This painterly portrait of my Boston Terrier, Dorie, is painted in acrylics. My sketchbook wasn't big enough for this study so I reused an 8" X 10" watercolor canvas board.
I plan to do a larger painting of Dorie in the future, but I haven't gotten a suitable reference photo yet (Bostons don't like being photographed!). Until then I'll be practicing with small studies.
More from my mixed media sketchbook! This is an acrylic painting of one of my pet Katahdin sheep named Muffin. I've done a couple other paintings of her in the past, my first one almost ten years ago! Muffin is a special sheep and will be turning 14 years old next year.
For the background I applied a watercolor wash of a lighter teal then painted the pattern over top in acrylics using a stencil.
The idea for this sort of pop art style acrylic painting came to me back in August. I was asked to create a piece of art that would go with a blue and gray room with shabby chic decor. I chose a blue and gray bird (of course!) that is native to the area - a Great Blue Heron - and I used large, loose brush strokes throughout the piece. I think the hint of orange on the heron complements the blue so well.
Below are the marker thumbnail sketches I drew a few months ago.
This acrylic study is a little smaller than 6" X 3 1/2" on
mixed media paper. I painted two of my pet hens who passed away a few years ago. They were buddies and I just love this picture of the two of them relaxing in the grass.
This acrylic painting of a Black-capped Chickadee is done on a 10" X 8" canvas board. I painted part of this piece during an acrylic painting demo I gave recently.
My latest pet portrait is of a much-loved spaniel named McKinley. Her portrait is done in a painterly style on a deep stretched canvas. It was commissioned as a gift for McKinley's owners.
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