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May 20 I’m starting a new Border Collie portrait. This will be the 3rd one I’ve done for Cathy N. Prismacolor pencil on "Felt Grey"...

"Jet" portrait delivered today to Cathy in Hawaii. This is why I pack my portraits really well with at least 4 inches of fill on all...

The client, Cathy, chose a reference photo that is personally very meaningful to her. Before I show you the finished portrait of Jet, I...

Two weeks ago I shared my portrait of red Border Collie “Reeve”, the 13th Border Collie portrait I’ve done for Sheila Conant. Here are...

March 25 Sheila Conant has been on my waiting list for a portrait of her red Border Collie “Reeve”. I’ve created 12 Border Collie...

The portrait of Reeve is finally finished. You may remember what I thought was the finished portrait, her people said looked too orange....

In my last post I shared the “finished” portrait. It wasn’t finished, because Sheila and David said Reeve looked too light and too...

Reeve portrait....finished? I always send the client a large, high-resolution jpg of the finished portrait so they can zoom in and check...

Final steps.... Tape it up on the wall of my studio and stand back to see if anything needs to be adjusted. When I’m working on it, I’m...

Her smile really brought Reeve’s expression to life. Working on the smile… Her pink tongue adds a nice spot of color in the portrait....

In the last pic I shared, Reeve’s eyes and upper half of her head were finished. She is a red Border Collie. Here’s what Sheila wrote:...

Reeve is a red Border Collie with gold eyes. I have to get that eye color just right. Sheila and David guided me on adjusting the color...

Red Border Collie “Reeve” begins to emerge from the blue paper. Her beautiful red coat will really pop on this color. It took me a while...

Sheila Conant has been on my waiting list for a portrait of her red Border Collie “Reeve”. I’ve created 12 Border Collie portraits for...

I’ve been laid up with an injury since April, unable to work, so I am sharing some of my earlier portraits with you. This is Daisy Bleu,...

March 10 Often my portrait clients are surprised how much is involved before I even touch a pencil to paper in the studio. This album...

Finished the portrait of Storm (Conant’s Blizzard CD) for Cathy Nearman in Hawaii. March 8 - The portrait arrived and Cathy sent this pic and wrote: Storm portrait arrived this morning!! Yay! I was out the door to work and my postman delivered this to me!! I had to rush to work but as soon as I get home today at 5pm I’ll open it up. I can’t wait till I get home...maybe I’ll leave early! Ernie and the gang ….we will have a celebration tonight opening it up. "Storm" Prismacolo

Two days ago: this is how the portrait looked when I finished work in the studio for the day. All that’s left to do is Storm’s chest and...

This is how Storm's portrait looked when I finished work in the studio for the day. Just love that pink tongue! The first bit of pink...

The shadowed side of Storm’s muzzle shows how I put in the strokes of fur on the grey paper. Zoom in if you are on a small screen. If you...