Tiny
April 3, 2025
This is a pet portrait in watercolor of one of our cats, Tiny. We adopted Tiny many years ago and her markings are similar to the Russian Blue breed. more »
Posts Tagged “Pet”
Elliott
December 7, 2023
This is a commissioned watercolor pet portrait done for a friend. I created this portrait of Elliott from a provided photo. more »
Sisters
July 11, 2018
Cats are a favorite subject matter to paint. I loved painting the contrast of the calico with the mixed tabby and white markings. more »
Porkchop
July 9, 2018
This particular gray and white cat is one we saw and petted at Purrington's, a cat cafe in Portland, Oregon. He was playing with a feather toy, a perfect prop. more »
Doxie & Red Flowers
August 25, 2016
This petite collage is part of my Daily Painting challenge to create a small artwork in one sitting. I did a sketch of a dachshund and painted the background a flat, plain color; then added the dog shapes and the flowers. more »
White Whiskers
December 14, 2015
My second model, Sally, was happy to sit and pose for this painting. She looked at me very intently, wondering what I was doing. After the picture taking, she settled in for a long nap. I do work from my photos most of the time, as pets move around too much unless you plan to […] more »
Green Eyes
December 10, 2015
Vincent showed up for a modeling session last weekend, so I decided to focus on a close-up of his face. He has expressive eyes and is happy to sit and pose for me. I used lots of thickly applied watercolor pigments with some acrylic medium. He is quite happy with the results! more »
Sage
September 30, 2015
This watercolor painting was commissioned by my brother Joe. It is a beautiful Great Dane. He provided the photograph and I began this piece by drawing the design in pencil first. The main purpose of the portrait was to capture her inquisitive and playful expression. The background uses a wet-in-wet method, to keep it simple and […] more »
Verne, The Pygmy Goat
June 30, 2014
My favorite subject matter with collage materials is animals. I was inspired by our new pet, Verne, who is a pygmy goat. He’s not good at standing still and posing for me. He does all kinds of antics instead. I have to take a lot of shots while he gets too close to the camera lens. […] more »
Quinnifer
January 27, 2013
I’m back to using my Chinese brush technique again! Yesterday’s daily painting was not up to my quality standards, and I wanted a playful and spontaneous result. I began by sketching the cat with my left hand – -forcing myself to draw more loosely. The next step was wetting both sides of the 300 pound paper so that the black […] more »