Horse portrait - work in progress 1

Here's the first work in progress scan.

Weimaraner puppy in pastels

And another dog portrait on velour...having fun here! ;o) This time it's a cute Weimaraner puppy (reference photo - again - by Juliane Meyer). Here's the work in progress:

Baby portrait in charcoal

I'm still working on my horse's character study and have done 3 of the small portraits and started the larger head study. It's coming along nicely and I'll post another scan soon. I have also been working on a new charcoal portrait. As you know, I love charcoal for my pet portraits and wanted to see if I might like it for human portraits as well so I decided to do a baby portrait. Well, I think I do like charcoal for any subject! I feel it's even better than graphite in some respects, especially as the contrast/tonal values are concerned. Here's a scan of the work in progress.