Pastel Pet Portrait of My Neighbour’s Dog

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Art, Artistic, Arty, Black dog, Black mongrel dog, Dog, Dog art, Dog portraiture, Mongrel art, Mongrel original, Old photographs, Original, Original art, Pampered pet, Pastel dog portrait, Pastel pet portrait, Pastel portrait, Pet pooch, Pet Portraiture, Pooch, Spike the Dog

Spike

This pastel portrait of my Neighbour’s dog Spike was done at the same time as the Cat portrait Tash-ti (See Tash-ti in Animal Portraits too). Drawing a Black animal always seems more challenging to define its detailing than other coloured pets. This was also made more challenging by the fact I only had an old photograph in black and white to work from.

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Chow Chow -Pastel Pet Portrait

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Animal, Art, Artistic, Arty, Chow Chow, Dog, Dog art, Dog portraiture, Original, Original art, Original Chow Chow art, Original dog art, Pampered Chow Chow, Pampered pet pooch, Pastel, Pastel Chow Chow, Pastel portrait of Chow Chow, Pet pooch, Pet Portraiture, Pooch, Portrait, Realistic, Realistic art, Still life

Meg the mutt – which I called her affectionately – Sadly she died unexpectedly a few months after I did this portrait of her! I was told by the commissioner that it was the best thing he had ever had done for his Mother because of this fact. She was a lovely to draw.

A pastel drawing done for a friend of my daughter. I was very pleased with the techniques I achieved by hammering the pastel as it gave just the desired effect of fluffiness and a very true likeness of Meg. See below!

Meg for real!

Handmade patchwork dog cushion cover

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Applique, Buttons, Craft, Cushion, Cushion cover, Dog, Handmade

Donald the dog. Check out my Etsy site for more things are added as they are created!

After playing around with these shapes and colours, I decided on a new cushion design. I hand-drew the dog for applique and found some complimentary cottons and some lovely old matching buttons.