Parson Russell Terrier - dog pastel portrait finished

I have finished the Parson Russell terrier dog portrait in pastels. Here it is:

Another Parson Russell Terrier pastel portrait

Riiiiiiiight, I thought I'd post my latest draft. Not that anyone actually ever reads my blog posts (apart from a couple of people every now and then maybe) but nevermind. A blog is the thing to have these days!

The new pastel dog portrait on velour paper will be of another Parson Russell Terrier - this one is very old (15 I think). I just love those huge eyes that are so typical of terriers! The pose is rather unusual but I think it'll work really well. As the dog is looking up I felt I needed to show one of his legs so that the pose would 'make sense'...I think it really does now.

I've also been spending quite a bit of time on my animal photography pages and will soon be able to let anyone who might be interested have a look. I'll post the link here asap.

Parson Russell Terrier puppy - portrait finished

Right, I have completed the dog portrait of a little Parson Russell terrier puppy held by a human hand. The hand was a bit of a challenge so I am very pleased how it turned out. It actually LOOKs like a hand! The dog's owner is over the moon with the portrait and is going to commission another 2 portraits. I have to say that I prefer velour paper to other types of pastel paper now, especially if it is white pets I'm drawing.