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...

She's started to loo a bit like a bulldog! Yeah! Next I have some fun, adding the eyes. Here's are a black blur in the photo, so ...

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...