Pet Spotlight!
Meet Olive
When I received the reference photos for Olive, I swear my heart skipped a beat. How. Freaking. Cute. Her human, Annie went above and beyond and provided really detailed reference photos AND a video so I could see her personality! What I love about this pup is her extremely sweet body language– she seems to want all the cuddles, all the time.
It brought me great joy to hear that Annie also wanted to move forward with the ear flop! I think it brings out her silly side while maintaining her sweet puppy eyes. 🙂
Challenges
Finding a balance of color and adding the blacks. It’s so easy to over-do blacks in watercolor, so my method is to go in with watered down layers and build up a good coat before adding the saturated black details.
Favorite Part of the Process
It’s a tie between her rolled out tongue with its colorful shades of pinks, purples and blues and her iris. I loved capturing the light and dripping in the colors!
Please take a look at more pet portraits and fill out the form if you’re interested in working with me! Also, I am always happy to share any process of my work– please leave a comment if there’s something you’d like to learn more about!
This is so amazing! I love seeing pet portraits and seeing your process!
it is so incredible to see the layers being built. Your talent always makes me stop and look closer. Love the final product and the way the colors all blend together!
Wow your art work really blows me away you capture their personality so well
Oh my goodness, you are so talented at Pet portraits, just incredible!
You are just so talented. I’ve never seen anything quite like this but I would totally hire you to do my pet’s portraits if needed. What a fantastic idea for clients with pets!
Oh my gosh this is amazing!! I can’t believe you painted that, it looks like a photograph it’s so realistic! That is just incredible — beautiful job!
Wow that is so incredible!! Thanks for sharing your talent!!
What an amazing artist! Your skill is exceptional!
ooh my goodness! what a gorgeous portrait! when we finally have a pet, I am so coming to you!! 😉
That means a lot 😉
olive is a beauty!! and you did a great job capturing her sweet personality
Oh my gosh, this is incredible! I still can’t believe how real-life 3D like this one looks.
Xx, kusum //www.sveeteskapes.com
WOW, your work is amazing! I can’t figure out how to use water colors for the life of me, your art just blows me away.
ohhhh my gosh this is so awesome! I wish we could have done this before our dog passed away! What a sweet memory
A vast majority of my clients hire me to paint their pets as a commemoration! If you have 3-5 photos of your pup, I can let you know if it is something we can do! <3 I’m sorry for your loss. Losing a pet always stays with you. <3
Awwww Olive is SO adorable. You really did capture her sweetness. What a beautiful work of art. And I LOVE that she kept the flipped ear. My dog used to do that and I loved it!
Dog flip ears are the cutest. Not that I sometimes force my dog’s ears to flip…… 😉
Wow! This is incredible! I love seeing the different stages of the pieces, from start to finish! What great personality, it totally shines through!
Oh my gosh… I thought this portrait was a photograph at first! I love how life-like and realistic the finished piece is! Do you solely use water-color or is it finished with colored pencil or other fine details?
I just use watercolor 🙂 Though I do know an artist who does amazing work in colored pencil! (www.kitgrayillustration.com) I’m only slightly obsessed.
This is super cool. Great work!
Wow! You are incredibly talented. Blown away by your attention to detail.
These are super cool pet portraits. Every animal lover would love to have one of these watercolor sketches done of their pet. Great work!
Wow! You do amazing watercolor work! The final product is outstanding!
omg! you are so talented. Seriously this looks like a picture. You have focused on intricate details brilliantly. love love your work