Pet Portraits for Christmas

Now that Christmas is over for another year I can add the WIP images for two pet portraits I did as Christmas presents.

Meet Archie:

Finished Piece

And Pepsi: 

Finished Piece

Christmas Gifts

Spent the last weekend of work completing reports and finalising marking, but when I needed a change of scenery I worked on 3 artworks I planned to give as Christmas gifts to friends. Below are some progress shots as well as the final pieces.

Frankie and the Doughnuts :) 

Completed Piece

Poppy: 

Final Piece

And Sarah's kids :) 

Finished piece

And then a gift for the graduating class:

(I think I was pretty generous with my own image, but hey- that's what artistic license is all about) 

Finished Piece

Capturing Cooper

So I tried a pet portrait. I was trying to think of a gift for a friend who absolutely adores her dog, a Labrador called Cooper. I've drawn animals in the past but have never actually drawn someone's pet and I was really worried that I wasn't going to capture the quintessential quality that is 'Cooper,' I didn't want to end up with 'Generic Lab.' I used a reference photo as shown in the first screen cap.

Gave the picture tonight and I think she really liked it, so I guess; success.