This is an oil painting of Chet, a bullmastiff. This was a recent commission. She’s posing with a stick and has a nice half profile. I like the warm colour of her coat against the blue grey of the boards of the decking.

Here is a close up of her. She has beautiful eyes.

A close up detail of the canvas.

This is a new work in progress, a new bullmastiff painting called The Look Out. The model is Shelby who lives with Gail in Alaska.

In this second sketch I’ve changed the composition. I’ve made the format wider and moved Shelby away from the middle of the picture. I’ve also raised the level of the mountains on the right hand side.

This is a digital painting I created for an article. The brief was painting pets and these two show how our pets form family relationships, not just with us, but also with each other. German Shepherds are very loyal and protective dogs and Bonnie here is looking after little Fred.

If you’d like to see how it was painted look out for in next month’s Corel Painter magazine (issue 34)
With many thanks to Mary who let me use her beautiful animals as models for this piece!

I love these animations

I’ve started a Facebook page for my paintings here http://www.facebook.com/pages/Denise-Laurent/152001500099. I’ll update it with new work and people can become fans by clicking a button. It looks like fun.

Lois and I had a wonderful time at Open Studios again this year. We met some wonderful people and animals. Here are a few photos of the event at the studio in Lingfield.

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South East Open Studios

Bankside Cottage Studio,
Blackberry Lane,
Lingfield, Surrey, RH7 6NH
Open on the 10th, 13th, 14th, 17th, 20th and 21st of June.

I’ll be sharing a studio with Lois Sykes again this year for Open Studios. The studio and gallery will open to the public Wednesday the 10th June from 12-4pm, Saturday and Sunday 13th-14th June from 11am-6pm, Wednesday the 17th June from 12-4pm and Saturday and Sunday the 20th-21st June 11am-6pm, other times by appointment.

I’ll be there on the Wednesdays and Saturdays but not Sundays because of problems with trains on Sundays. But Lois will be there on Sundays.

The studio is situated in a lovely part of Surrey on the Kent and Sussex border, a short walk from Dormans station. For directions and additional information please see the Open Studio Online guide for 2009 or look at the web site www.seos-art.org.

You can see photos from last years event here.

A small painting on paper. This is about 11 x 8 inches, mixed media on watercolour paper. These three look so comfy don’t they?