02/11: CHOCOLATE LABRADOR

This is Chloe, a beautiful chocolate labrador which I fitted in between the graphite 'children' portraits. She was commissioned as a birthday present by a lady whose cat I recently drew (Charlie). Her daughter's birthday was last Friday so I am able to post the picture without spoiling any surprises. This is pastels on Sennelier Pastel Card.

I know I took more work-in-progress photos but I think I deleted them when thinning some of my files. I do keep records of all previous commissions but try to keep only the relevant ref photos and wip pictures now ...

28/07: latest commissions

I've had a run of black & white and black animal commissions recently. My latest two, completed this week, have been Buster (Staffy) and Charlie (cat) and as I'm working on sanded paper the pastel pencils have been 'eaten' at a great rate of knots. I had to make a quick trip to the local art shop to stock up on Saturday.

Nothing is likely to change in the next couple of weeks as I've got a dalmation, a black lab and a black Schnauzer in the queue now. Actually I've been told the black lab is a chocolate Lab cross Rottie and have now received some clearer ref photos which show he has a brown tint to his coat. If anybody would like a ginger cat or a chestnut horse painted pleeeeeeease get in touch urgently :o)