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Learn the art of pet portraits.

Learn how to paint 12 Pet Portraits to learn over 70 techniques for pet portraiture.

Whether you'd like to paint your own pet portrait or learn the art itself in preparation of painting commission pet portraits, the study is the same and you will learn it in this Online Study Course. 

Look, we'll paint it first in grisaille.  That's where most of the design work is done. 

Then we'll add gentle color to finish the design. 

Here's a cutie that I photographed in Canada several years ago.

Meet Prissy.  Such a fun dog to paint!

You'll learn how to start with a snapshot of your favorite pet, then how to paint the dog or cat in grisaille.

See the painting below?

You'll love this process.  It's fast, fun and easy to paint pet portraits in grisaille using a few simple basic brushes. .

Meet Darwin, a English Sheepdog to paint!

Here's the original photograph of Chris' pet, Darwin. Notice how the lights, shadows and texture is rendered in gray tones (grisaille).

This is  great example of painting curly hair, and that is demonstrated on the technique DVD.

Miss Kitty on a Floral Tapestry Chair

Here's a very complex background made easy with Linda Coulter's grisaille techniques.  Miss Kitty is sitting in Cathy's new tapestry chair, and oh, isn't she pleased to be there!  We couldn't resist painting this beautiful chair in our pet portrait course.

Here's the original photograph that Cathy sent to me to for reference material for the pet portrait.

I used just enough chair to make an interesting portrait of Miss Kitty, and show you how to simplify this beautiful floral tapestry.

See how much more the kitty is featured when some of the background was removed?

Now I made a pattern and traced that onto a 12 x 12 inch canvas. 

Notice how the tapestry chair is painted in the grisaille techniques.

Now all we have to do is add pure color glazes and a few opaque color accents to complete this beautiful pet portrait.

You'll want to start photographing your special pets in various poses and collecting close-up pictures of eyes, nose, ears and fur.  After working through the exercises in this art course, and getting teacher critiques of your work, you'll enjoy painting your own special pets using the same techniques learned in this course from your own special pet photographs. 

How to Organize a Pet Portrait

Learning how to photograph your pets and how to make patterns from your original photographs is the first step of this course. Watch the DVD to learn these lessons.

How to Paint Noses and Mouths

Learn how to paint adorable pet noses, mouths and whiskers in one lesson.

Then you'll discover how to paint an open mouth for this dalmation dog.  Learn the art of painting teeth, gums and tongue to create a realistic appearance.

How to Paint Expressive Eyes

You'll learn how to paint expressive eyes in one lesson.  This DVD is fun to watch as you see Linda demonstrate quick and easy painting techniques.

You'll watch painting demonstrations in how to paint pet ears, soft whispy fur, short curly fur, white and black fur, simple backgrounds as well as complex backgrounds made simple.

Tuition: $299

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