Bella is a bright and beautiful Tibetan Terrier bitch enjoying a spring day playing in a field of flowers. I wanted to try and get a sense of her lively personality in this painting. I started with a pen and ink sketch.

She was painted in acrylics and gouache on William Turner watercolour paper. I included lots of subtle colours in her coat and brought out her eyes, which otherwise were hidden in shadows.

Here’s a sketch for a painting of Margaret, a Bullmastiff bitch, asleep on the sofa.

A sketch of Poppy, a little Jack Russell terrier dog.

And here she is very nearly finished, painted in acrylics on a fine canvas.

A sketch of Sasha, a beautiful American Bulldog. I think I’m going to do her on hot pink.

Here she is very nearly finished. She’s been painted in acrylics on a fine linen canvas using lots of thin layers of colour. She really is a pretty dog.

I think she looks wonderful against the hot pinks and reds in the sofa, the colours emphasise the delicate pinks and creams in her coat. Its painted in acrylics on fine grained canvas.