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Sheepdogs: Portrait of Buddy & Holly

 

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The Border Collies were photographed in a mad hour where they relished every moment of the attention - beautiful dogs!

This is Buddy - he's the boisterous one.

This is Molly - she's the quieter, sensible one.

Rusty, the cat, was very bored with the dogs getting all the attention...

Stretching the canvas: only the highest quality archival framing materials and canvas are used.

The canvas is finished ready to paint, and also ready to hang. It is 36" square (920mm).

All the photos are printed from the portrait session, then sorted and selected for the best funny face portrait shots!
Sketch 1
Sketch 2
Underpainting - basic block shapes & colours - this will be very different from the final painting - it's just the colours underneath that might glow through
Painting is finished - all in one go! Got in the zone. Delicious thick chumpy colours, slapped on with a spatula: just like icing a cake!