Lesley Smitheringale on July 13th, 2008

I had a lovely time today presenting Tammy’s owners, Beres and Carol, with the finished pastel pet portrait of their beloved Bichon Friche.  Tammy, the gorgeous model herself was there to enjoy the moment and it’s always the best time to see a portrait go to the owners who were thrilled.

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Lesley Smitheringale on June 28th, 2008

More changes and improvements and I think that one more session on this drawing tomorrow and it will be finished for my client.

Day 3 - two sessions

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Lesley Smitheringale on June 27th, 2008

After looking at the portrait for a long time, I realised there were quite a few areas I needed to fix up such as the snout and the eyes so I worked on it for a few hours again today fixing up the most obvious proportion errors I had made.  I think it’s a lot [...]

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Lesley Smitheringale on June 26th, 2008

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 [...]

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