I wanted to share the portrait that was completed for Shelley, the winner of my portrait contest.
This is beautiful Maggie, the black and tan coonhound. A gorgeous dog, with tons of expression in that sweet face. Though Maggie is no longer with us, Shelley still deeply cherishes her, and this is what she had to say about the portrait:
"Wow, that is amazing. You do beautiful work. It brings tears to my eyes. You were able to keep the soft expression in her eyes. She has real doe eyes, and I can see them so clearly."
This portrait was great to work on as it gave me the opportunity to work with a lot of darker shades, great for depth, shadows and highlights. Congratulations once again Shelley on the contest win!
