#painting a dog portrait

[chloematis]

Goodnight Kabosu [2005-2024] many memory, much loved

[yaniralemus]

Yuki’s portrait

Made in paint tool sai with a Wacom intuos small, took a month to completely finish this commission.

NOT AI 🤖

[rebeccawangart]

Cheeto (2024)

This is Cheeto! His portrait was painted with acrylics on an 8x10 inch canvas. I love the adorable pose, and his cute little paws! This was so much fun to paint, and the reference photo was very clear and had a nice side lighting which I captured in the painting.

[korrigus]

Wanted to practise some shading with black. I like how it came out.

[shrimpu-art]

[octomint]

Today, Kabosu the doge passed away, march 24th 2024. Thank you Kabosu for being one of the beautiful dogs who defined my youth and an entire generation, loved by many. Much love and condolences to Kabosu’s mama.

[ivyfox-illustration]

I painted a Doberman named Wicked in watercolors!

Want a pet portrait done? My commissions are open!

I figured out a new technique with my watercolor brushes to make more realistic short/fine hairs. I am absolutely in love with this painting, I think it may be my best so far.

About my process:

So usually I’d use a cut up acrylic brush to get an uneven/jagged texture that creates strokes resembling when used to paint. This is great with long haired animals if they have flowing hair. With short haired dogs it doesn’t work as well because of the hundreds (thousands?) of tiny little strokes required to get the texture right. This time I used an actual watercolor brush (a smaller round brush) and would flick any excess water off so it was mostly dry (but with pigment) and splayed out kind of wildly (more or less depending on how sparse or heavy/dark I needed the hair to be in each area) I primarily used a Windsor & Newton Series-7 size 3 (finest sable). The paper is 9x12. Adjust your brush sizing accordingly. I used a white gel pen for corrections. Often it’s too bright for a particular area on a darker dog so I’ll often rub it in with my fingers to soften the contrast!

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

James Jebusa Shannon (1862-1923) "Lady Marjorie Manners" (1900) Oil on canvas

[jagalart]

California poppies

Upgraded patron reward for the best @akirainart 💛

[jeunn-a]

my blood sweat n tears

[eirene]

Neapolitan Beauties, 1885 Vittorio Matteo Corcos

[thedawner]

Falling stars.

For the sweet @departedglories! Currently taking up portraits like this for 💲1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣

[neptuniite]

Lieutenant Little

[rebeccawangart]

Sadie (2024)

This sweet girl is Sadie! I did her portrait a couple of weeks ago. The owner also wanted a portrait of Sadie when she was older. She is missing her right eye and her left eye is very cloudy. Still wearing her favorite bandana. I chose a magenta and orange background for this one so it was different than the other one, and I like how it turned out! Acrylics on 8x10 canvas.

[falcoworks]

Cozy portrait commission!

[shrimpu-art]