Belle a yellow Labrador

[gbritnell]

We went to visit my Brother and Sister-in-law a number of years ago. My sister-in-law pulled me aside and asked if I would do a picture of their dog Belle as a surprise for my brother-in-law. I took a bunch of reference pictures while we were there and once home I went through them to find the nicest composition. I decided on the one I am presenting. It is 13 x 15 inches and is done with Prismacolor pencils on white Stonehenge paper. It took about 35 hours to complete from the initial sketch, transferring and coloring. I took pictures of the work-in-progress so I'm including a few of those along with the finished piece.

 

[Jo Castillo]

That is a big WOW! Complicated scene, so beautifully done. Applause.

 

[Bongo]

Excellent. Colored pencils - wow -- amazing.

 

[joe1It]

Formidable

 

[Mississippi Hippie]

Looks like oils

 

[pcj]

Beautiful !
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[Donna T]

Truly a beautiful work of art!

 

[Enyaw]

Wow. Very accomplished.

 

[gbritnell]

Thanks everyone for the gracious comments.

 

[Artyczar]

What an incredible piece. Lovely doggie, and wonderful light and shadow too. Applause!!!

 

[Joy]

Unbelievably awesome! (And I only use "awesome" about once year, so I have used up my self-imposed allotment early.) Really, an award winning piece. It must have taken hours to do. Kudos to you.

 

[IronPawn]

Amazing work and looking forward seeing more. Great staff all around.

Zoran

 

[snoball]

Absolutely fabulous! I know he was tickled with it.

 

[PaintBoss]

Gorgeous! Oh they both will be so pleased. What a keepsake!
Thank you for sharing the stages of your work. Great to see.

 

[KreativeK]

Lots of hard work with a great result!