A birder's blog

My name is Sandra Palme, I am a professional pet portrait artist based in the UK (http://www.finepetportraits.co.uk). I'm also a birder and love taking photos of British birds.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Bloodhounds - dog portrait in charcoal

I felt like doing a fun portrait and relax for a few hours so I had a look through my reference photos and came across a shot of two Bloodhounds. I met them at the local agricultural fair a few months ago and thought their expressions are just priceless! So here's the charcoal portrait I did of them:

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Horse pastel portrait finished

The pastel portrait of Irish Draught X TB mare 'Bea' is now finished. Here's a photo:

I am now working on the cat and also a charcoal dog portrait of two Bloodhounds which should be finished soon.

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Sleepy cat portrait WIP

Made some progress on the cat pastel portrait....the reference photo is a bit small so it is hard to see all the detail. Anyhow, getting there I think...
The other pastel portrait I'm working on - the grey mare - should be finished by tomorrow. Keeping busy! ;o)

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