Just working on this lovely pair, always great characters spaniels!

Just finishing these two off, they make a great pair.

A Sheltie with a wall eye and sooo many colours!

This is the first of two spaniel portraits, these are welsh springer spaniels, a lighter brown than the liver and white spaniel portraits I’m used to. Always lovely to work with such pretty eyes, pastels are perfect for animal portraits.

I’ve enjoyed painted these two, they make a great pair. It’s always difficult painting brown dogs because the colour changes so much depending on the light. I was lucky enough to meet these two, though, which always helps me understand their individual colouring and characters.

Kipling came to visit for his portrait, a lovely kind faced boxer. I’m glad his owners are as pleased as me with the portrait.

Any ideas for recycling pencil sharpenings?!

Just had a lovely message from Angela to say that Monty’s portrait was well received. That’s great news, I thought it was a great portrait to draw, what a lovely face! Portraits make great gifts, we luckily managed to keep this a secret even thought we had to kidnap the dog for a photo shoot. …

It’s been a busy few months with shows and events. This week gives me a chance to finish off various portraits ready for collection. Drawing spaniel portraits is still one of my favourite past times!