New commission started - Boxer dog

I've put my horse's character study to one side for the moment and started my latest commission - the head study of a Boxer dog called 'Gina'. Sadly Gina passed away just before Christmas and is sorely missed. Gina will be drawn in pastels.

Baby portrait finished

I've just finished the portrait of the little boy. I am definitely going to use charcoal again for human portraits.

Baby portrait in charcoal

I'm still working on my horse's character study and have done 3 of the small portraits and started the larger head study. It's coming along nicely and I'll post another scan soon. I have also been working on a new charcoal portrait. As you know, I love charcoal for my pet portraits and wanted to see if I might like it for human portraits as well so I decided to do a baby portrait. Well, I think I do like charcoal for any subject! I feel it's even better than graphite in some respects, especially as the contrast/tonal values are concerned. Here's a scan of the work in progress.