Lesley Smitheringale Fine Art

July 1st, 2008

Pastel Pets - Pet Portraits Commissions

I am thrilled to announce that I am now available to do pet portraits as commissioned work and here is my first gorgeous model, Tammy who is a Bichon Frisé. I have met and cuddled this dog and she is delightful as are her owners.

Posted in Pastel Pets
By Lesley Smitheringale

June 26th, 2008

Dug out my Chalk Pastels

After a long gap of not doing any artwork due to concentrating on photography, I have dug out my chalk pastels again.  I have had an urge to do artwork again for quite some time and after a shaky start, I am slowly developing this portrait of a friend’s dog who is called Tammy.  I took some photographs of my work at various stages just as an experiment so that I can see how my own work develops.  Also, sometimes, it’s not until you look at a photograph of your work that you realise the glaring mistakes and areas that just “don’t look right”.  Anyway, here’s what I’ve done so far with Tammy.

A Photograph I took of Tammy as source material

Initial sketch of Tammy onto a deep blue pastel paper

Initial stages of pastel drawing

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By Lesley Smitheringale