Pet Portraits by Pastel Artist Hazel Middlemas

Finished Portrait of Bramble the Border terrier

This is the final finished portrait of bramble. I worked into the portrait with more layer and the added the final whites and darkest darks, which brings the painting to life. Then i completed the eyes, paying particular attention to the expression in these. One of the most importrant things that you need to look at when doing animal portraits is the shape of the eyebrows as if you get this right you should be able to capture the character of the animal.

The Owner was delighted with the finished portrait "phew"

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Pet Portraits in Pastel by Animal artist Hazel Middlemas

Next Stage of Border Terrier Portrait

This is the next stage of the portrait I have been commissioned to do of Bramble the border terrier.

Here you will see that I have added a lot more layers to give a thick hair effect.

I have also added some brighter colours which will act as an undercoat. I will next go on to add more layers on top of this in a more natural colour. This gives the hair a real effect of depth.

I would normally have put the eyes in by now,as this really helps me see the personality of the dog and helps to make sure that you capture the pose.

However I got so carried away with doing the rest of the portrait (which is turning out well) I haven't put them in yet. They will be next.

The next post will be of the finished portrait.

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Pet Portraits -Border terrier

Today I am staring off a portrait of a little border terrier called Bramble.

I have sketched in the outline and positioned all the features. At this stage I would also sketch in the direction of the hair and also very importrantly the position of the eyes.

I then look at the cool and warm areas and block these in loosely.

After I have done this I look at where the darkest and lightest areas are and start to layer these over the colours I have just blocked in.

With this type of work you have to work in many layers slowly building the work up (almost like using thin glazes in oil painting) this will give real depth to the work, portraying the thickness and texture of the hair.

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Portrait of a Siamese cat

Finished Portrait of Siamese Cat.

As I mentioned last time, I was working on a portrait of a Siamese cat for a client (a champion no less- the cat not the client).

He was adament that he wanted her to look as if she has hissing at the viewer, so here we have it.

The owner was absolutely delighted with the finished result, just goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Actually I quite like the finished result and it was certainly different from doing the usual poses.

I have just started on a portrait of a Border Terrier, so I will post the different stages of this as I go along.

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Pet portrait, finished Yorkshire terrier

Hi there,

thought I would post a picture of this adorable little yorkshire terrier that I managed to finish last night. Hope you like it. This one was painted using conte crayons on Velour paper.

Today I am working on a Siamese Cat for the owner. They wanted a pose where the cat looks very mean as they said that this reflected her personality perfectly. I will Post this when finished. Also working on an Alsation and a border terrier.

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Welcome to my new blog page.
I am an animal artist working in the Scottish Borders, I will be posting some of my work but will also show a stage by stage example of some of my commissions and how they develop

This is one of my very first pet portraits, a lovely little spaniel called Amber.

The medium that I generally use is hard pastel combined with pastel pencils for the fine details. This particular portrait was painted on veour paper which gives a lovely soft texture for the hair.

Amber's owner was very pleased with the final portrait.

Pet Portraits in Pastel by Animal artist Hazel Middlemas