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Process of drawing my cat Bella

 Bella sleeping underneath while I work:

  Bella looking at finished work:

 Detail:

 

 

Finished:

My chocolate lab puppy (Leia)

 

I have been working on this portrait on and off for months. It's hard to draw a pet who is practically like a daughter to me! Started when she was about this size right after Christmas and finally got myself to finish it. I drew her collar to show how small she was back then, She is now 9 months old and has grown a lot! Now I want to find another picture of her to draw to show how much she has grown.

Portrait based on this photo.

Jack Russell Terrier (Moxie)

11x14. Pencil.

Drawn as a commission for some friends. From this reference photo(below). Was one of their only photos of Moxie as a puppy and they obviously didn't like the quality of the blue photo.

Last drawings at Sea World...

Here are some of my favorite drawings I drew in my last few months working at Sea World. The last one is of 2 dogs I got on my last day of work. I love drawings animals. I quit Sea World because I went off to marry the love of my life and we are now living happily in Hawaii.

Makin' copies...

This family came up to the stand about and hour and half before closing and told me they wanted 2 separate drawings of their grandson and then a third with him again and with Dad and Grandpa. I was excited to have so much work but I told them I only had time to do the first 2 because the park was closing. Luckily they lived close-by and came back 2 days later to have the triple done! So I had to draw that little boy 3 different times. Can you tell the difference?

Jake the Cat in Colored Pencil

My portrait for my wedding reception signature board

Here is the process from start to finish:

Rita and Dennis: November 13, 2010

Commisioned Family Portraits

Portraits for the Griffin family. 8 x 10e

My process on a charcoal portriat

I usually don't grid my drawings, but I wanted this to be very accurate. I might end up doing it more because it saves a lot of time and erasing and I get the exact size I want. I am used to working with chalk on smooth paper so this was a little bit of a challenge and at step 3 I was having a hard time blending, but I figured it out in the end.