block in the basic shadows and massses of color. becaisse it is done in oils, I sometimes have to give it a little time so it's not quite so wet, and come back to it and finish off the finishing touches and and brightest highlights. I love that part. It's like putting frosting on a cake... it all comes alive.

"Papillon"(finished)

5" x 7" Oil on gessoed hardboard.

Here is the finished painting from yesterday.. I'm really happy with how it came out. I added some bright highlights and thick paint in the foreground that makes the fur really come forward, and added whiskers, and details to his face. This is MY very own baby.. Riley, and if I do say so myself, it looks just like him! Hope you enjoy.

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Work in Progress, Papillon

5" x7" Oil on gessoed hardboard.

This is the underpainting, loosely painted in to block in the proper colors and values, and tomorrow I'll go back into it (which also gives it a chance to dry a little, and enable me to work back into it, without it becoming muddy) to give him more definition and subtle details.

"Wheaten Terrier" (finished)

5" x7" Oil on gessoed hardboard.


Here is the finished product that i started yesterday.
I left it loose and "messy" and I think it conveys the feel of the Wheaten's fur.. just shaggy and crazy and cute!

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Work in Progress, "Wheaten Terrier"

5" x 7"

Oil on gessoed hardboard.


I thought I'd list a few paintings in progress... For this one, after a quick preliminary sketch, I spent just a half an hour or so loosely laying in the underpainting. I sort of like it just as it is... so I don't think I'll do too much more to it... just fine tu it a bit. The Wheaten's fur is so wavy and textured, that I think the looser strokes really capture the feel of this breed. I'll finish it up tomorrow.