Raven portrait in progress 1 - Oh those big puppy ears!

I’m starting a new portrait, of Raven. This is the 4th Border Collie portrait I’ve done for Cathy Nearman. Soon I’ll share more of what Cathy wrote about Raven. But for now I want to share this about his “big puppy ears” and the three portraits of Storm, Jet, and Robin I created for Cathy. 

“Raven grew up with Storm, Jet and Robin and had the time of his life with loads of fun!  

He was very lucky to have them in his life growing up.

Oh what fun they had as Raven grew into those big puppy ears!”

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This is baby Raven playing with Jet (left) and Storm. 

And the 3 memorial portraits I’ve done for Cathy, starting with Robin (center) in 2016.

The portraits are Jet, Robin, and Storm. Raven is still alive and well at age 10. 

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Young Raven with “big sister” Storm…

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You can see what Cathy meant by “growing into his big puppy ears”!

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Both ears finished in the current portrait of Raven.

🎨 Prismacolor pencil on “Sand” Canson Mi-Teintes paper, 16 x 20 inches.

Commissioned by Cathy Nearman.

“Raven”

Conant’s Raven Nevermore CDX RN, bred by Sheila Conant.