German Shepherds Illustration

German Shepherds

Commissioned by the Coin Club of Australia

Painted with Corel Painter

This German Shepherd illustration is the final one for this series of coin. Earlier, you might remember that I did a Cattle Dog illustration for the series and this coin was released in early January and has almost sold out already. For more information about these coins you can visit the Coin Club of Australia.

A Couple of Commissions

Mini

6x8 inches

Coloured pencils on drafting film

Boscoe

2.5 x 3.5 inches

Coloured pencils on drafting film

I find it quite interesting, as I was keen to try some more pet portraits in pastel, and so reduced the prices on these so that they are cheaper than the pencil pet portraits, and yet people seem to have a preference for the pencil work. It is impossible to anticipate what customers will prefer. It can be challenging to do a background when working on drafting film, and so I usually opt for no background at all. I would have thought that people would prefer a portrait with some kind of colour in the background, but actually this isn't what I've experienced. I am happy if the commissions come my way, no matter what medium, but on the laws of average, for me, coloured pencil pet portraits far outway those done in either graphite pencil, or pastel. Yet, for people portraits, graphite wins hands down.

Another Sample Pet Portrait - Dreamy

Dreamy

8x10 inches

Pastel pencils and pan pastels on Pastelmat

Another sample portrait done - if this image looks a little familiar to you, I did draw it once before in coloured pencil for an ACEO. The reference photo for this and the other little artwork was provided with kind permission by Tanakawho
from Flickr creative commons. I so enjoy doing the animal portraits on the Pastelmat, so ordered some more yesterday.

The Process of Creating Burton

This gives you a bit of an idea of the process of drawing Burton :)