Original acrylic painting on canvas of a lovely black Labrador Retriever dog, sitting in a field of red poppies
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“This IS my happy face!” Original acrylic painting on canvas of ‘Moe’ a very happy Pug:)
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Original acrylic painting of a beautiful rescue greyhound dog named Teddy by Michelle Wrighton.
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Original acrylic painting on canvas of this regal greyhound dog.
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A selected range of quality products featuring this traditional acrylic and colour pencil painting of this sweet rescued Shar-Pei dog “Aspen” can be seen below and are now available for purchase. Ideal Christmas gift for the dog lover in your life!
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“Otis”
Tan & White smooth coat
Jack Russell Terrier
Original acrylic painting
8″x10″ on 1.8cm deep gallery wrapped canvas
$135.00 (includes shipping)
10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to Russell Rescue
"Otis" original acrylic painting by Michelle Wrighton
The painting is continued on all four edges and is ready to hang.
*The copyright watermark is a digital addition to the image below and is not on the original painting.
“Otis” is also available on merchandise and prints, and this is the first time this original painting from my personal collection has been offered for sale.
This pet portrait is an acrylic painting of Moe, a gorgeous little pug that seems to be saying “Go ahead, Make my Day”, or maybe just “This IS my happy face!” Gotta love those pups with squished wrinkly faces!
8″x10″ gallery wrapped canvas
"This *IS* my Happy Face"
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Pug Breed Profile
Pug dog were originally developed in China over a thousand years ago. When they were taken to Europe by the Dutch East India Company, they became a favorite breed of royalty and the aristocracy.
Pugs are a small Toy breed, with an ideal weight range of 6.3-8.1kg (14-18lbs). They have square compact bodies, wrinkled skin and tightly curled tails.
Pugs are intelligent dogs that are even tempered with a happy and lively disposition that makes them very suitable as family pets. They have short smooth coats, but are heavy shedders for their size, so regular brushing is required, as well as cleaning of the wrinkles in their face to prevent infections developing.
Pugs are an indoor breed. They are relatively inactive indoors which makes them suitable for apartment living, as long as they receive regular exercise to avoid becoming overweight. They are quite playful, however due to their short noses, Pugs can have difficulties breathing so strenuous exercise, especially in hot weather, should be avoided. They can also be prone to skin and eye problems.
If a Pug sounds like the breed for you and your family, please contact a reputable breeder in your area, or better still, a Pug Rescue group such as the following:
Pug Rescue.com United States
Pug Welfare-Rescue United Kingdom
I’ve managed to grab a few hours here and there to get some more work done on Poppy.
Basically just adding more thin layers and creating depth in the fur using paynes grey, ultramarine, burnt umber and some reddish brown mixes.
Also adding more thin glazes to the grass to blend the background, adding individual blades of grass and flowers stalks and a few flower buds using different greens mixed with some of the darker paint used in the dogs fur.
I’ve also started to add to the flowers to create the shadows and highlights that will give them form. The flowers are proving to be the biggest challenge, partly because I am working from several different reference photos because I don’t know what poppies look like in detail and because none of the photos have the flowers as I want them, I am basically making it up as I go:)
In the image above, I’ve started to add the darkest paint to turn Poppy into a black dog. The trick here is to avoid making her look like a big black blob! The highlights in her eyes really make her come alive on the canvas.
In this last photo, Poppy is finally looking like a Black Labrador, even though she still needs a fair bit more work. And I think she needs some liposuction on those lips, so I will have to post another update, and hopefully the final image, when she has had that necessary face lift, and had her whiskers added!
Michelle
I thoroughly enjoyed creating this acrylic painting of an incoming storm over the ocean, blues and greens and water in general seem to be playing a big part of creativity in the last week or two. Maybe its my subconsious trying to tell me to be flexible and flow with things at the moment.
Storm Coming, 5″x7″ acrylic on canvas board
I’ve been experimenting with a new Abstract series based on this concept, this first one, ‘Blue Flow’ is ACEO sized (2.5″ x 3.5″) acrylic on mattboard.
Viewed as Portrait format:
Viewed as Landscape format:
And the first one, as yet untitled, 3.5″ x 5″ acrylic on canvas:
Viewed in Portrait format:
Viewed in Landscape format:
The scanned digital images of these are rather disappointing as they have lost much of the vibrancy and depth of the originals. I havn’t varnished them yet, so will do so and see if I can get better images.
Michelle
Well what do you know, its day two and I am actually posting! Today has been one of those Blah type days, you know the kind that you’d rather forget? Seeing as I am quite please with this so far, I thought I’d cheer myself up and post a progress shot of Amarok’s portrait…Amarok is a seven year old Siberian Husky. This started out in pastel and colour pencil but has ended up mostly acrylic, what can I say, I got carried away with my paintbrush:) This is my second attempt at an animal in acrylic so I am actually pleasantly surprised that it is looking pretty good. And I am really enjoying slapping the paint around. It still needs alot more work on the right ear (viewers right) and the large expanse of white fur needs further layers and modelling, and I am not yet happy with the mouth. Of course this is a pretty cruddy picture and the colours are not true to life – there is actually a good amount of cream fur above the eyes up to the base of the ears.
So here she is, Amarok in progress (after about 10 hours work)…hopefully I can finish her by the weekend.
