“Chelsea” is a digital Oil painting of a gorgeous Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that I met at a dog show. Painted in Corel Painter and Photoshop using a wacom tablet and stylus.
A selection of products including art prints, jewellery boxes, t-shirts, mousepads, necklaces and other customizable gift items featuring “Chelsea” are now available for purchase.
This is one of the first digital oil paintings that I did, sketching and painting the dog using using Photoshop CS4 oil brushes and blending with the smudge tool. Initially I was happy with it, then after I did a few more digital paintings I relegated this one to the back burner as it lost its appeal. I recently dragged it out from my work in progress folders and finished it off – all it needed was a closer crop and a touch more contrast:)
Chelsea - Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Pet portrait by Michelle Wrighton
Cards, laminated, matted and framed prints of Chelsea can be purchased from my Redbubble shop: 
Where has this year gone? I can’t believe that it is nearly Christmas already and I am definitely not going to look at the last date that I updated this blog, so instead I will just share my latest piece, a pure pastel pet portrait painting on velour paper of a gorgeous Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
This is the first time that I have used the German made Hahnemuhle velour pastel paper and I will definitely be using it again, it creates an incredible softness to the artwork that is particularly suited to animal portraiture.
This Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pet portrait features on dog breed merchandise such as stationery, prints, greeting cards, tote bags and more.
Michelle
