I added the red glazes and this was taken outside in the shade on a sunny day. I also signed the painting. I don't do that until I am...

I fixed her tag. Much happier. Worked on her belly, adding a nice roundness to it. Made her right foot a bit smaller and left foot a bit ...

Legs in front are coming together. I added some flowers to the grass. Her tummy is looking too flat. I'll have to adjust that! Sti...

I have started adding more dark thin strokes that will go under her fur. It's a brindle coat with all sorts of browns and siennas a...

I added more dark colors to mark the shadows recede. I'm not crazy with how the tag looks. It's too thick. I went to the pet stor...

More color on her legs, deeper color under her body. Need to delete that tooth!

I go over the darker areas with small strokes of lighter colors to create a nice curve where her many folds of skin are. The body gets...

I think the shadows need to be deepened on her forehead so I also add some browns and sienna. I've added a bit more to her fur areas ...

As you can see, I've added some more of the dark areas. I also like to add some depth to the white areas so I've added some pin...

I get leery of all that brown in the background and wonder if I will ever be able to fill it with grass, so I squeezed out some yellow, bla...

Next steps were to mix up some nice pinks with alizarin crimson, some white and blue. Dragging the gray of the pencil around with a bit o...

The next step is to throw in a nice underlayer. She had lots of tan and brown on her, and the background was to be grass, so I used raw u...

I received a commission to paint a beautiful English Bulldog about 6 weeks ago. I've been really busy ever since. I've been wanting...

I don't want anyone to pronounce the "h" in "Chudleigh" so I'm changing it to something that always rhymes with ...