Pastel and Pastel pencil on Vic Bearcroft Velour paper.  Image size 9" x 11.5" Sadly this lovely little dog is no longer with us, I painted this portrait for her owner as a lasting memory of her

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Pastel on Vic Bearcroft Velour pastel paper.  Image size 8.5" x 10.25" This is the first time I have used Velour paper, I found it quite different from my usual Pastel Mat but it gives a lovely

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A recent pet portrait commission - a beautiful Rhodesian Ridgeback called Mali.  I was asked to paint her by her owners who live in New Zealand, because the much-loved Mali passed away recently. This

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Little Oscar, Pastel and Pastel pencil on ClaireFonteyne PastelMat. I started this portrait at the Wild@Art Helfa Gelf exhibition in September as a demo piece. Oscar is one of the resident dogs at

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Dave the dog - my latest commission, and my last before the Christmas break. I went to Dave's house to take the photographs for this commission. He is a lovely characterful old boy, and very

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I started this painting on the first week of Helfa Gelf (North Wales Art Trail) at the Wild@Art studio in Halkyn Parish Hall.  It's a portrait of my own dog Milo, he's a Jack Russel Terrier x Beagle,

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Pastel and Pastel Pencil on ClaireFonteyne PastelMat. Meg is a Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen and very handsome too. I did this commission for a very good friend; I think she was specially groomed

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I did this commission for another one of my old petcare customers. These two were both dogs of character and I used to enjoy walking them. They are both not with us anymore, but I will always have

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I think he was on UFO watch, or perhaps just one of the local bats passing over. Pastel on Sennelier LeCarte pastel paper. For anyone starting out in pastel this can be a difficult paper to work

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