I’ve never been asked to draw a Cao da Serra de Aires portrait before, these two live in Jersey and I’ve enjoyed drawing them. Here’s a bit more about them, taken from the website shown below. ‘The standard was recognized in 1932 by the Clube Portugues de Canicultura.The Serra de Aires Dog is quite popular …
Any ideas for recycling pencil sharpenings?!
A great set of eyes, pastels are the perfect medium for drawing eyes. Still lots to do but I’m happy with it so far.
These two happy black labrador owners came to pick up their new portrait. They said they liked it because ‘it looks just like them at home’. Thanks boys.
This lovely terrier makes a great portrait, she’s still handful even at 13! Thanks for sending the photo, Vick, I’m glad your Mum loved it, I liked drawing him too. Its always tricky getting white dogs to look white but not too flat.
This is day 1 for one of my students on paper she stretched 20 years ago. Having packed away her art materials to return to work after children, it didn’t take long to revive her skills! What a fantastic result!
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. …
Happy birthday Ann, glad you liked your portrait. They make a great pair. Hope you have a brilliant rest of the day, Best wishes Nina photo
Horses suit pastels, it’s a great media to work texture in.
I’ve been working on this portrait for the last few weeks. Labradors make great subjects for pastel portraits. These two have lovely faces!