Hollister Final

Hollister

12x12

Oil on Wood Panel

Here is the finished painting of Hollister. I was so excited when I received his photo, I couldn't wait to paint this guy! He has such fun hair! I really worked the texture on this one and am pleased with how he turned out.

Detail of nose.

Here's a shot of the painting hanging on the wall. This is painted on a self hanging wood panel and I've painted the edges with black acrylic paint.

Certificate of Authenticity on the back of the painting.

Hollister - Work in Progress 1

Hollister, Ogden's brother, is an adorable golden doodle who looks like he must have loads of personality! This is the under painting stage of his portrait.

Ogden - Final

Ogden

12x12

Oil on Wood Panel

Here's a completed portrait I did of a lovely golden retriever.

Detail of nose and mouth.

Ogden - Work in Progress 3

The crazy colorful stage. This will get toned down, I just wanted to get a base of colors down.

Ogden - Work in Progress 2

This is a pretty bad photo but here's the next step of the painting of Ogden.

Ogden - Work in Progress 1

The initial sketch of a golden retriever named Ogden.

Duke - Work in Progress 1

Here's yet another sketch for a painting. This is Duke, a great dane, he and his brother Jigsaw are very big guys whom I'm going to have lots of fun painting!

Jigsaw - Work in Progress 1

Pencil sketch for a portrait of a great dane named Jigsaw. What a great name!

Kiti - Work in Progress 1

The sketch for the third of the three cat paintings I'm currently working on. This is Kiti, Sumi's and Abby's sister.

Rose Sketch

Pencil sketch of a rose I did for the Paint and Draw Together blog. I didn't have the time or materials with me to do anything fancier but I had a little bit of time this morning and thought I'd go ahead and do something.

Abby - Work in Progress 2

Getting the first layer of paint down on Abby. I'm really having fun working with these colors!

Abby - Work in Progress 1

Sketch of the second of the three cats I'm working on. This is Sumi's (previous post) brother Abacus (Abby). I remembered to stop and get a photo of this one at the sketch (scribble) stage. The sketch is quite rough, just trying to get a general composition down more than anything, getting the likeness will come later.

Sumi - Work in Progress 1

This is the first stage of one of three cat paintings I'm currently working on.

A New Web Site!

I've finally done it! After 10 years I have given my web site a face lift! I'm much happier with the new color scheme than the previous brown version.

Take a look! http://www.darlenetwitchell.com

Chelsea and Dexter

Chelsea

12x12

Oil

Dexter

12x12

Oil