Pet Portrait: Riley the Beagle

It's not always the easiest to add different breeds to pet portrait portfolio when a lot of my portraits come from commissions or the pets of friends, so I've started to turn to Instagram to hunt down dogs who would be willing to be the subject of my drawings. One of those I have lined up is of a beagle since my two mixes don't quite have the typical beagle coloration to their faces, so of course that is the time that I actually am hired to draw someone's beagle... Oh well! Beagles are at the top of my list of favorite dog breeds so I don't mind staring at their faces! I say bring on more beagles!

Paper Used: 400 Series Flannel White Strathmore Artist Paper cut to 8×10″

Prismacolor Colored Pencils Used:

Dark Green - PC908
Olive Green - PC911
Apple Green - PC912
Spring Green - PC913
Pale Sage - PC1089
Black - PC935
90% Cool Grey - PC1067
70% Cool Grey - PC1065
50% Cool Grey - PC1063
30% Cool Grey - PC1061
10% Cool Grey - PC1059
White - PC938
Dark Umber - P947
Dark Brown - PC946
Sienna Brown - PC945
Light Umber - PC941
Ginger Root - PC1084
Cream - PC914
90% French Grey - PC1076
70% French Grey - PC1074
50% French Grey - PC1072
30% French Grey - PC1070
10% French Grey - PC1068

Progress Pics:

Time Spent: 30 hours and 51 minutes, most of which went into coloring all that wood.

Up Next: I may be writing an article for an art magazine describing my process, tips, and tricks (hint, I don't have any...). I'm not stressed out about it at all!

Also, look for the other Christmas commission to be posted in the near future, as soon as I get the go ahead from the person who purchased the gift. In addition to that I also have a commission of two German Shepherds lined up. Should be getting to that soon!

Until next time! Lauren H.
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