A Mother's Love: A bit of an update 1/23/09

I did some work on the hair and a bit more on the facial features.

Newest painting:A mother's love

I just started a new painting. Its something I have wanted to paint for a very long time. But I just am so intimidated by what I want to portray. I have this image in my head of what I want it to look like and I really want it to get there on paper. Well, I've decided its now or never. Life is to short to worry.
Here is the reference:

Here is the sketch:

And here is the first bit of paint:

5 dog commission DONE!

Smokey:

Sparky:

Lightning:

Storm:

Thunder:

Updates to the Newton Boys!

Here is Lightning with a few minor adjustments:

And the sketch of Storm:

Lightning

On to the third dog. He's proving to be a bit tricky. Then again, white dogs typically are harder to portray on white paper! But doesn't he just have the most gorgeous eyes! I'm still not done with him, but he's getting close!

And the painting with all 3 of them I have worked on to date:

Some Christmas Card designs

Here are a few Christmas card designs I have done.

Smokey & Sparky

Just a little bit of an update on these two!