Posts Tagged ‘dog portrait’
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
Who can resist this gorgeous Newfie puppy, bathed in the colours of the rainbow and sunshine? He’s sure to bring a smile to any dog lovers face! I really wanted to bring out the playfulness of this Newfoundland puppy and found decided that some bold and colourful pastels on pastel card would be the perfect medium. This piece is a lot looser and more painterly compared to my normal highly detailed level of realism, but I certainly had fun painting it!
A selected range of quality products featuring this this colourful traditional pastel painting of this sweet Newfoundland puppy “Rainbows and Sunshine” can be seen below and are now available for purchase. Ideal Christmas gift for the dog lover in your life!
Please click the image below to purchase Greeting Cards and a range of Fine Art Canvas and Framed Prints of this painting.
Clothing, coffee mugs, drinkware, notebooks and a selection of unique gift items featuring this and other artwork can be purchased from my Zazzle store.
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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Original pet portrait artwork in charcoal created on drafting film of the glorious “Noble”, a beautiful German Shepherd Dog.
A selected range of quality products featuring this award winning charcoal painting “Noble” can be seen below and are now available for purchase. Ideal Christmas gift for the German Shepherd lover in your life!
Please click the image below to purchase Greeting Cards and a range of museum quality Fine Art Canvas and Framed Prints of this painting.
Clothing, coffee mugs, drinkware, notebooks and a selection of unique gift items featuring this and other artwork can be purchased from my Zazzle store.
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Original acrylic and colour pencil painting of a lovely Chinese Shar-Pei dog named Aspen.
A selected range of quality products featuring this traditional acrylic and colour pencil painting ofthis 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!
Please click the image below to purchase Greeting Cards and a range of Fine Art Canvas and Framed Prints of this painting.
Clothing, coffee mugs, drinkware, notebooks and a selection of unique gift items featuring this and other artwork can be purchase from my Zazzle store.
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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Well I tried very hard to get into my studio to start a painting, but with school holidays, kids, horses, sheep dogs and an assortment of others things (including my little studio laptop that I use to display reference photos dying unexpectedly) I haven’t made it into the studio to actually paint. The website re-design is also taking up some time, but once that is ready my website will revert back to being a full ‘static’ website with this blog part of the website.
In between everything else, I have managed a couple of graphite sketches to help me get back into the swing of things. I was a bit rusty at first as I haven’t done any graphite work for a couple of years, but these sketches have reminded me why I love graphite so much. I have deliberately created these as sketches rather than detailed photorealistic drawings and have found that not focusing on achieving strict photorealism has made the process so much more enjoyable and I can definitely see myself doing a lot more work that while still realistic is looser and more expressive that the traditional work I have created in the past. LOL I am sure that being able to start and finish a drawing within five hours instead of slaving over it for 50 hours is partly why I enjoyed it more!
Border Collie puppy graphite drawing on A4 drafting film by Michelle Wrighton
If you would like to commission a pencil portrait graphite sketch in this style of your own Border Collie, dog, cat, horse or other pet please contact me to discuss your requirements.
Thanks for visiting my blog and sharing my art and photography with your family and friends!
x Michelle
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Saturday, January 24th, 2009
A selection of images from the Canine Association of WA’s Championship Dog Show
Rhodesian Ridgeback dog show photography Perth © 2009 South West Photography
Bearded Collie © 2009 South West Photography
Border Collie Show Dog © 2009 South West Photography
Boxer Dog © 2009 South West Photography
Boxer in the Show Ring © 2009 South West Photography
Rough Collie © 2009 South West Photography
Images available for purchase from dog shows are available to view on the events section of my South West Photography website.
Tags: CAWA, champion, dog photography, dog portrait, dog show, Dogswest, perth, pet portrait photographer, south west photography
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Monday, October 6th, 2008
Border Collies are my favorite breed of dog – we have two and would have a lot more if we could! I know this little painting of a working bred Border Collie would make an excellent Christmas present for any BC lover:)
“Blue”
Border Collie oil painting
5″x7″ on canvas board
“Blue” Border Collie Oil Painting by Michelle Wrighton
Thanks for looking at my new artwork! Don’t forget, if you would like to see your dog immortalized in a daily Dog Paintings, you can submit a photo of your dog obligation free!
Cheers
Michelle
http://michellewrighton.com
Tags: Art Dogs, border collie, border collie art, border collie painting, canine artist, canine portrait artist, dog art print, dog artist, dog breed gifts, dog portrait, Fine Art, oil painting, original oil painting, pet portait artist, pet portrait commissions, Traditional Art
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
According to Wikepedia The History of the Papillon is actually traced through works of art! The earliest toy spaniels resembling the Papillon are found in Italy. Tiziano Vicelli (Titian) painted these small dogs in many famous paintings including the Venus of Urbino (1542). Other well known artists who included them in paintings are Watteau, Gonzalez Coques, Fragonard and Mignard. In a painting after Largillierre in the Wallace Collection in London, a Papillon is clearly shown in a family portrait ofLouis XIV. Papillons are also in paintings of royal families around Europe and paintings of merchant class families. The breed was popular in England, France, and Belgium which are considered counties of origin by the FCI.
