Capturing the ice like look of the Siamese cat against the colours of the changing season enabled me to combine via nature fire and ice in this wonderful painting. Ideal Christmas gift for the cat lover in your life!
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One of the absolute joys of painting digitally instead of with real paints on a traditional canvas, is the freedom to simply play and explore new directions with an artwork that I would never dare to try with a traditional painting for fear of ruining it. Its actually very liberating and while it may not always result in a success it definitely leads to greater creativity and that can only be good for ones soul! x Michelle
Bolt Squared - Modern Pet Portrait Painting
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This is Muffin’s Pet Portrait Painting, such a sweet little Silky Terrier with such gorgeous silky hair!
Muffin - Digital Pastels Pet Portrait Painting
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Finally here is the last of the graphite pencil drawings I did before my daughters accident, its taken a while to post it I know, but better late than never;)
This image is a photograph of the drawing, I had quite a bit of trouble getting a suitable image of this one, my scanner made it look very scratching and textured and even the photograph (although better than the scan) looks to have more texture than the original drawing which actually has smooth blended pencil strokes and much smoother tonal transitions.
Cricket - Thoroughbred Horse Pet Portrait sketch © 2010 Michelle Wrighton
I have some new graphite horse drawings (Clydesdales in harness) and a freisian cow that I hope to start on next week – or at least as soon as I finish a couple of digital portraits that I am still working on that are just not coming together the way I want them too.
I’ve also started to throw some paint on canvas in order to learn some new painting techniques – I’ve lost enthusiasm for painting in thin glazes (layers) and taking weeks on end to finish a painting so I plan to develop my skills painting alla prima/wet in wet and also plein air landscapes. Suffice it to say that at the moment I think it was easier to paint photo-realistically (you just paint what you see) than it is to paint more…painterly with less detail and more textured brushstrokes while still creating an end result that looks like what its meant to look like (as opposed to looking like an abstract pile of mud!) I would love to follow in the footsteps of the Daily Painters and create a small painting every day as that is the best way to develop new skills and techniques, as well as see tangible development over time. I know that I can’t commit to a daily painting, but I do have a goal in mind of 100 small paintings in this new, less detailed , more painterly ‘loose’ style – not sure how long it will take to complete, but as they say its the journey thats important not the destination, so as long as I enjoy the process and learn something along the way then its time well spent.
x Michelle
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I am finally catching up to date with my blog posts, just a few more to do now:) This is Ralphie, the first pet portrait I have painted in my “Inspire me to Paint” series.
Ralphie - Pet Portrait ©2010 Michelle Wrighton
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I was a very good little blogger and had this post of a black and tan Saluki Dog that I drew in graphite all ready to post a day or so after my lamb drawing. However, life was turned upside down when my little girl was involved in a serious horse riding accident. She was rushed by air to Princess Margaret Hospital in Perth by the Royal Fying Doctor Service and underwent emergency surgery in the middle of the night. It will take time, but she was extremely lucky and should make a full recovery (LOL and now that she is starting to feel better she is quite happy to have an extra few weeks off school;).
My intention over the past few weeks with getting my new studio sorted out was to start promoting my commission work and start taking pet portrait commissions again. However the timing of this accident has giving me time to think about both the past and the future. I have realized that there have been so many similar situations over the years that has made working to deadlines for commissions very stressful and at time simply beyond reasonable possibility. This has caused additional stress that my family and I really don’t need while dealing with long term serious health issues that on many occasions over the last seven years have been life threatening.
I have looked back at the last few years and have reassessed my future plans for my art. I realize that the last 12 months of painting digitally and my recent graphite drawings that I have created for myself from whatever has inspired me has been wonderfully enjoyable stress-free therapy. Given my personal circumstances, the happiness and ‘time out’ that my artwork brings me is something that I desperately need to retain for my own sanity and health. So by posting this, I am publicly giving myself permission to just enjoy my art, to experiment and create whatever inspires me in which ever medium I feel like using, without the need to be concerned that the end result will meet anyone elses expectations. For a commissions artist, that thought is quite a liberating one!
Saluki Dog graphite drawing by Michelle Wrighton ©2010
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x Michelle
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Another graphite sketch, this is Lucky Baa, our first Dorper lamb. Baa was also the first ‘pet’ lamb that we have had to bring inside and bottle feed for the first few days as the poor little tyke broke his right front leg. Apparently its not uncommon for the mother to step on the lamb and break its leg, which is what we suspect happened with Baa. We made up an assortment of leg splints from carpet and pvc piping cut in half and wrapped the leg with vet wrap and kept changing the splint as he grew. Having a splinted leg certainly dosn’t stop him from doing anything the other lambs are doing!
Dorper Lamb graphite drawing
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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
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I am slowly resigning myself to the idea that the ‘challenges’ of country wireless internet means I can’t necessarily update my blog whenever its suitable to me and that blog posts are probably better late than never. So in that spirit, this is an older digital painting of Annabelle, a black Standard Poodle, with a step by step progress demonstration image to show how the painting was created.
Black Standard Poodle Pet Portrait Painting
Although painted digitally using my Intuos 4 drawing tablet and ‘digital’ paintbrush, I develop the painting digitally just like I do when painting or drawing with traditional art mediums. I sketch the subject, and then start adding colour by blocking in the main shapes and values (shadows and highlights), and ‘glaze’ with varying degrees of transparent colour to create depth and form. Finally the details are added to complete the painting.
Painting in Progress images Black Standard Poodle
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x Michelle
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Sophie is a gorgeous Shih Tzu puppy that I had the opportunity to photograph several years ago. Sophie’s all grown up now, so taking a trip back in time to capture her cheeky puppy personality in this painting was alot of fun!
Shih Tzu’s are an intelligent, active toy breed whose ancestry is rather obscure. Believed to have originated in Tibet, they are the oldest and smallest of the Tibetan ‘holy dog’ breeds. The breed is known for their naturally long, flowing coat, however, they do require a lot of grooming and care, so many pet Shih Tzu’s choose to have their coats clipped short for easy care.
Shih Tzu puppy portrait
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Art prints and gifts for Shih Tzu dog lovers.
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