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.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Second horse portrait started

This is the pencil outline of the second horse portrait I mentioned; it is of the same Westphalian mare but from a different reference photo and will also be drawn in pastels.

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Horse portrait in pastels finished

I just couldn't put my pencils down - I really enjoyed drawing this beautiful Westphalian mare. So here's a scan of the finished pastel painting:

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

New horse portrait - bay mare

I have been commissioned to draw two (different) pastel paintings of a bay German mare whose father's sire is the famous Westphalian stallion 'Pilot'. Here's a scan of the work in progress:


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Monday, September 22, 2008

Car pastel portrait update

Here's a new scan of the pastel painting of the lovely blue Corvette. It is an entirely new experience and rather different from drawing pets and animals. Every tiny detail needs to be perfect otherwise it looks wrong. A bit of a challenge but I am enjoying it.

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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Cat pastel pet portrait finished

The pastel painting of Bonnie the cat is now finished. Considering that I had to transplant this pretty cat's head onto another cat's body and then edit it, using the photos of Bonnie that were available, I am very pleased with the result. I hope her owners will be too! :o)

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