(Wo)Man's Best Friend

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Another pet portrait!.......I'm just loving doing these.

My 9 year old Boston Terrier, Annabelle is a bright light in my life and she shows up in my work often. Best Christmas gift EVER!!!

Forgot to post this doggo sleeping I made some time ago.

Sketching these two dogs in my sketchbook by pen and ink.

A close friend recently lost their family pet, Joey. As a tribute gift, I did his portrait. I usually just draw people, so this presented quite the challenge for me. I have never attempted to draw animals/pets. Bic4 Ballpoint Pen, Sanrio Novelty 10 Colour Ballpoint Pen on Archival 8.5" x 11" paper

Personal challenge to draw 100 pups.

Watercolor of a coworker's bulldog who recently passed. Winsor & Newton Pro watercolors on Arches cold press 140 lb

These were drawn by hand without lifting the pen, then colored in Illustrator. Did I get your dog?

Dogs will always make me feel better, especially the big one when you can just snuggle into that furry body!

A watercolor portrait of my best friends dog

Practicing watercolor layers and puppies.

This week, I've been doing pencil drawings of dogs---usually while listening to the news on my computer. Cardigan Corgi, Bloodhound, and Borzoi (Russian Wolfhound). Various graphite pencils on Canson Sketch pad paper. Random on-line photos as reference.

20” x 10” acrylic

Weibe is a lazy bassett hound. Got on a dog drawing kick and was experimenting with a lineless style, which I've come to like.

A hand drawing ink illustration.

Fineliner portrait of Bracken, a German Sheppard Labrador cross

Doodle with Procreate

I feel lop eared dogs are so cute these days. And I realized my dog got a lot of ribbons from his groomer (She give my dog a lovely ribbon every time we go and I really like it so keep them). Then, I drew this. I want one more dog or a cat...

This was a commission for my best friend of her gorgeous dog Delilah, i had so much fun making this! Original size A4 created with procreate

Puppy painted with watercolour and acrylic paint.