This is the first time this original colour pencil pet portait painting on drafting film of a delightful little Papillon has been offered for sale and is your chance to own a little bit of Papillon art history!
“Papillon”
Original Artist Colour Pencil painting
by
Michelle Wrighton
9″ x 12″ on drafting film
“Papillon” colour pencil painting by Michelle Wrighton
Please note that the copyright watermark is applied to this digital image only and does not appear on the original.
Tags: Art Dogs, breed art, colour pencil, colour pencil portrait, dog art prints, dog artist, dog lover gifts, dog portrait, painting, papillon, papillon art, papillon portrait, pet portrait artist
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Well its the first of October so I had better post this one:) This is the first small format painting I have done in the dog painting series (so far all the art I have posted has been portfolio work in my personal collection). This is “Hallie” a most remarkable long haired black and tan dachshund, loved and owned by a fellow artist, Dee Dee Murray. When I saw the photo of Hallie laying on the couch, I just couldn’t resist the look on her face, isn’t she sweet?
This pet portait painting is still detailed and realistic, especially considering its size. I am pleased with how she has turned out, but I do think that it is going to take me a while to loosen up a bit more with my paintings!
“Hallie”
Long Haired Dachshund
5″ x 7″
Oil on canvas board
$150.00AU inc postage worldwide
10% of your investment in this artwork will be donated to
K9 Rescue
Dachshund painting in oils by Michelle Wrighton
I have scanned this painting rather than photographing it, and the blue and green background in the image is showing quite a bit brighter than in the original painting, where the colours a bit more subtle.
Please feel free to leave a comment, I’d love to know what you think of “Hallie”.
Michelle
Tags: black and tan dachshund, canine artist, dachshund, dachshund art, dachshund painting, dog artist, dog breed art, dog lover gifts, dog painting, dog portrait, oil painting, pet portait commissions, pet portrait artist, Traditional Art
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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
I’m glad to report that the new carpet has been laid and our house is slowly returning to normal – I today I can finally step back inside my studio!
After painting for the last few pieces, I wanted to get my hand back into drawing mode so I started this Rhodesian Ridgeback as a quick experiment see how graphite works on drafting film. Drafting film is my favourite support for colour pencil work, but I have never tried it for graphite until now (very few artists use it, although I have found one artist who has been using it as a support for thirty odd years).
Photographing it proved very difficult, but I have finally managed to get a semi-reasonable digital image of this one by scanning it, it is still a work in progress, so not yet completed. Film is a really nice surface to work on, and it is more like painting in graphite and charcoal than drawing that is both good and bad, good because it allows very soft transitions of tone, bad because it is easy to lift off and smudge.
I normally only use charcoal for getting my darkest darks in my graphite work, but I found myself leaning more and more towards the charcoal with this one, and whats more, really enjoying ‘painting’ with it using a variety of tools such as chamois, tissue, cotton buds (q-tips), a watercolour brush and a make-up sponge.
Probably the best thing about drafting film though, is the ability to put a different colour paper behind the drawing. I used a cream parchment paper, and although it dosn’t show properly in the scan (think marbled/mottled cream rather than solid), the effect it gives in real life is really interesting, and something I am looking forward to experimenting a bit more with.
The reference photo was one of my own, and the drawing is approximately A4 in size and when it is finished I will probably offer prints of it at RedBubble.
The first image shows the drawing with the cream backing:
The second image shows the drawing with a white background:
I’d love to know your opinion on my experiment, and if you use drafting film for graphite and charcoal work, or would like a charcoal pet portrait of your own Rhodesian Ridgeback, I’d love to chat;)
Tags: Art - Dogs, art prints, australian, charcoal, charcoal artist, dog breed art, dog breed gifts, dog drawings, dog drwaing, dog portrait, dog portrait artist, drawing, pet painter, pet portrait, pet portrait artist, pet portrait commissions, portraiture, rhodesian ridgeback, rhodesian ridgeback art, rhodesian ridgeback drawing
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Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
They are all pets that I was lucky enough to photograph today:)
Darth Maul and Padme are both Merino Suffolk cross sheep, Bambi is a four day old orphaned Fallow Deer Fawn and Lucy is a gorgeous dog! I can’t decide which one to paint first so keep an eye out for the artwork to follow!
Here are some of my favourite photos from the shoot:
Michelle
Tags: Art - All Subjects, artist, dog portrait, fallow deer, Merino, paint, pet photography, sheep, Star Wars
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